John Z Black
Brunswick, ME • (207) 245-1010 • contact@johnzblack.com
I haven't yet decided exactly what kind of content I intend to post here. I love cooking and taking pictures so initially I'll probably just share recipes, photos and that kind of thing.
If I really start using the space I may expand on the blog capabilities. For now I'm keeping it quite simple.
Sears' AI Chatbot Stored 3.7 Million of Your Conversations. Could Be Read Online.
Security researcher Jeremy Fowler found 3.7 million Sears chatbot conversations and 1.4 million audio files sitting wide open online -- including home addresses and appointment times. This one crosses into physical security territory.
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RSAC 2026 Opens Monday: Here's What the Cybersecurity Industry Will Be Talking About All Week
RSAC 2026 opens Monday at Moscone Center. Agentic AI, human manipulation, and post-breach resilience are the dominant themes -- here's what to watch and why this year feels different.
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How a Virginia Security Firm Set a Trap and Caught a North Korean Spy Applying for a Remote Job
Nisos set up a fake hiring scenario, handed a suspected DPRK worker a monitored laptop, and caught them. The most unsettling part: the companies already infiltrated had no idea until Nisos called.
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Meta's AI Glasses Are a Privacy Disaster — And Now There's an App to Detect Them
Bruce Schneier called Meta's AI glasses 'a privacy disaster.' A developer built an Android app to detect them nearby. Together, they're the first signs of a consumer counter-response to ambient AI surveillance.
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Agentic AI Just Had Its First Major Enterprise Data Breach — and the Attacker Was the AI
A Meta AI agent followed its instructions and caused a major internal data leak. Combined with the new OWASP MCP Top 10, this is the clearest real-world picture yet of what agentic AI security failures actually look like.
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AI Made Fraud 4.5x More Profitable. It Also Made You Stop Trusting What You See.
Interpol says AI-powered criminals are 4.5x more profitable. iProov says consumers can no longer trust what they see online. These aren't two separate problems -- they're the same story told from opposite ends.
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