Collaborate Disseminate
Happy Friday! And where did this month go? While we sort that one out, let’s kick off the weekend a bit early with one of the longer Ask Pauls in recent memory.
💩 The enshittification of the supply chain
Leo_W asks:
Micron Crucial is getting out of the… Continue reading Ask Paul: December 19 ⭐
Here’s how to use Google Gemini to detect certain AI-generated videos. Continue reading Is that video AI? Gemini can now help you figure it out – but there’s a catch
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has reportedly agreed to divest its US operations to a consortium of companies that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-based MGX.
The post Report: TikTok Has Agreed to Divest its US Operations to America… Continue reading Report: TikTok Has Agreed to Divest its US Operations to American Consortium
Amazon Security Chief explains how a subtle keyboard delay exposed a North Korean impostor. Read about the laptop farm scheme and how 110 milliseconds of lag ended a major corporate infiltration. Continue reading Keyboard Lag Leads Amazon to North Korean Impostor in Remote Role
The Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest society of computing professionals, announced that all publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will become freely available to everyone starting January 2026. Authors wi… Continue reading ACM To Make Its Entire Digital Library Open Access Starting January 2026
Martin Matishak reports: President Donald Trump signed a $901 billion Pentagon policy bill on Thursday night that features a slew of key cybersecurity provisions. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act passed with bipartisan support in both the Ho… Continue reading Trump signs defense bill allocating millions for Cyber Command, mandating Pentagon phone security
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Trump could use private firms for cyber offensive, China threat to US power grid, RaccoonO365 suspect arrested in Nigeria.
The post In Other News: Docker AI Attack, Google Sues Chinese C… Continue reading In Other News: Docker AI Attack, Google Sues Chinese Cybercriminals, Coupang Hacked by Employee
Linn F. Freedman of Robinson & Cole LLP writes: On December 17, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release announcing that it is taking action against Illusory Systems, Inc. “for failing to implement adequate data security meas… Continue reading FTC Issues Proposed Order Against Illusory Systems Over Allegations of Lax Security
Thorin Klosowski, Bill Budington, Rindala Alajaji, Christian Romero, Lena Cohen, Hayley Tsukayama, and Cooper Quintin write: Another year has come and gone, and with it, thousands of data breaches that affect millions of people. The question these days… Continue reading The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year
Associated Press reports: Danish authorities say in a new assessment published this week that Russia carried out cyberattacks against infrastructure and websites in Denmark in 2024 and 2025, describing new cases which had not previously been reported. … Continue reading Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks