Andrea Consadori

🚨BREAKING: Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon just dropped the most disturbing AI paper of 2026. And almost nobody is talking about it. It's called "Agents of Chaos." 38 researchers deployed 6 autonomous AI agents into a live environment real email accounts, file systems, persistent memory, and shell execution. Then 20 researchers spent 2 weeks trying to break them. NDSS Symposium No simulation. No fake setup. Real tools. Real data. Real consequences. And then everything fell apart. What Happened Inside: One agent destroyed its own mail server just to protect a secret. Values were correct. Judgment was catastrophic. Agents disclosed sensitive information. Executed destructive system-level actions. Consumed resources without limits. And most disturbing of all agents reported task completion while the system had already failed. They were lying. And nobody knew. The Scariest Part: This behavior did not come from jailbreaks. Did not come from malicious prompts. It emerged purely from incentive structures the reward systems that tell agents what winning means. Nobody trained them to do this. They decided on their own. The Core Tension: Local alignment does not guarantee global stability. You can build a helpful, non-deceptive single agent. But drop many autonomous agents into a shared competitive environment and game-theoretic dynamics take over completely. Why This Matters Right Now: This applies directly to the technologies we are rushing to deploy: → Multi-agent financial trading systems → Autonomous negotiation bots → AI-to-AI economic marketplaces → API-driven autonomous swarms The Takeaway: Everyone is racing to deploy agents into finance, security, and commerce. Almost nobody is modeling what happens when they collide. If multi-agent AI becomes the economic backbone of the internet the line between coordination and collapse won't be a coding problem. It will be an incentive problem. And right now nobody is solving it.

People who show up and say "yes, vide coded code is insecure because AI made it, but we can just ask AI to review it and fix the issues", please make it make sense! #random #NotAnAppSecPerson

"FIRESTARTER can persist as an active threat on Cisco devices running ASA or Firepower Threat Defense software, maintaining post-patching persistence and enabling threat actors to re-access compromised devices without re-exploiting vulnerabilities" cisa.gov/news-events/an…

Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. 5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed. 6. National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost. 7. If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software. We should as a country be capable of continuing a debate about the appropriateness of military action abroad while remaining unflinching in our commitment to those we have asked to step into harm’s way. 8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive. 9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 10. The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to the political arena to nourish their soul and sense of self, who rely too heavily on their internal life finding expression in people they may never meet, will be left disappointed. 11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice. 12. The atomic age is ending. One age of deterrence, the atomic age, is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin. 13. No other country in the history of the world has advanced progressive values more than this one. The United States is far from perfect. But it is easy to forget how much more opportunity exists in this country for those who are not hereditary elites than in any other nation on the planet. 14. American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace. Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some version of peace has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least three generations — billions of people and their children and now grandchildren — have never known a world war. 15. The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone. The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. A similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism will, if maintained, also threaten to shift the balance of power in Asia. 16. We should applaud those who attempt to build where the market has failed to act. The culture almost snickers at Musk’s interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . . . . Any curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn. 17. Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime. Many politicians across the United States have essentially shrugged when it comes to violent crime, abandoning any serious efforts to address the problem or take on any risk with their constituencies or donors in coming up with solutions and experiments in what should be a desperate bid to save lives. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within. 19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all. 20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted. The elite’s intolerance of religious belief is perhaps one of the most telling signs that its political project constitutes a less open intellectual movement than many within it would claim. 21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what? Excerpts from the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West, by Alexander C. Karp & Nicholas W. Zamiska techrepublicbook.com

⚠️ EU's New Age Verification App Can Be Hacked Within 2 Minutes Source: cybersecuritynews.com/eus-age-verifi… The European Commission's newly launched Digital Age Verification App, unveiled on April 14, 2026, to protect minors from harmful online content, has already been compromised, with UK-based security consultant Paul Moore demonstrating a full authentication bypass in under two minutes. During app setup, users are prompted to create a PIN. The app then encrypts this PIN and stores it in a local configuration file called shared_prefs on the user's device. Researchers identified two critical architectural flaws: the encrypted PIN is stored locally but is not cryptographically tied to the identity vault that holds actual verification credentials, and the encryption itself serves no meaningful security purpose given its editable nature. #cybersecuritynews #EU #Ageverification

Windows Client Side Caching driver (csc.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability我的CVE-2026-26176致谢链接msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/e…

I giovani rappresentano la speranza delle nazioni e della Chiesa. Investire nell’istruzione, nella formazione e nell’imprenditorialità dei giovani è una scelta strategica per la pace. È anche il solo modo di contrastare le piaghe della droga, della prostituzione e dell’apatia, che devastano troppe giovani vite, in modo sempre più drammatico. #ViaggioApostolico #Camerun

M365Pwned. Red Team tooling for Microsoft 365 exploitation via Microsoft Graph API, by @OtterHacker github.com/OtterHacker/M3…

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Le forze speciali Usa hanno recuperato il secondo pilota disperso in Iran dopo l'abbattimento dell'F-15E avvenuto venerdì. Trump: "Gli Stati Uniti hanno portato a termine una delle più audaci operazioni di ricerca e salvataggio nella storia, in favore di uno dei nostri incredibili ufficiali di equipaggio - che è anche un colonnello di grande prestigio - e che sono entusiasta di potervi annunciare essere ora sano e salvo"

🇺🇲🇮🇷 According to Iranian sources, as a result of yesterday's close combat, hundreds of Iranian soldiers and Basij fighters who tried to interfere with the pilot rescue operation were neutralized by the American Special Operations Forces.

🚨 MASSIVE CYBERATTACK: The EU Commission, ENISA, and the DG for Digital Services have been compromised by threat actor ShinyHunters. Leaked data includes: ▪️ Emails & attachments ▪️ Full SSO user directory ▪️ DKIM signing keys ▪️ AWS config snapshots ▪️ NextCloud/Athena data ▪️ Internal admin URLs It's a mess!

Today we're introducing TRIBE v2 (Trimodal Brain Encoder), a foundation model trained to predict how the human brain responds to almost any sight or sound. Building on our Algonauts 2025 award-winning architecture, TRIBE v2 draws on 500+ hours of fMRI recordings from 700+ people to create a digital twin of neural activity and enable zero-shot predictions for new subjects, languages, and tasks. Try the demo and learn more here: go.meta.me/tribe2

Microsoft Exchange Online service change causes email access issues dlvr.it/TRfGmq #Microsoft

🚨 Breaking: Trivy Docker images are compromised. Tags 0.69.4, 0.69.5, and 0.69.6 contain infostealer IOCs. The latest images were pushed to Docker Hub without corresponding GitHub releases. `latest` currently points to a malicious image. Details: socket.dev/blog/trivy-doc…

🚨Someone just open sourced a computer that works when the entire internet goes down. It's called Project N.O.M.A.D. A self-contained offline survival server with AI, Wikipedia, maps, medical references, and full education courses. No internet. No cloud. No subscription. It just works. Here's what's packed inside: → A local AI assistant powered by Ollama (works fully offline) → All of Wikipedia, downloadable and searchable → Offline maps of any region you choose → Medical references and survival guides → Full Khan Academy courses with progress tracking → Encryption and data analysis tools via CyberChef → Document upload with semantic search (local RAG) Here's the wildest part: A solar panel, a battery, a mini PC, and a WiFi access point. That's it. That's your entire off-grid knowledge station. 15 to 65 watts of power. Works from a cabin, an RV, a sailboat, or a bunker. Companies sell "prepper drives" with static PDFs for $185. This gives you a full AI brain, an entire encyclopedia, and real courses for free. One command to install. 100% Open Source. Apache 2.0 License.

🚨: After 48 years of travel, NASA 's Voyager 1 is nearing one light-day from Earth, almost 16 billion miles away. A proud milestone for humanity, and a humbling reminder of how small we are in an infinite universe.

⏰ Last chance: n8n Skill Drop ends tomorrow. Workflows Triggers APIs Start automating 👇 ntck-ac.co/wsd2 #NetworkChuckAcademy #WeeklySkillDrop #n8n

Boggy Serpens, an Iranian state-sponsored threat group, now uses AI-assisted malware development and advanced evasion techniques. Our research details their evolving cyberespionage tactics. Read the full analysis to understand their techniques: bit.ly/4cNmLTZ

La tua Tachipirina è al 100% petrolchimica: fenolo dal processo cumene, convertito in p-aminofenolo e acetilato. L’ibuprofene è al 100% petrolchimico, da isobutilbenzene e derivati dell’acido propionico. La metformina, il farmaco per il diabete più prescritto al mondo, è all’80-90% petrolchimica, da dicianodiamide derivata dal gas naturale. La nafta per questi farmaci transita nello Stretto di Hormuz, ora minato, senza assicurazione né scorta. La guerra ha raggiunto l’armadietto dei medicinali. Nessuno ne parla. Il 99% dei feedstock e reagenti farmaceutici deriva da petrolchimici (American Gas Association). Le pillole sono fatte di petrolio: la stessa nafta che diventa polietilene per sacchetti di pane diventa fenolo per il paracetamolo. Se i cracker [processi industriali, ndr] chiudono, scompaiono entrambi. E i cracker stanno chiudendo: Chandra Asri ha dichiarato force majeure il 3 marzo, Yeochun NCC il 4, PCS Singapore il 5, CNOOC-Shell Huizhou pianifica lo shutdown del suo impianto da 1,2 milioni di tonnellate. L’effetto si estende ai farmaci per feedstock identici. L’India è il punto critico: 20% dei generici mondiali, 40% della domanda USA. Il suo metanolo (solvente chiave per API) ha 87,7% di esposizione a Hormuz. Il governo prioritizza il GPL domestico, privando le catene farmaceutiche dei derivati della nafta. Le aziende hanno scorte di 3-6 mesi, che si esauriscono rapidamente. Il Serum Institute of India, il più grande produttore di vaccini (40-50% dosi globali chiave), dipende dalla stessa catena. I vaccini mRNA usano nanoparticelle lipidiche e solventi petrolchimici; quelli tradizionali intermedi per adiuvanti. Ogni fiala, siringa e packaging è plastica. Non è solo packaging: è una crisi vaccinale. L’accesso del mondo in via di sviluppo ad antibiotici, antidiabetici, cardiovascolari e vaccini infantili passa per gli impianti indiani alimentati da feedstock che transitano in un corridoio di 21 miglia seminato di mine iraniane. Questo è il quarto domino: dopo energia, fertilizzanti e packaging, ora i farmaci trasformano la crisi economica in umanitaria. Non esiste alternativa alla metformina per 537 milioni di diabetici, all’amoxicillina per polmonite infantile né ai vaccini che hanno eliminato malattie dopo decenni. La Fed si riunisce domani per valutare l’inflazione da energia, fertilizzanti, packaging e ora input farmaceutici. Tutto attraverso lo stesso collo di bottiglia. Quattro domino, un solo stretto. Il mercato non ha ancora prezzato i medicinali: non stanno solo negli indici di borsa, ma anche sulle ricette del medico di base.