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Ricky Dailey

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A County Secretly Paid Hackers $1 Million. Then the Transcripts Leaked.

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

A County Secretly Paid Hackers $1 Million. Then the Transcripts Leaked.

Also: a red teamer stole a $250,000 trophy by pretending to fix the office Wi-Fi, and AI coding assistants are hallucinating the exact malware names attackers want them to install.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey

ai security

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The Department of Homeland Security Just Got Hacked. Again.

Jul 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Department of Homeland Security Just Got Hacked. Again.

Also: hackers shoveled snow for network admin access, and the Supreme Court just said your location data needs a warrant.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey

AI

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Section 702 just expired. Congress votes again in 4 days.

Jun 19, 2026

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6 min read

Section 702 just expired. Congress votes again in 4 days.

Also: a ransomware gang stopped Australia's sugar harvest without leaving a ransom note, and ShinyHunters just hit Europe's human rights watchdog.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey
China hid inside US military and medical networks for 26 months before anyone noticed

Jun 17, 2026

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5 min read

China hid inside US military and medical networks for 26 months before anyone noticed

Also: a Roblox cheater accidentally committed the largest education breach in US history, and your AI coding agent will execute whatever attackers tell it to.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey
 ShinyHunters found an Oracle zero-day. Still no patch.

Jun 15, 2026

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6 min read

ShinyHunters found an Oracle zero-day. Still no patch.

Also: FBI + Google + Lumen dismantled a $1.9B Chinese phishing franchise, and a county commissioner told a roomful of residents they would not be speaking about Flock tonight.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey
Exzec Cyber | June 12, 2026

Jun 12, 2026

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6 min read

Exzec Cyber | June 12, 2026

Meta built an AI to help recover locked Instagram accounts. Attackers used it to hijack 20,000. Also: ServiceNow's unauthenticated API exposed customer records, and CISA is scrapping CVSS scores.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey
Exzec Cyber | June 10, 2026

Jun 10, 2026

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6 min read

Exzec Cyber | June 10, 2026

Chinese deepfake software lets scammers swap their face and voice on live video calls. Also: Microsoft breaks its own Patch Tuesday record, and a Cisco SD-WAN zero-day has no patch.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey
Exzec Cyber | June 8, 2026

Jun 8, 2026

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6 min read

Exzec Cyber | June 8, 2026

A ransomware gang fired its own affiliate and apologized for him. Also: an AI found 20 years of hidden FFmpeg bugs for $1,000, and attackers built their ransomware toolkit with Claude Opus.

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey

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