Two and a Half Bens

Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose

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29 - AI VD

Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust The State Department Presented an Error-Filled Map of Africa. What Happened Next Is a Warning for Every CEO Using AI Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would AI slop pollutes the CVE pipeline with fake vulns OpenJDK Interim Policy on Generative AI AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception. China launches mysterious probe into security of Palo Alto Networks' products Executive Producer: Sir bigl0af Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
Jul 26

28 - Vibe-Coded Sandbox

John C. Dvorak on Computer Chronicles in 1987 This latest frightening ransomware attack was orchestrated entirely by an LLM Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation Security incident disclosure @ Hugging Face — July 2026 OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors Pearson’s Anti-Piracy Vendor Takes Down Best-Selling Author’s Own GitHub Repo Microsoft Entra ID gets passkeys default authentication starting September Data Centers Had Been Benefitting from Sales Tax Breaks: More and More States Are Revoking Them This Viral TikTok Trend Has Experts Nervous That It’s Really Being Used to Train AI AI could steal fingerprints from high-resolution selfies, experts warn LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps THE AI BUBBLE IS NO ORDINARY BUBBLE Executive Producer: Sir bigl0af Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
Jul 12

27 - Goatse Systems

Your smart home may be whispering your secrets to strangers Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability Sony erases digital content from libraries; we’re reminded we don’t own what we buy Studio Canal Removal (UK) Sony latest company to delete purchases from digital libraries Over 14 million login credentials leaked from six ISPs in major data breach — here’s what we know PlayStation’s Physical Media-Free Future Is Offensive Good Old Games Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rare metal-resistant bacteria in Cheyenne’s water system Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50% Faster solutions, lower test scores: How AI is eroding math skills Startup sues Palo Alto Networks' Koi Security, saying an AI-hallucinated report falsely linked it to Chinese espionage Microsoft accelerates quantum-safe roadmap as risks grow Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
Jun 27

26 - Acronym Salad

Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices Callback 8020: The Future of Flip-Phones Google says ShinyHunters hackers targeting education sector via Oracle exploit The First Company-Wide AI Ban Just Hit My Inbox. Here’s What It Means Apple fixes Beats Studio Buds flaw that let hackers spy on conversations Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers Microsoft's worst 'Nightmare' unleashes BitLocker bypass 0-day Your 2027 Car Will Decide If You Can Drive Washington - Dadss - Driver Alcohol Detection System Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact US Gov asks Anthropic to ban 'foreign national' access to Fable, Mythos Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit GitHub - lenucksi/aur-malware-check: Detection tools for the June 2026 atomic-lockfile AUR supply-chain attack. Consolidated from community Gists. Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users "Tell Him He's A Piece Of Shit": Employee Hijacks Meta Meeting In AI Revolt Hackers Abuse Steam Workshop Application Wallpapers to Hijack Active Steam Sessions Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
Jun 7

25 - Cumshot on the Motherboard

AI Startup Says It Will Pay People $2,000 A Month to M********e... Yes, Really Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name MyPillow must decide whether to be firm or soft as ransomware crims demand pay Carnival confirms ShinyHunters cruised off with 6M customer records after April breach Spotify might soon flag your 'sad-boy' playlists Companies Are Getting Burned by Burning Tons of Tokens AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system. Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel Academic’s warning about using AI was written using AI LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they’re false Hackers Tricked Meta AI Into Handing Out Access to Major Instagram Accounts Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
May 23

24 - Marginally Plausible B******t

Microsoft testing adjustable taskbar, Start menu in Windows 11 DOJ Is Asking Apple and Google to Hand Over Data on 100,000 Users of a Car App 60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users Social media site with 1.3 billion users sends harsh layoffs message Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after getting 'stoned' and losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup NV datacenter leaving 49k Lake Tahoe residents soon without power Proposed hyperscale datacenter in Utah to create heat equivalent to 23 atom bombs per day Google quietly cuts free storage to 5GB without a phone number Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports Smart Vape Devices & Age Verification Explained The Trump administration is bringing back flavored vapes. Advocates and lawmakers say the risks outweigh the benefits AI face is taking over — and driving plastic surgeons crazy An AI announcer mispronounced and skipped names during a graduation EV drivers will pay $130 a year under Congress’ 2026 transportation bill "Stop Hiring Humans" Billboards Are Appearing In US Cities... Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
May 10

23 - Zero-Day Explitive

Canvas hack forces some Tennessee universities to push back finals. What happened? GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks British kids using fake mustaches, IDs, and VPNs to bypass online age checks, study finds Why is Claude always blackmailing people? Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue California tech company Cloudflare to lay off more than 1,000 workers, cites AI As the most severe Linux threat in years surfaces, the world scrambles New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives Study finds even the best AI models lose money betting on soccer First US Integrated Humanoid Robot Factory To Build 100,000 NEO Robots By 2027 Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords In Plaintext In RAM Chrome forces 4Gb AI model into every device without permission AskJeeves shut down 1 May 2026 Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon
Apr 25

22 - Raw Dogging the Internet

Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patches Apple and Google Broke Their Own Rules by Promoting 'Nudify' Apps, Report Says Anthropic quietly pulls Claude Code from Pro plan and hands local model advocates their strongest argument yet You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze I Just Vibe Coded a Global Mass Surveillance Site in 2 Hours With OpenAI's Codex. It Was Terrifyingly Easy Chaotic Eclipse BlueHammer PoC for Windows Defender Exploited by Researchers to Escalate Privileges Disgruntled hacker drops second zero-day Windows Defender exploit just hours after Microsoft patches first one Chaotic Eclipse https://archive.ph/Qcp1g https://archive.ph/GkT3F https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/macos-has-a-49-7-day-networking-time-bomb-built-in-that-only-a-reboot-fixes-comparison-operation-on-unreliable-time-value-stops-machines-dead-in-their-tracks https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/contrary-to-popular-superstition-aes-128-is-just-fine-in-a-post-quantum-world/ https://archive.ph/G5mEM Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon

The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros

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Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

29
Rating

Explicit
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Two and a Half Bens