May 30, 2026
Hello all, This weekend brings an end to the first half of 2026. It seems to me to have just flown by very fast, but maybe that’s just me. Speaking of fast, quite a few sources are saying that the…
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May 23, 2026
Hello all, As usual, this week held lots of announcements of vulnerabilities, malware, breaches, new interesting things, and of course, AI advances. A few items stood out, such as Cisco hitting the headline news for the third week in a…
May 16, 2026
Hello all, This week brought another round of fun updates from Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, and others with Patch Tuesday releases. Immediately following Microsoft’s patch releases, a hacker who I shall dub Dirtbag Eclipse, released two new zero-day exploits, one of…
May 9, 2026
Hello all, It has been another busy week. The biggest headline news item is that my birthday is on Sunday. No, actually it is the Instructure Canvas hack by Shiny Hunters. These dirtbags managed to download a massive trove…
May 2, 2026
Hello all, Another week, and another report replete with vulnerabilities, bugs, fails, defects, holes, exfiltration, compromises, phishing, breaches, hacking and exploitation. Of course there are also plenty of links to articles about patches, fixes, takedowns, arrests, sentencing, and legislation, all…
April 25, 2026
Hello all, While there were plenty of cyber related news articles to read this week, there weren’t many new major vulnerability announcements. But there were a few. Google patched for two high-risk defects, Microsoft had to release an emergency update…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…