This week in the bucket, researchers can get LLM-driven robots to kill us by telling them they are action movie stars, hackers hang out at the Library of Congress for months, and Ivanti poops the bed (again).

News Stories for Reference:

"Out of 29 Billion Cybersecurity Events, Phishing was the Primary Method of Initial Attack"

https://blog.knowbe4.com/out-of-29-billion-cybersecurity-events-phishing-was-the-primary-method-of-initial-attack

"It's Surprisingly Easy to Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots - Researchers induced bots to ignore their safeguards without exception"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/jailbreak-llm

"Library of Congress Says an Adversary Hacked Some Emails"

https://www.securityweek.com/library-of-congress-says-an-adversary-hacked-some-emails/?is=19abe664615d20ad53fe7fe2b8af273540b98afc9232f728b7e898b0c73a80ad

"Ivanti Patches 50 Vulnerabilities Across Several Products"

https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-patches-50-vulnerabilities-across-several-products/

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This week in the bucket, thoughts about what the next four years could look like from a cyber perspective, general complaints about the election, and some comfort shows that make us happy.

News Stories for Reference:

"Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure"

https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices/executive-order-strengthening-cybersecurity-federal-networks-and-critical-infrastructure

"President Trump Unveils America’s First Cybersecurity Strategy in 15 Years"

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/president-trump-unveils-americas-first-cybersecurity-strategy-15-years/

"Project 2025’s Plan for Cybersecurity Agency Threatens Election Security"

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/project-2025s-plan-cybersecurity-agency-threatens-election-security

"How Trump could change cybersecurity"

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/03/donald-trump-2024-cybersecurity-agenda

"4 tech issues to watch in Trump’s second term"

https://www.ciodive.com/news/4-tech-policies-donald-trump/732196/

"Platform | Profile or Channel"

Hyperlink URL to YouTube Channel, Instagram Feed, etc.

"Colorado Libertarians sue Secretary of State Jena Griswold over leak of voting equipment passwords"

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/colorado-libertarians-sue-secretary-of-state-jena-griswold-over-leak-of-voting-equipment-passwords/article_0a27e3f2-98aa-11ef-8cb3-a7da55f4f664.html

"Ballot boxes were set on fire in Oregon and Washington. What happens to the votes?"

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ballot-box-fires-oregon-washington-early-voting-safety-rcna177743

"Bomb threats disrupted what was otherwise relatively smooth voting on Election Day"

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5181834/election-day-voting-bomb-threats

A Little Something Extra

"Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible | Veritasium"

https://youtu.be/qf7ws2DF-zk?si=sQNRhBWELxyC6cbe

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This week in the bucket, the Internet Archive continues to have a rough October, Amazon's customers are loving Passkeys, and various tales of online scam woes.

News Stories for Reference:

"Internet Archive Gets Pummeled in Round 2 Breach "

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/internet-archive-pummeled-round-2-breach

"Amazon says 175 million customers now use passkeys to log in"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-says-175-million-customers-now-use-passkeys-to-log-in/

"Varonis – Breach prevented within 30-minutes"

https://view.highspot.com/viewer/6418b07d1bf0b78753945178

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