Re:Invent 2025: AWS and Security Vendors Unveil New Products and Capabilities
Pour yourself a glass of aged bourbon, because this week’s security theatre at re:Invent 2025 was exactly what you’d expect: a room full of vendors describing “new capabilities” that somehow will finally fix the problem you’ve been managing since you started patching with a coffee mug in one hand and a spreadsheet in the other. […]
OpenAI Coding Agent CVE-2025-61260: Patch Chaos in the Codex CLI
One top story, and we are all invited to the show Pour yourself a whiskey, this is the kind of patch drama that makes vendor press rooms look honest by comparison. The OpenAI Codex CLI vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61260, can be exploited for command execution. In plain English: a piece of tooling meant to accelerate […]
New Albiriox MaaS Malware: A Lesson in How Not to Secure Android Banking
Analysis Pour yourself a dram of something darker than your last risk register, because the latest Malware-asa-Service poster child just arrived. SecurityWeek reports that Albiriox is an Android banking trojan sold as a service for a cool $720 per month. Yes, you can rent a fully loaded criminal toolkit the way you rent a car […]
CISA Adds Actively Exploited XSS Bug CVE-2021-26829 in OpenPLC ScadaBR to KEV
Pour yourself a dram of something dark and suspicious, because this update is about as thrilling as a vendor webinar titled “Patch Cadence for ICS.” The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has bolstered its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog with CVE-2021-26829, an XSS flaw in OpenPLC ScadaBR that is reportedly under active exploitation. If […]
Ads Inside ChatGPT: OpenAI Tests Internal Ads as the Next Revenue Stream
Pour yourself a dram of whiskey and settle in. The security circus keeps rolling, and this time the act is OpenAI reportedly testing ads inside ChatGPT that could redefine the web economy. Yes, ads inside a chat bot. No, this is not a prank. It is a vendor compromising user attention for a few extra […]
HashJack AI Browser Attack and the Never-Ending Security Circus
Pour yourself a dram of aged bourbon and settle in, because here is the top story you probably missed while scrolling past a thousand vendor white papers. SecurityWeek’s roundup on HashJack AI Browser Attack, Charming Kitten Leak, Hacker Unmasked is the kind of headline that sounds urgent until you realize it’s just another shiny object […]
OpenAI, Mixpanel, and the vendor risk you were promised could be managed
Pour yourself a drink, this breach is dumber than last week’s. OpenAI API customers found themselves exposed not because OpenAI forgot to lock a door, but because a vendor they rely on — Mixpanel — left the door ajar wide enough for a breeze to carry data out the window. It is the classic tale […]
Rey, the Admin, and the Endless Security Theater
Pour yourself a glass of bourbon, because here we go again with the top story that proves the security industry loves a good backstage pass more than actually fixing anything. The headline this time is Rey, the public face of the Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, finally admitting who he is after KrebsOnSecurity tracked him down. It’s […]
Emergency Alerts Down, Vendors Up: OnSolve CodeRED Outage Proves We Trust Third Parties Too Much
What happened down the line of fire alarms Here is the hot take you already ignored 17 times this week: a cyberattack hit OnSolve CodeRED, the emergency alert platform that supposedly speaks to every police department, fire squad, and local government with the gravitas of a bacon-wopping siren. The result? Nationwide disruptions to critical alert […]
Is Your Android TV Streaming Box Part of a Botnet? A Bitter Reminder
Opening dram Pour yourself a dram of whiskey, the latest consumer tech melodrama is back and this time it is your living room turning into a traffic mule. The Superbox streaming devices sold at major retailers promise access to more than 2,200 pay per view and streaming services for a one time fee of around […]
