Kevin Beaumont

Just checking the weather

PHP2Shell thread: cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...

Last month we lost our jobs. This month we made new ones. Introducing X BUTTON: an independent gaming network from three ex-IGN employees. A new weekly Nintendo podcast! A new weekly video game podcast! And that’s just the start, but we can’t do it without your help! www.patreon.com/cw/XButtonShow

The difference between UK SNL and US SNL.

Reminder for UK employees (and employers for that matter): Union recognition is important and supporting ppl's fight for it is great, however employees without a recognition agreement are still protected and can still be represented by their union.

No, bombing Yandex has not impacted automated Russian trolling operations in the U.S.

If you enjoy me ranting about ransomware cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...

I was talking to somebody at a UK council recently and they said they’ve been overwhelmed by GenAI complaints. People sending in 30 page ChatGPT documents about hedge disputes and such. They can’t function.

Citrix NetScaler RCE zero-days exploited globally for weeks (CVE-2026-88771, CVE-2026-88772) 📖 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/c... #cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews #0day #exploit #vulnerability @ncsc-nl.bsky.social @doublepulsar.com @satn.am @tenablesecurity.bsky.social

Saw Fanta’s AI slop advert at the cinema, booooooooooo It’s laughably bad.

there's a 10% chance if you read this you will die in life buy my skeets

I’ve used BBC News as my primary news source my entire life, but the absolute deluge of GenAI stories sourced from a small number of companies is turning me away. Today we’ve had 3 different YouTube videos, a headline news story, TV reports and at one stage recently every single technology story.

Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IP

So, @annijyn.com just reminded me of the end of Labyrinth, and how politically/socially formative it was for me. Reject the patriarchy! Do not go with the charismatic man leader! Embrace the collective and your community of weirdos! Turn wrong uns into owls!

And now, a lesson on CEO-ing from Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive:

Twitch - the popular gaming and IRL streaming platform - has announced it'll start training generative AI models on those livestreaming on the platform. https://bit.ly/4wYjQyQ

Only Nine More Days for The Guild Kickstarter! Trying to make the best 20th anniversary movie we can and get this awkward-ass group back together again. Your support at any $ level is appreciated! Can't wait to get to MAKING THIS MOVIE!!! watchtheguild.com

Oof, old supply chain attack from March resulting in cred compromise, but apparently the entire DB surfaced. Hope teams have completed remediation. Good luck to comms teams and *ISOs as some big names got dropped. @doublepulsar.com has a thread over on Mastodon. cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...

so im hearing asha sharma watched someone play TES 6 while a giant inflatable rat ran amok on the lawn outside

NEW: CWA union members have inflated a giant rat and deployed a wall of red flags representing laid off Xbox workers outside the Bethesda office in Rockville. The protest was timed to coincide with a visit from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who is apparently at the studio today.

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...