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Jailbreaking the F-35 Fighter Jet

Countries around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about their dependencies on the US. If you’ve purchase US-made F-35 fighter jets, you are dependent on the US for software maintenance.
The Dutch Defense Secretary recentl... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/jailbreaking-the-f-35-fighter-jet.html

#nationalsecuritypolicy #Uncategorized #Netherlands #DRM

New Attack Against Wi-Fi

It’s called AirSnitch:
Unlike previous Wi-Fi attacks, AirSnitch exploits core features i... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/new-attack-against-wi-fi.html

#man-in-the-middleattacks #academicpapers #Uncategorized #cyberattack #Wi-Fi

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid in Byzantine Monk Cooking

This is a very weird story about how squid stayed on the menu of Byzantine monks by falling betwee... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/friday-squid-blogging-squid-in-byzantine-monk-cooking.html

#Uncategorized #squid

Anthropic and the Pentagon

OpenAI is in and Anthropic is out as a supplier of AI techn... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/anthropic-and-the-pentagon.html

#DepartmentofDefense #Uncategorized #defense #LLM #AI

Claude Used to Hack Mexican Government

An unknown hacker used Anthropic’s LLM to hack the Mexican government:
The unknown Claude user... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/claude-used-to-hack-mexican-government.html

#Uncategorized #chatbots #hacking #Mexico #LLM #AI

Israel Hacked Traffic Cameras in Iran

Multiple news

Hacked App Part of US/Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against Iran

Wired has the story:
Shortly after the first se... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/hacked-app-part-of-us-israeli-propaganda-campaign-against-iran.html

#Uncategorized #cybersecurity #propaganda #hacking #Israel #Iran

Manipulating AI Summarization Features

Microsoft is reporting:
Companies are embedding hidden instructions in “Summarize with AI” buttons that, when clicke... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/manipulating-ai-summarization-features.html

#Uncategorized #Microsoft #LLM #AI

On Moltbook

The MIT Technology Review has a good article on Moltbook, the supposed AI-only social network:
Many people have pointed out t... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/on-moltbook.html

#Uncategorized #socialmedia #AI

LLM-Assisted Deanonymization

Turns out that LLMs are good at de-anonymization:
We show that LLM agents can figure out who you are from your anonymous online posts. Across Ha... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/llm-assisted-deanonymization.html

#de-anonymization #Uncategorized #anonymity #LLM

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fishing in Peru

Peru has increased its squid catch limit. The article says “giant squid,” but they can’t possib... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/friday-squid-blogging-squid-fishing-in-peru.html

#Uncategorized #squid

Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous

Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications bla... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/why-tehrans-two-tiered-internet-is-so-dangerous.html

#Uncategorized #censorship #Internet

Phishing Attacks Against People Seeking Programming Jobs

This is new. North Korean hackers are posing as company recruiters, enticing job candidates to participate in coding challenges. When they run the code they are s... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/phishing-attacks-against-people-seeking-programming-jobs.html

#cryptocurrency #Uncategorized #NorthKorea #phishing #hacking #malware

LLMs Generate Predictable Passwords

LLMs are bad at generating passwords:
There are strong noticeable patterns among these 50 passwords that can be seen easily:

All of the p... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/llms-generate-predictable-passwords.html

#Uncategorized #randomnumbers #passwords #reports #LLM #AI

Poisoning AI Training Data

All it takes to poison AI training data is to create a website:
I spent 20 minutes writing

Is AI Good for Democracy?

Politicians fixate on the global race for technological supremacy between US and China. They debate geopolitical implications of chip exports, latest model releases from each country, and military applications of AI. Someday, they believe, we migh... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/is-ai-good-for-democracy.html

#Uncategorized #democracy #LLM #AI

On the Security of Password Managers

Good article on password managers that secretly have a backdoor.
New research shows that these cla... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/on-the-security-of-password-managers.html

#Uncategorized #PasswordSafe #backdoors #passwords

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cartoon

I like this one.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Ring Cancels Its Partnership with Flock

It’s a demonstration of how toxic the surveillance-tech company Flock has become when Amazon’s Ring cancels the partnership between the two companies.

Malicious AI

Interesting:
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/malicious-ai.html

#Uncategorized #reputation #blackmail #lies #AI