Issue #117 · 2025-12-05

Ilia's Corner

Featured story

TrustedSec Releases Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) for Penetration Testing

The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) is an open-source, Python‑based framework created by TrustedSec for conducting advanced social engineering attacks in a penetration testing context. By automating specific attack vectors—such as phishing emails, malicious website generation, and credential harvesting—SET helps security professionals simulate real-world social engineering threats, identify vulnerabilities, and strengthen organizational defenses. This tool is essential for red teams and security auditors who need to test human-factor risks with industry-standard techniques.

github_trending · 5 min read

Top stories

CDC Vaccine Panel Chaos: Political Influence Over Science

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), now influenced by anti-vaccine advocates selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is attempting to remove the recommendation for the HPV vaccine, highlighting the impact of political influence on public health decisions.

reddit · 5 min read

TrustedSec Releases Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) for Penetration Testing

The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) is an open-source, Python‑based framework created by TrustedSec for conducting advanced social engineering attacks in a penetration testing context. By automating specific attack vectors—such as phishing emails, malicious website generation, and credential harvesting—SET helps security professionals simulate real-world social engineering threats, identify vulnerabilities, and strengthen organizational defenses.

hackernews · 5 min read

Microsoft Adjusts AI Sales Targets Amid Enterprise Resistance

Microsoft's scaled-back AI sales targets reveal a critical gap between AI hype and enterprise adoption readiness. The challenge stems from sophisticated agentic AI's current inability to handle autonomous decision-making at scale, underscoring the gap between hype and practical application.

hackernews · 5 min read

GTM: Simulating the World of Tools for AI Agents

The Generalist Tool Model (GTM) introduces a groundbreaking approach to accelerating and simplifying the training of AI agents that interact with external tools. By simulating tool responses instead of executing them, GTM reduces training time and costs while maintaining or improving performance on complex tasks.

hackernews · 5 min read

Tools spotlight

Kubernetes: The Industry-Standard Container Orchestrator

Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source system for managing containerized applications across multiple hosts. It provides basic mechanisms for the deployment, maintenance, and scaling of applications. Kubernetes is the industry-standard container orchestration platform, enabling developers to deploy and manage microservices at scale across cloud environments.

Use Kubernetes to automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications in production environments.

Go · 118986 stars

Lynx: Build Native Mobile Apps with Web Technologies

Lynx is an open-source framework that enables developers to build native mobile UIs for Android and iOS, as well as web interfaces, using familiar web technologies like CSS and React. Its core innovation lies in the Lynx Runtime, which directly interprets web-based code for native platforms, while also supporting platform-specific native components to enhance performance and user experience.

Develop cross-platform mobile applications using React and CSS, achieving native performance on both Android and iOS.

C++ · 13644 stars

Fizzy: Streamline Project Management with Kanban

Fizzy is a modern Kanban board tool developed by 37signals, offering a lightweight and intuitive solution for project tracking and task management. Built with Ruby on Rails and utilizing Hotwire for real-time updates, Fizzy emphasizes collaboration and progress visualization without overwhelming users with complex features.

Manage team projects and track tasks using a simple, real-time Kanban board that integrates seamlessly with existing workflows.

Ruby · 2692 stars

Research corner

The Ethics of Generative AI

This research summarizes the ethical implications of generative AI, highlighting how its human-like behavior affects issues like responsibility and bias in technology. It presents actionable insights for organizations to ensure AI is developed and deployed responsibly.

cs.AI · Sven Körner, Christoph Endres, Timo Hönig, Walter Kriha · 5 min read

GTM: Simulating the World of Tools for AI Agents

The Generalist Tool Model (GTM) introduces a groundbreaking approach to accelerating and simplifying the training of AI agents that interact with external tools. By simulating tool responses instead of executing them, GTM reduces training time and costs while maintaining or improving performance on complex tasks.

cs.AI · Mingkang Zhu, Zhiyuan Huang, Jinghui Chen, Xiao Wang, Neil Shah · 5 min read

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