Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
2026-04-12T19:23:42Z•ba6751f2840c88d4753f96bc72ea1fcde8e476d73add85277a5977ef999a2a66
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What happened
The batch highlights multiple security and privacy issues: a confirmed Python supply‑chain compromise in the PyPI package litellm v1.82.8 (malicious .pth executed on interpreter startup), demonstrating the ongoing risk of malicious packages and the need for SBOMs, SLSA, and SigStore. Reporting also calls out serious shortcomings in Microsoft cloud security documentation that left federal reviewers unable to assess its security posture. Legal and policy risks include Hong Kong’s new authority to compel individuals to reveal encryption keys and a New Mexico ruling that may disincentivize end‑to‑
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