Show Notes
Cisco network gear fell over when it shouldn’t have, yet another security flaw is found in Microsoft Copilot, the US military is letting Grok into all its networks, and managing LVM snapshots.
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Cisco routers knocked out due to Cloudflare DNS change
Reprompt: The Single-Click Microsoft Copilot Attack that Silently Steals Your Personal Data
Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says
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