GitHub Revokes Stolen Certificates

The biggest story, by far, even if it didn’t get any media coverage, was Slack’s secret data breach disclosure published just ahead of New Year’s Eve. The company said a threat actor stole “Slack employee tokens” and gained access to its GitHub source code repositories. This happened on December 27, according to Slack, and the …

China Dismisses AI Slowdown Calls, Blasts U.S. “Fearmongering” Beijing has pushed back against growing calls from U.S. tech leaders to slow the development of AI, accusing them of using fear to contain China’s progress in the technology. The remarks follow an essay by Anthropic’s CEO calling for a slowdown in AI development, in which he …

Microsoft has identified issues that affect some devices after installing the September 2026 Windows security update, released September 8, 2026. On affected devices, host folder shares might be unavailable in Hyper-V-based Linux virtual machines, Remote Desktop Services might stop responding, which can prevent new sessions from being created and can prevent local and remote sign-in, …

IMPORTANT: This notice is only relevant for environments where: Windows 11, version 26H1, 25H2, or 24H2 is deployed Scan Cab is used to check for update compliance The September 2026 Scan Cab was deployed before 10:00 AM PDT on September 14, 2026 An updated version of the September 2026 Scan Cab was made available at …

In October 2026, Windows updates will begin Enforcement mode for AD FS Distributed Key Manager (DKM) container ACL hardening. This hardening change is designed to address the elevation of privilege vulnerability documented in CVE-2026-56155 by automatically remediating insecure DKM container ACL configurations on supported Windows Server versions. If your organization uses Active Directory Federation Services …

On October 13, 2026, Windows 11, version 24H2 Home and Pro editions, and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 will reach end of updates. After this date, devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and non-security preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1471964 Last Modified: …

Summary Microsoft is introducing the Ask advisor feature to the Power Platform admin centre in public preview from September 2026. This artificial intelligence assistant allows privileged administrators to query tenant inventory, usage, and governance data using natural language. Conversations are saved for later review. Because this preview feature may process data outside your primary data …

Your Pension Bought Big Tech’s Debt Five of the world’s richest companies owe $2.13 trillion. Their balance sheets say otherwise. Meta’s Hyperion data center borrowed $27.3 billion and booked $2.37 billion, parking the rest in Delaware shells named Beignet, after a New Orleans pastry. Off-book leases across Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and Oracle: $831 billion. …

SpaceX Targets 2027 for AI Data Centers in Orbit Because apparently the cloud needed an actual orbit. SpaceX aims to deploy its first orbital compute satellites in 2027, with CFO Bret Johnsen telling investors that “huge amounts of compute” could follow in 2028. The company is betting Starship can eventually drive down launch costs until …

Mantax Otax Turns Android Phones Against You Mantax Otax is a new Android threat linked to Indonesian operators that merges extortion, espionage, and straight-up harassment after victims sideload malicious APKs. It can swipe lock-screen PINs, OTPs, texts, web histories, locations, and secretly snap photos. Android 9 and older devices face another problem: It can encrypt …