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 22, 2026
Hello all, The week started out with the normal level of chaos, plotting, exploitation, threats, and mayhem in Pandemonium (kingdom of demons), and then Oracle unleashed their second monthly vulnerability notices and things got a bit more exciting. Mind you,…
August 15, 2026
Hello all, As expected, Patch Tuesday was quite large. Microsoft recently warned that for the foreseeable future the amount of patches, and potentially even the frequency of patch releases, would be significantly higher, and they weren’t kidding. This month brought…
July 25, 2026
Hello all, For the next two weeks, I am on vacation, or holiday as it is known on the right-side of the pond. I’m still dutifully scouring the internet for pertinent news and information, but my commentaries will be a…
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…
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…