Daily Digest - June 8, 2026
The Miasma worm tears through Microsoft's GitHub repositories, a new wave of AI coding tools lands on the desktop, and Uber, Wayve, and Waymo line up for a robotaxi showdown in London.
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Intro
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A self-replicating worm turns cloning a repo into a compromise
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/miasma-worm-hits-73-microsoft-github.html -
Google's Colab CLI hands AI agents a cloud supercomputer
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/08/google-colab-command-line-interface-cli/ -
GitHub's standalone Copilot app becomes a control room for agents
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/08/github-copilot-app-ai-coding-agents/ -
Simon Willison's plugin lets agents edit text without mangling it
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/7/datasette-agent-edit/ -
Dries Buytaert: agents abandon tools that cost too much to adopt
https://dri.es/friction-abstraction-and-verification -
Uber burned its AI budget early, and the bill was a warning
https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/ai-token-cost-management -
OpenAI's Lockdown Mode for ChatGPT cuts off the exits
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/08/openai-lockdown-mode-available/ -
CISA: actively exploited SolarWinds Serv-U flaw, patch by June 19
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/08/cisa-patch-actively-exploited-solarwinds-serv-u-dos-vulnerability-cve-2026-28318/ -
TechCrunch's midyear roundup of the worst breaches of 2026
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/07/the-worst-hacks-and-breaches-of-2026-so-far/ -
Uber, Wayve, and Waymo line up for a robotaxi showdown in London
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/uber-wayve-and-waymo-are-headed-towards-a-robotaxi-showdown-in-london/ -
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