August 29, 2026
Hello all, Three headline news items merit immediate attention if you have any of the products under your care; more on that in a moment. There is a lot of good news about takedowns and arrests, and unfortunately some serious…
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August 8, 2026
Hello all, My vacation ends this weekend. It has been nice to unplug to some degree, but as you’ve noticed, I always keep the shields up and stay abreast of cyber-happenings. There were a few important ones this past week,…
July 11, 2026
Hello all, This week was thankfully somewhat quiet, with the normal level of vulnerabilities. Next week is Patch Tuesday, so expect an incoming tsunami of things to prioritize. Now that’s not to say that this week didn’t have any notable…
July 4, 2026
Hello all, The biggest news this week, in my opinion, is the 250th birthday of The United States of America. Celebrations were held nationwide to honor and commemorate this momentous occasion. In addition, it is a three-day weekend for most…
June 27, 2026
Hello all, FortiBleed is still leaking electrons all over the place necessitating a monumental cleanup by organizations worldwide as they race to lock down their Fortinet firewalls before threat actors do more than just steal and harvest credentials. There were…
June 13, 2026
Hello all, This week has brought a patchacopalipse with a surprisingly large number of vendors releasing critical or high severity patches to plug holes and defects. Microsoft was one of the top gift-givers with 200 or more patches for Patch…
June 6, 2026
Hello all, Microsoft held their Build 2026 conference this week, and there were all sorts of announcements, many revolving around Artificial Intelligence of course, with a few other interesting and surprising items such as a new category of wearable items…
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…
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…
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 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 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…