Author: Kayne

“The notion of a criminal ransomware group retaining lawyers fully versed in international data requirements is absurd — until you realize the ‘lawyer’ is an LLM. For criminal purposes, it doesn’t matter if the claim is true; it only matters if it sounds plausible. If there’s one thing LLMs are good at, it’s making a…

It’s mid-July 2026, and the domestic job market isn’t exactly improving, based on a set of IOCs (indicators of compromise) that a friend sent me yesterday. Job seekers are side-eyeing LinkedIn posts with the skepticism of someone checking a used car for rust that’s been painted over, while legitimate recruiters are shouting into a void…

78% of organizations reported experiencing AI-related security incidents or identifying AI-related vulnerabilities. — DigiCert AI Trust Outlook I guess it’s survey season in advance of Hacker Summer Camp this August. This time it’s DigiCert, who’s surveyed more than a thousand IT and security leaders across the US, UK, and Australia for its AI Trust Outlook….

If you ask security leaders whether they’ve ever been told to keep a breach quiet (we did), more than half will say yes. BitDefender’s out with their 2026 report, and although this isn’t a top-tier report like Verizon’s DBIR or IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach, they DO track one really interesting statistic that I…

“AI systems that are deployed for high-risk decision making should be subject to enhanced oversight, transparency, and accountability measures to mitigate potential harm.” Washington State’s AI Task Force quietly released two reports on July 1st with little fanfare, and as someone who lives here, I spent most of yesterday reading these and double-checking my conclusions….

Key quote: Max Schrems: “Given that there are no independent authorities in the US anymore, we call on the European Commission to orderly withdraw the adequacy decision on the US.” Why it matters: Max Schrems has spent over a decade dismantling EU-US data transfer frameworks, and on June 29, 2026, the US Supreme Court handed…

Key quote: A fire alarm is not a fire department. You can wire every room in your house, dutifully change the battery of every smoke detector annually, and route every alert to a beautiful dashboard — but still have your house burn down because nobody picked up the hose. Why it matters: It’s a slow…

Key quote: Importantly, there is no current evidence that PII or payment and financial account information was accessed, including credit card or banking information. Why it matters: The supply-chain effects from the PeopleSoft breach over at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) are becoming visible. Late Friday, the KRBA (one of the major…

Key quote: “AI is a powerful force multiplier, but the judgment, relationships and accountability remain human, and that won’t change.” Thompson-Reuters is out with the Future of Professionals Report 2026, and it’s confirming some larger trends around the use of in consulting, professional services, tax prep, and related industries. It turns out clients want AI…

Key quote: Holding business-entity agents like Workday liable for their own discriminatory conduct within the scope of the FEHA is consistent with public policy and the “remedial purposes” of the FEHA. Why it matters: The latest order in Mobley v. Workday has some substantial precedents (assuming that they’re not overturned in some future appeals). Judge…