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PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 5m

Sorry Donnie! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.independent.co.uk

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 9m

Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself. www.thedailybeast.com/ive-seen-eps...

I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author

Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself.

www.thedailybeast.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 11m

The UK central bank said that valuations of US stocks resembled the peak of the 2000s dot-com craze, and that 30% of the S&P 500’s total value came from just five AI-focused companies, the most concentrated the index has been in 50 years. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Bank of England warns of potential AI bubble

The UK central bank said that valuations of US stocks resembled the peak of the 2000s dot-com craze.

www.semafor.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 14m

The strike action comes after the Canadian government authorised widespread reforms to Canada Post that would shut some post offices and end door-to-door deliveries for millions of people. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Canada Post is on strike. What this means for your mail

Mail deliveries have been disrupted in Canada as postal workers strike for the second time in two years.

www.bbc.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 15m

Spare a thought then for Switzerland, which has been hit with punitive tariffs of 39%, and has so far been unable to persuade the US president to relent. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump tariffs: Swiss companies target alternative export markets

Swiss exporters are looking at new markets after being hit by heavy US tariffs.

www.bbc.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 17m

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 19m

There is the speculation around other tech leaders, some of whom appear to have been busy buying up chunks of land with underground spaces, ripe for conversion into multi-million pound luxury bunkers. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21m

The changes, which apply to 2026 tax returns filed in 2027, include several tweaks from the "big beautiful bill." www.axios.com/2025/10/09/i...

IRS releases 2026 tax brackets and higher tax deductions for 2025, 2026 tax years

The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday announced the annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions.

www.axios.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 24m

It also points to the new tension likely to define U.S.-China relations in the years ahead: access to inputs as the world's economic superpowers battle for dominance in key industries, especially AI. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/t...

China threatens access to supplies vital to the most important U.S. industries

China's expanded export controls are a fresh threat to an already fragile U.S.-China trade truce.

www.axios.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 26m

The Southwest U.S. is facing "significant" risks of heavy rainfall and flash flooding from Tropical Storm Priscilla and another storm system that's set to move in over the weekend, forecasters warn. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u...

Southwest U.S. faces "significant" flood threats from tropical storms

Arizona and other parts of the Southwest face days of flood threats.

www.axios.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 28m

The longer the labor market naps, the harder it will be to wake it up, which could cause problems for the economy and for the stock market. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/j...

The labor market is now "bed rotting"

The longer the labor market naps, the harder it is to wake up, which adds risks to the economy.

www.axios.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 30m

Threat actors have started to use the Velociraptor digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool in attacks that deploy LockBit and Babuk ransomware. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Hackers now use Velociraptor DFIR tool in ransomware attacks

Threat actors have started to use the Velociraptor digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool in attacks that deploy LockBit and Babuk ransomware.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 31m

AI agents are now hacking computers. They’re getting better at all phases of cyberattacks, faster than most of us expected. www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

Autonomous AI Hacking and the Future of Cybersecurity - Schneier on Security

AI agents are now hacking computers. They’re getting better at all phases of cyberattacks, faster than most of us expected. They can chain together different aspects of a cyber operation, and hack aut...

www.schneier.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 33m

The unpatched vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and escalate their privileges. www.securityweek.com/zdi-drops-13...

ZDI Drops 13 Unpatched Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has published 13 advisories describing unpatched vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager.

www.securityweek.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 34m

The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 6.1), is an unauthenticated local file inclusion bug that allows unintended disclosure of system files. It impacts all versions of the software prior to and including 16.7.10368.56560. thehackernews.com/2025/10/from...

From LFI to RCE: Active Exploitation Detected in Gladinet and TrioFox Vulnerability

Huntress reports active exploitation of Gladinet CVE-2025-11371, exposing system files and enabling remote code execution.

thehackernews.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 36m

In its Enterprise AI and SaaS Data Security Report 2025, LayerX blames the growing, largely uncontrolled usage of generative AI tools for exfiltrating personal and payment data from enterprise environments. www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/g...

Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT

: Microsoft Copilot, not so much

www.theregister.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 40m

NPUs, typically built into the CPU package, are hardware looking for a software application to make them indispensable. www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/m...

Microsoft pushes NPUs as a way to an intelligent Windows

Comment: AI tech not on the hardware compatibility list for now. But future Windows will need it

www.theregister.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 45m

The malware is targeting Russian users through Telegram channels and malicious websites that appear legitimate. It can steal SMS meessages call logs, notifications, take pictures, and even make phone calls. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

New Android spyware ClayRat imitates WhatsApp, TikTok, YouTube

A new Android spyware called ClayRat is luring potential victims by posing as popular apps and services like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 47m

If American chickens and turkeys are vaccinated, other countries may not buy them. The fear among importers is that vaccinated birds might not show symptoms of an infection, allowing the virus to spread across borders undetected. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/m...

Why not vaccinate Minnesota turkeys for bird flu? It could start a trade fight.

If American chickens and turkeys are vaccinated, other countries may not buy them.

www.chicagotribune.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 49m

Patches were rolled out for more than 200 vulnerabilities in Junos Space and Junos Space Security Director, including nine critical-severity flaws. www.securityweek.com/juniper-netw...

Juniper Networks Patches Critical Junos Space Vulnerabilities

Juniper Networks has patched nearly 220 vulnerabilities in Junos OS, Junos Space, and Security Director products.

www.securityweek.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 52m

Researcher Found Bug Could Exfiltrate Secrets Via Camo Images. www.govinfosecurity.com/github-copil...

GitHub Copilot Chat Flaw Let Private Code Leak Via Images

A now-patched flaw in GitHub Copilot Chat could have allowed attackers to steal private source code and secrets by embedding hidden prompts that hijacked the

www.govinfosecurity.com

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 54m

An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...