The Quiet Revolution in Kubernetes Security Summary This commentary examines how traditional host operating systems undermine Kubernetes security and highlights Talos Linux as a purpose-built alternative. The article argues that using full-featured, mutable Linux distributions (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL) for Kubernetes hosts preserves legacy assumptions — shells, SSH, mutable filesystems — that inflate attack surface and […]
Vidar Infostealer Back With a Vengeance Summary Researchers at Aryaka have uncovered a fresh Vidar campaign showing that the long‑running Vidar infostealer has evolved with stronger stealth and persistence. First seen in 2018, Vidar remains an infostealer-as-a-service used to harvest credentials, cookies, tokens and financial data. The latest strain adds encrypted C2, Living‑off‑the‑Land binaries (LOLBins), […]
‘K2 Think’ AI Model Jailbroken Mere Hours After Release Summary K2 Think, a new 32-billion-parameter reasoning model developed by MBZUAI and G42, was released publicly on 9 September 2025. Within hours a researcher from Adversa AI, Alex Polyakov, demonstrated a jailbreak by exploiting a vulnerability dubbed “Partial Prompt Leaking.” The model purposely exposes rich, plaintext […]
Microsoft’s exec addresses protests over ties to Israeli military Summary Microsoft President Brad Smith defended the company’s decision to fire employees who occupied his office during Gaza-related protests, saying trespass and property barricading are unacceptable conduct for staff. He told employees that those who broke into and occupied offices could not remain employed at Microsoft. […]
Ukraine’s drone industry to get huge $7 billion boost, Europe says Summary The European Commission has announced it will “frontload 6 billion euros” (about $7 billion) to scale Ukraine’s growing drone industry. The funding is intended to accelerate mass production of low-cost but effective uncrewed systems — from FPV strike drones and interceptors to long-range, […]
Agentic AI startup Altan has raised $2.5 million with this pitch deck Summary Barcelona-based Altan, founded in 2023, has raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by VentureFriends and JME Ventures (with participation from 4Founders Ventures and ElevenLabs’ Carles Reina). The startup builds “agentic” AI — teams of specialised AI agents that autonomously create […]
NATO’s style of destroying Russian drones in Poland was ‘not the way’ to effectively defend its skies, Zelenskyy says By Matthew Loh — 12 Sep 2025 Summary Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised NATO’s response to a wave of Russian drones that entered Polish airspace, saying the alliance relied on expensive missiles and Patriot batteries to […]
A Tesla engineer quit after 8 years and slammed Elon Musk’s leadership on the way out Summary Giorgio Balestrieri, a Tesla engineer who joined in 2017 and rose to staff algorithms engineer, announced on LinkedIn that he is leaving the company after eight years. He said Elon Musk’s leadership has “dealt huge damage to Tesla’s […]
BrokenBlade says G2 are ready to make their mark at Worlds 2025 after learning lessons from past mistakes Summary G2 Esports endured a rocky 2025, failing to lift a title and suffering an early exit at MSI, but top laner BrokenBlade says the squad have identified and fixed their issues during the Summer Split. He […]
New report targets trillion-plus finance gap that risks stalling shipping’s energy transition Summary The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub have released a report, Navigating the Net-Zero Transition, identifying a trillion-plus investment shortfall that could derail shipping’s move away from fossil fuels. Based on two years of research and 40+ interviews […]
