April 18, 2026

  Hello all, Since the month started on Wednesday, it has seemed like a long time since there was a major release of patches and updates. Never fear, your wait is over! Adobe, Apache, Cisco, Microsoft, PHP, SAP, Splunk and more released updates to fix holes, defects, and vulnerabilities this past…

April 11, 2026

Hello all, Artemis II splashed down on Friday off the US Pacific coast after making a successful orbit around the moon – very cool!  In the world of cyber, Anthropic’s latest AI, Claude Mythos, continues to rattle experts and tantalize evil people worldwide with its unprecedented ability to find and exploit…

April 4, 2026

Hello all, I wish you a Happy Easter and Passover. I pray that it is a peaceful and enjoyable one. If you’ve been affected by the Iran conflict, I truly feel for you. There have been some serious cyber disruptions this past week with Iran damaging Amazon and Oracle datacenters in…

March 28, 2026

Hello all, Whether it was because threat actors were attending RSAC in San Francisco this week, or because those that would be reporting cyber-attacks and such a were away, there seemed to me to be a lower number of reports of vulnerabilities and successful attacks. If it was due to RSAC,…

March 21, 2026

Hello all, The Iran war is still dominating the news, but surprisingly, after the successful attack on Stryker Corporation, there have been no reports of other large-scale successful cyber-attacks attributed to Iranian threat actors. That’s not to say they haven’t tried, a Nuclear Reactor in Poland was apparently targeted, but the…

March 14, 2026

Hello all, Last week I’d noted that I was surprised that there had been no evident cyber-retaliatory attacks by Iranian threat actors. Welp, on Wednesday a threat group named Handala claimed a successful attack on Stryker, a USA based global medical equipment company with $25.1 billion in revenue in 2025. According…

March 7, 2026

  Hello all, What a difference one week can make! Top of mind for many is the Iran conflict and the implications as it relates to cyber warfare. In a surprising first, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, openly talked about cyber operations as part of operation…

February 28, 2026

Hello all, Unlike the prior week, there was a lot to report on this week, starting with a brand-new way to extract your information from wireless networks, three-year old Cisco zero-day exploit, and more. The good guys had some nice wins with the sentencing of a dirtbag, sanctions on another, disruption…

February 21, 2026

Hello all, This week was somewhat light with almost no pants-of-fire alerts. There was one that needs quick attention, a Google Chrome zero-day that’s under active attack, and there were several CISA alerts that should be prioritized due to ongoing and accelerated threat actor activity. Headline NEWS: In Ransomware, Malware, and…

February 14, 2026

Hello all, Just like with a successful cyber-attack, the recovery time for my physical illness has been slow going. At first there seemed to be hope that there would be immediate recovery, but unfortunately the threat actor virus has been causing periodic disruption to my system with general slowdowns, loss of…

February 7, 2026

Hello all, The week started out rather ordinary with the usual level of malevolence and chaos inflicted on the world by cybercriminals, along with the usual proclamations of falling skies due to AI. And then my system got hit with a virus. Yep. Me! It started inconspicuously with processing slowing down…

January 31, 2026

Hello all, With most of the nation now firmly embraced in Winter’s ferocious icy grip, including longtime bastion of warmth, Florida, now engulfed in frigid air, it is a good time to find a toasty place to sit back and read the latest tech news headlines while sipping your favorite beverage.…