#AxisOfEasy Weekly Tech Digest

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#AxisOfEasy Weekly Tech Digest episodes

April 10 #AxisOfEasy 445: Project Glasswing: Industry Coalition Uses AI To Strengthen Cybersecurity

In this issue:
Project Glasswing: Industry Coalition Uses AI to Strengthen
Cybersecurity
Alberta Bill 23 Targets Political Deepfakes, Expands Petition Limits
LinkedIn Faces Legal Action Over Covert Browser Scans
AI Agent Banned from Wikipedia Sparks Controversy
Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists and Officials in Middle East

In this issue:
Project Glasswing: Industry Coalition Uses AI to Strengthen
Cybersecurity
Alberta Bill 23 Targets Political Deepfakes, Expands Petition Limits
LinkedIn Faces Legal Action Over Covert Browser Scans
AI Agent Banned from Wikipedia Sparks Controversy
Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists and Officials in Middle East
18 min
April 03 #AxisOfEasy 444: Age Verification Laws Reshape the Internet
In This Issue:
Age Verification Laws Reshape the Internet
Anthropic’s Claude Code Source Leaked Again
Axios Supply Chain Attack Exposes Malicious NPM Dependency
Copilot Injects Ads Into Pull Requests as AI’s Subsidy Era Ends
Dutch Finance Ministry Cyberattack Disrupts Treasury Portal for 1,600 Public Institutions
In This Issue:
Age Verification Laws Reshape the Internet
Anthropic’s Claude Code Source Leaked Again
Axios Supply Chain Attack Exposes Malicious NPM Dependency
Copilot Injects Ads Into Pull Requests as AI’s Subsidy Era Ends
Dutch Finance Ministry Cyberattack Disrupts Treasury Portal for 1,600 Public Institutions
21 min
March 27 #AxisOfEasy 443: Apple Becomes The UK Government’s Favorite Compliance Officer
In this issue:
Apple Becomes the UK Government’s Favorite Compliance Officer
easyDNS releases MCP server and skills for AI agents
The Petabyte Pivot: Why Your Anime Habits are Now a Telco Tragedy
DarkSword iOS Exploit Leaked, Threatening Older Apple Devices
Critical PyPI Attack Compromises litellm 1.82.7–1.82.8
AI Agents Bypass Security Controls, Raise Insider Threat Concerns
In this issue:
Apple Becomes the UK Government’s Favorite Compliance Officer
easyDNS releases MCP server and skills for AI agents
The Petabyte Pivot: Why Your Anime Habits are Now a Telco Tragedy
DarkSword iOS Exploit Leaked, Threatening Older Apple Devices
Critical PyPI Attack Compromises litellm 1.82.7–1.82.8
AI Agents Bypass Security Controls, Raise Insider Threat Concerns
21 min
March 20 #AxisOfEasy 442: Canada Introduces Bill C-22 For Mandatory Metadata Retention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur8cyfPx77M

In this issue:
Canada Introduces Bill C-22 For Mandatory Metadata Retention
Meta is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-to-End Encryption
Invisible Unicode Supply-Chain Attack Hits GitHub Ecosystem
Claudy Day: Claude AI Vulnerability Risks Data Theft
iPhone Exploit Kit DarkSword Steals Data Worldwide
FBI Confirms Purchase of Americans’ Location Data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur8cyfPx77M

In this issue:
Canada Introduces Bill C-22 For Mandatory Metadata Retention
Meta is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-to-End Encryption
Invisible Unicode Supply-Chain Attack Hits GitHub Ecosystem
Claudy Day: Claude AI Vulnerability Risks Data Theft
iPhone Exploit Kit DarkSword Steals Data Worldwide
FBI Confirms Purchase of Americans’ Location Data
38 min
March 13 #AxisOfEasy 441: Canada Allows TikTok To Continue Operations With New Safeguards
In this issue:
Canada Allows TikTok to Continue Operations with New Safeguards
Russian government hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, Dutch spies warn
AI Misstep Wipes Years of Website Data
Chrome Gemini Panel Vulnerability Exposed
SSL Certificate Lifetimes Are Shrinking: What the New 47-Day TLS Certificate Rules Mean
In this issue:
Canada Allows TikTok to Continue Operations with New Safeguards
Russian government hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, Dutch spies warn
AI Misstep Wipes Years of Website Data
Chrome Gemini Panel Vulnerability Exposed
SSL Certificate Lifetimes Are Shrinking: What the New 47-Day TLS Certificate Rules Mean
24 min
March 06 #AxisofEasy 440: Meta Ray-Ban Glasses Footage Sent to Human Reviewers
In this issue:
Meta Ray-Ban Glasses Footage Sent to Human Reviewers
Israel Allegedly Hacks Iranian Prayer App to Push Wartime Messages
Canadian Tire Data Breach Hits Millions
FULCRUMSEC Claims Major LexisNexis Data Breach
California Mandates Device-Level Age Tracking
The Government Wants an AI With No Guardrails. What Could Go Wrong?
In this issue:
Meta Ray-Ban Glasses Footage Sent to Human Reviewers
Israel Allegedly Hacks Iranian Prayer App to Push Wartime Messages
Canadian Tire Data Breach Hits Millions
FULCRUMSEC Claims Major LexisNexis Data Breach
California Mandates Device-Level Age Tracking
The Government Wants an AI With No Guardrails. What Could Go Wrong?
37 min
February 27 #AxisofEasy 439: OpenAI Suppressed Warnings On Mass Shooter Months Before Spree
In this issue:
OpenAI Flagged Tumbler Ridge Shooter’s Chat Sessions, But Did Nothing
GitLab Disrupts North Korean “Contagious Interview” and Fake IT Worker
Networks
DJI Robot Vacuum Flaw Exposed 7,000 Homes
Google Patches First Chrome Zero-Day of 2026
UK Fines Reddit Over Child Data and Age Verification
In this issue:
OpenAI Flagged Tumbler Ridge Shooter’s Chat Sessions, But Did Nothing
GitLab Disrupts North Korean “Contagious Interview” and Fake IT Worker
Networks
DJI Robot Vacuum Flaw Exposed 7,000 Homes
Google Patches First Chrome Zero-Day of 2026
UK Fines Reddit Over Child Data and Age Verification
31 min
February 20 #AxisOfEasy 438: Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Across Devices
In this issue:
Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Across Devices
Montreal Fake ID Lab Busted, Thousands of Identities Stolen
Microsoft 365 Copilot Bug Summarizes Confidential Emails
U.S. Law Firm Sues Lenovo Over Data Transfers to China
24 min
February 17 #AxisofEasy 437: Discord Is Asking For Your ID
In this issue:
Discord Is Asking For Your ID. The Backlash Is About More Than Privacy
Hackers Hijack Physician’s Paycheck in Social Engineering Payroll Scam
Substack Confirms Data Breach Exposing User Contact Information
Congress Targets Kids’ Social Media Use with New Federal Rules
dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Compromised in Third Major Attack
ZeroDayRAT: New Commercial Spyware Threatens Android and iOS Devices
In this issue:
Discord Is Asking For Your ID. The Backlash Is About More Than Privacy
Hackers Hijack Physician’s Paycheck in Social Engineering Payroll Scam
Substack Confirms Data Breach Exposing User Contact Information
Congress Targets Kids’ Social Media Use with New Federal Rules
dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Compromised in Third Major Attack
ZeroDayRAT: New Commercial Spyware Threatens Android and iOS Devices
43 min
February 06 AxisofEasy 436: OpenClaw And Moltbook: Inside The Rise Of Autonomous AI Agents

In this issue:
OpenClaw and Moltbook: Inside the Rise of Autonomous AI Agents
State Hackers Hijack Notepad++ Updates in Months-Long Supply-Chain Attack
SystemBC Malware Hits 10,000+ Global IPs, Targets Government Sites
Eight Minutes to Admin: AI-Assisted Cloud Attack Hits AWS
Critical Looker Vulnerabilities Exposed by Tenable

In this issue:
OpenClaw and Moltbook: Inside the Rise of Autonomous AI Agents
State Hackers Hijack Notepad++ Updates in Months-Long Supply-Chain Attack
SystemBC Malware Hits 10,000+ Global IPs, Targets Government Sites
Eight Minutes to Admin: AI-Assisted Cloud Attack Hits AWS
Critical Looker Vulnerabilities Exposed by Tenable

30 min