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 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…
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 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 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 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…