/Hive Five #238 · Aug 25, 2025
AI and God
/The Bee's Knees 🐝
The headline picks from this issue. The full issue has more.
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Obsidian Bases transforms note-taking by creating powerful, offline databases from your notes with lightning-fast performance that rivals Notion. The game-changing "dynamic links" feature creates contextual sidebars that automatically update based on your current note, turning static notes into an interconnected thinking environment.
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Using GPT-5 with IDA Pro's MCP server to automatically solve a DEF CON CTF Finals challenge
The first time an LLM has tackled such a difficult hacking competition problem with minimal human input.
Read : Using GPT-5 with IDA Pro's MCP server to automatically solve a DEF CON CTF Finals challenge -
AI safety measures assume adult users, but kids are accessing these models without age verification and receiving adult-level responses about complex topics like violence, relationships, and moral dilemmas.
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Jack Cable, former CISA researcher and top bug bounty hunter, demonstrates a critical vulnerability in Cluely's desktop app that allowed any website to continuously screenshot users' screens.
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0xInfection discovered multiple bypasses for OWASP's Core Rule Set (CRS), the popular ModSecurity WAF ruleset, during a live hacking event. The bypasses exploited shell globbing patterns, PowerShell aliases, missing file blacklists, alternate IP notations, and a critical Content-Type header flaw that allowed payloads to slip through undetected.
Read : pick 5