Amazon Dumps Surveillance Partnership: A Cautionary Tale for CISOs and Vendors
What happened Pour yourself a drink, this partnership drama is dumber than last week’s vendor press release. Amazon’s Ring has terminated its partnership with the surveillance tech outfit Flock Safety after a backlash from a Super Bowl ad. No, this isn’t a spy thriller; it’s a chapter in the ongoing saga of selling more visibility […]
Security News Newsletter – Sunday, February 15, 2026: A Brutal Look at the Windows 11 KB5077181 Patch
Top Story: The patch that fixes boot failures or at least pretends to Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and try not to laugh when the headline says the February 2026 Patch Tuesday “fixes” boot failures. Microsoft promises that the Windows 11 KB5077181 update resolves an UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME glitch that cropped up after recent security updates […]
Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking Data – Time to Rethink Your Browser Security
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and face the chrome extension circus that just scapegoats user data for a few extra clicks. More than 300 malicious Chrome extensions, with a combined 37 million downloads, were found leaking or stealing personal information. This isn’t a […]
Check Point’s Trio of Acquisitions Amid Solid 2025 Earnings Beat
Pour yourself a glass of aged whiskey and let’s dissect the latest attempt at corporate storytelling dressed up as strategic genius. Check Point Software Technologies just announced a trio of acquisitions—Cyata, Cyclops, and Rotate—while flashing a shiny “solid 2025 earnings beat.” Translation: we burned some cash, wrapped it in a press release, and now we […]
Stop Treating AI as a Free Pass for Bad Software Development
Yes, the top security story for today is yet another sermon about letting artificial intelligence babysit your code. The piece titled How to Eliminate the Technical Debt of Insecure AI-Assisted Software Development argues that AI should be a collaborator to be closely monitored, not a magic wand that erases all your sins. Spoiler: it won’t, […]
Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Over 80 Vulnerabilities Addressed by Intel and AMD
Pour yourself a glass of something dark and trust me, this is going to sound familiar – another Patch Tuesday, another parade of advisories, and yet the same CISO cadence: look busy, talk big, patch later. Intel and AMD claim to have addressed over 80 vulnerabilities, which sounds impressive until you remember that most of […]
EU Greenlights Google’s $32B Wiz Acquisition – The Cloud Security Monopoly Train Keeps Rolling
Pour yourself a glass of something dark and expensive, because this is what passes for “winning” in security these days – regulators waving through a cloud behemoth’s latest power move while we pretend it somehow improves anything other than vendor lock-in and integration complexity. The European Commission gave Google the go-ahead for its $32B purchase […]
Lema AI Emerges From Stealth With $24 Million to Tackle Third-Party Risk – A Cigar-Box Review
Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and brace for the next security startup fairy tale dressed up as a risk management revolution. Lema AI announces it has emerged from stealth with 24 million dollars to tackle third-party risk, which, in vendor-speak, means a shiny new way to chase vendors you probably already ignore anyway. The […]
New tool blocks imposter attacks disguised as safe commands
Pour yourself a dram of whiskey while we dissect yet another security gadget pitched as the cure for the chaos in the command line. This story from the land of vendors and press releases reads like a cautionary tale told with a straight face and a glass half empty. If you think this will finally […]
Edge Devices Die Hard – Replace Them Before They Die in Public
Top Story Another batch of end-of-life hardware is making headlines and the press release brain trust is already patting themselves on the back for “addressing risk.” The gist, if you squint hard enough through the smoke and vendor buzzwords, is simple: devices that no longer get updates are the most delightful attack surface since static […]
