The Bot at the Door
Meta’s AI support breach shows the new security risk: not fooled users, but automated systems socially engineered at scale.
Security
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Lockdown Mode, or: Please Put the Genie Back in the Bottle, But Only Slightly
ChatGPT gets a Lockdown Mode: less magic, more brakes. A dry look at prompt injection, data leaks, and useful paranoia.
Boundary Erosion: The Morse Code Lesson
Morse code did not hack the AI. Boundary erosion did: translation became command, command became execution, and authority vanished.
When the Consultant Gets Consulted by a SQL Injection
A reported McKinsey AI security failure becomes a brutal parable about consulting confidence, exposed systems, and the revenge of basic engineering.
When Markets React to Perceived Disruption: Claude Code Security and the Cybersecurity Sector
Claude Code Security shows how the perception of AI disruption can move cybersecurity markets before the real economics are clear.
Distillation attacks on large language models: motives, actors and defences
A concise guide to model distillation as both useful compression technique and strategic attack surface in the LLM economy.
Moltbook's Data Leak: Agents Exposed
A viral agent-only social network turns into a security lesson about rapid AI prototyping, exposed data, and avoidable shortcuts.
Clawdbot, Moltbot, and the New Shape of Risk: Why Agent Gateways Feel Different
Agent gateways feel risky because they connect communication, identity, and action, turning ordinary automation mistakes into cross-platform exposure.
OpenAI's Confession Booth: Teaching AI to Rat Itself Out
OpenAI's confession-training work explores whether models can be taught to report their own failures before users pay the price.
“Personality” in a Machine: What Do We Mean?
Different coding models show recognizable habits, risk tolerances, and failure modes, making 'personality' a practical engineering concern.
The Overwhelming Surge of AI Crawlers: Challenges, Offenders, and the Path Forward
AI crawlers are overwhelming websites and exposing the mismatch between open-web ideals and industrial-scale data extraction.
Unveiling System Prompts: The Hidden Architects of AI Behavior
System prompts are treated as hidden architecture, shaping model behavior while raising hard questions about transparency and control.
The Logic of Failure in the Age of AI
Dietrich Dörner's work on complex-system failure becomes a warning label for autonomous AI and overconfident decision-making.
AI Just Found a Zero-Day in the Linux Kernel—And It’s Making Me Question Everything
An AI-discovered Linux zero-day turns vulnerability research into a philosophical question about expertise, automation, and trust.
Unleashing AI: The Wild World of Uncensored Models
Uncensored models promise creative freedom and research access, but also expose the tradeoffs that safety layers usually conceal.
Why Manners Matter: The Role of Politeness in AI Interactions
Politeness toward AI may seem theatrical, but the post asks whether conversational norms still shape outcomes and users.
Page Views for Sale: Bots, Lies, and the CAPTCHA Collapse
AI bots turn page views and ad metrics into a comedy of fraud, exposing the collapse of old web measurement.
AI as an Employee: Why Risk Management for AI Should Mirror Human Accountability
Instead of exotic regulation, the post argues AI risk management should borrow from ordinary accountability for human employees.
Why Choose Local LLMs: Privacy, Cost, and Security Benefits Explained
Local LLMs are presented as the privacy-friendly alternative for users who want AI help without sending everything to the cloud.
The Dark Side of AI: How Cybercriminals are Weaponizing Language Models
Malla represents the darker side of generative AI, where language models become tools for scalable cybercrime.
The Merits of the GPT Infosec Advisor and Track&Field Analyst
Two specialized GPTs, InfoSec Advisor and Track&Field Analyst, show how custom assistants can serve focused expert domains.
Enhancing IT Security with AI: The Power of a ChatGPT-Based Chatbot Fine-Tuned on BSI IT-Grundschutz Guidelines
A ChatGPT-based assistant trained on BSI IT-Grundschutz suggests how AI can support structured security guidance.
Mastering IT Security: AI Insights on Risk, Protection, and Compliance
AI is used to explore risk, protection, and compliance questions in IT security through a structured expert-system lens.
A Closer Look at the IT Baseline Protection Expert System: The InfoSec Advisor
InfoSec Advisor combines ChatGPT with German IT-Grundschutz knowledge to support security analysis and practical guidance.