Another “Newsletter” Day, Another Parade of Things We Will Patch After It’s Too Late
Another zero-day patched just in time for nobody to notice. That is the theme of this “Security News Newsletter – Wednesday, September 23, 2026” thing you probably glanced at between meetings where someone asked why security “does not feel proactive.” Sure. I’m sure. Pour yourself a drink (scotch if you have it, rum if you […]
Another Day, Another Pile of “Critical” Stuff You Still Won’t Patch
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. Because when you run a modern enterprise, your security strategy is basically a mix of “we’ll get to it” and “the vendor said it was fine,” shaken with a little scotch and served with quarterly priorities. Today’s theme is classic: exploited flaws, critical updates, […]
Security News Newsletter – Thursday, July 9, 2026: When “Agentic AI” Meets Old-Fashioned Human Negligence
Another zero-day, another browser patch, another “agentic” promise that everything will be fine this time. Vendor slide decks are surely already queued up, lining up bravely behind the same defenses organizations always buy right before they forget to apply them. Pour yourself a drink, because the security cycle is as predictable as last call at […]
Another Day, Another “Critical” Problem We Will Totally Get To After The Board Meeting
Pour yourself something decent. Whiskey if you have standards, scotch if you have regrets. Today’s top item in this “Security News Newsletter – Wednesday, July 8, 2026” compilation is the kind of story that makes you wonder whether the industry is learning or just doing more paperwork about learning. Because while everyone’s busy chasing buzzwords […]
Another “Security Newsletter” Packed Full of Panic, Patch Later
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. Tuesday, July 7, 2026 basically came with the security equivalent of “good news and bad news,” except the bad news arrives first, dressed as an auth bypass, and the good news is that you read about it before it hits your network. Pour yourself […]
Another Monday, Another Bundle of “Patch This Yesterday” Problems
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. This Security News Newsletter for Monday, July 6, 2026 reads like a greatest-hits album of modern attacker behavior: APTs cozying up to government and critical infrastructure, supply chain tampering that slips past your “we trust open source” faith, and AI and prompt injection nonsense […]
Another Week, Another “Community-Help-Me” Security Plan (Yes, Really)
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. And right on schedule, we get a security story that is basically IT culture distilled into one sentence: “Don’t worry, the developers are handling it. Just with fewer people. And more community. Which is totally the same thing as resources.” The Top Story: Flipper […]
JadePuffer and the New AI Era of “Automate Everything” Cybercrime
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. And on the Fourth of July, we get the delightful news that ransomware is evolving again. Not with more human effort. Not with clever exploitation. No, because humans apparently aren’t necessary for the bad part anymore. Researchers say JadePuffer ransomware used an AI agent […]
Security News Newsletter – Friday, July 3, 2026: The Week We Secretly Hoped You Wouldn’t Read
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. Another “agentic AI” story proving attackers are just turning the crank faster while defenders keep asking for more budget and fewer incidents. Pour yourself something smoky (scotch, bourbon, whatever you have after another meeting) because the top theme of this July 3, 2026 roundup […]
Another “Good News” Day in Security: The FBI Seizes NetNut, and Everyone Else Keeps Waiting for Permission
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. That is basically the security industry’s love language. Today’s “top story” is the FBI seizing the NetNut proxy platform and associated domains tied to the Popa botnet, reportedly linked to at least two million compromised devices. Sensible? Sure. Impressive? Definitely. Also, it is the […]
