The AI Grief Counselor Sketch, Fortinet, BSODs, WINRAR, Montreaux, Big Iron, Memory Prices, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News.
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Doug White
- Over 3.28 Million Fortinet Devices Exposed Online With Risky Web Properties
- Microsoft links Windows 11 boot failures to failed December 2025 update
- Microsoft Windows file archival tool WinRAR exploited worldwide
- Most organizations had a third-party breach in the last year
- IBM says AI is insane in the mainframe as z17 sales surge
- Badges, Bytes and Blackmail
- How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC
- How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?
Joshua Marpet
- Anthropic smacked with 1.5 billion dollar fine
This article marks the $1.5 billion settlement as the end of the "ask for forgiveness" era of AI training.
Key Insight: Secondary liability means that using a "black box" AI model is no longer defensible.
Actionable Advice: VRM workflows must now include explicit "Data Integrity Attestations" to confirm that pirated datasets were not used in model training.
Timeline: The March 30, 2026, deadline for claims makes this an urgent topic for organizations to resolve past liabilities.
