Microsoft wins 'lamest vendor' at Pwnie Awards 2026 for threatening security researchers with legal action

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/microsoft-wins-lamest-vendor-at-pwnie-awards-2026-for-threatening-security-researchers-with-legal-action/

Millennials telling coworkers about their wife and kids

Water has more problems because of its infrastructure and municipal funding. But to adversaries who may actually comprehend the horror of not having sewage systems long term and the health impacts, it’s a prime, increasingly vulnerable target. We’ve worried about water for a very long time.

I’ve been talking to a lot of journalists about the US Midwest water hacking and I get asked a lot why we hear so little about cyber threats against water and sewage when it’s what scares us as practitioners the most. I think it’s psychological. >>>

Nobody warns you how tremendously disconcerting going back to an American restaurant is after living anywhere else long term.

- them walking off with your credit card & no tap to pay
- the huge portions and sodium
- the weird attentiveness for tips
- being IDed over 30
- flags everywhere

@hacks4pancakes Comparing my family in NZ who have regular exposure to earthquake and tsunami risks to Canberra/Melbourne folks is interesting on this too. I know very few Australians who keep backup water jugs - bushfires are the main emergency we've had to consider.
I got to try The Adaptation Game (https://www.tagclimatedrill.org/) run by the Yarra Council and was surprised that major storms and flooding are the major risk factors for a lot of Melbourne - if you see a session I'd heavily recommend joining.