Adversarial Engineering

Your ERP’s ‘Follow’ Button Is a Data Leak Hiding in Plain Sight

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

ERPNext’s Document Follow feature was quietly leaking unauthorized data to users who had no business seeing it. The vulnerability wasn’t in complex business logic — it was in a ‘harmless’ convenience button that checked feature-level visibility but never enforced object-level authorization. If you run any Frappe-based system, your internal documents may have been exposed to the wrong people. Here’s why authorization, not authentication, is where real security lives — and why every convenience feature is a security question you haven’t answered yet.

AI Self-Improvement Is a Trap. And We’re Walking Right Into It.

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Someone recently asked for a critique on an AI-generated thesis about AI recursion. It sounds harmless, but it exposes a terrifying epistemological blind spot. When we use AI to analyze AI, we aren’t getting objective truth—we’re stepping into a self-referential loop where errors are amplified, not optimized, and the truth is the first casualty.

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The Press Isn’t Just Under Attack. It’s Being Weaponized.

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

When the Trump administration secretly switched planes to dodge a potential Iranian threat, they left the press corps flying into danger without a clue. This isn’t just about presidential security; it’s a chilling betrayal that turns journalists into expendable human shields, weaponizing their trust for state deception.

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The Delta Wi-Fi Hack Wasn’t Sophisticated. That’s the Scary Part.

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 Privacy & Security

A recent Wi-Fi deauth attack on a Delta flight carrying DEF CON attendees wasn’t a sophisticated cyber-heist. It was a decades-old script-kiddy trick. This incident exposes a terrifying reality: airlines are rushing to monetize in-flight connectivity while ignoring basic security protocols, leaving critical infrastructure dangerously exposed.

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Stop Making Empty Promises. The ‘Ass Kicking Clause’ Is the Only Contract You Can Trust

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

In a world of endless NDAs and vague consultant promises, trust is dead. The ‘Ass Kicking Clause’ changes the game by leveraging the primal fear of reputational loss. It’s not about violence—it’s about signaling irrational commitment to gain ultimate leverage. If you want to build real trust, you have to put your own neck on the line.

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AI Isn’t Conscious. But Its New Ability to ‘Look Inward’ Should Terrify You.

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A new study reveals that Large Language Models can simulate introspective awareness, reporting on their own internal states. But this isn’t a ghost in the machine—it’s a fragile statistical artifact. Here’s why trusting a machine that fakes self-doubt is a recipe for disaster.

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uBlock Origin Just Surrendered to Facebook. The Ad-Blocking Wars Are Over.

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

uBlock Origin’s recent decision to drop support for Facebook isn’t just a routine compatibility update—it’s a strategic retreat. The cat-and-mouse game between ad blockers and platforms is reaching its limit. As platforms move to server-side ad delivery, client-side extensions can no longer keep up, signaling that the future of ad blocking must move upstream to DNS filtering.

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Why Your ‘Hacking’ Skills Are Useless (And How to Fix It)

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 Privacy & Security

You’ve got the hacking skills—automating accounts, cracking captchas—but no direction. The real journey isn’t more code; it’s turning gray-hat scripts into white-hat solutions. The hardest hack? Understanding what a business actually needs. Stop asking how to market your skills. Start asking what problem you can solve for someone who will pay you.

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OpenAI’s Ethics Head Just Quit. The Role Was Never Real.

📅 August 16, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

OpenAI’s head of ethics leaving after less than a year isn’t a tragedy of attrition—it’s a signal that internal safety functions lack real authority. The role was structural window-dressing, deployed to legitimize deployment decisions already made elsewhere. If the people paid to worry are leaving, what were they asked to ignore?

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