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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 28, 2026?
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How a Poisoned Scanner Reached 2,500 Companies Through One AI Supply-Chain Package
By @nickmarsteller [ 4 Min read ] CloudSEK data ties the March LiteLLM/Trivy breach to 2,500+ organizations. How a poisoned AI package leaked CI/CD secrets and what defenders should rotate now. Read More.
The Narrative Wars: Tracking Public Web Influence Operations Across the Globe
By @cerniauskas [ 4 Min read ] NGOs use public web monitoring tools and web data analysis to reveal geopolitical influence operations in Europe and Asia. Read More.
5 Trust-Building Mistakes Smart People Make
By @vinitabansal [ 9 Min read ] Smart people have great thinking abilities, passion for solving complex problems and intelligence to focus on details that others tend to miss. Read More.
How to Build a Firewall Log Pipeline With NXLog, SQLite, and Cursor
By @matbanik [ 6 Min read ] Build a local firewall log pipeline on Windows with NXLog and SQLite, then let Cursor query it read-only — no SIEM required. Read More.
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