Ransomware Payments Surpassed $4.5 Billion: US Treasury
Pour yourself a dark dram, because this isn’t a victory lap for security teams or vendors who still think “defense in depth” is a mortgage you can pay with a PowerPoint slide. The numbers don’t lie, they just keep getting louder: ransomware payments topped $4.5 billion according to US Treasury and FinCEN data, a figure […]
OpenAI Ad Denial on ChatGPT Plus is Why We Do This to Ourselves
Pour yourself a drink, this is the kind of news that explains why we have a shelf full of whiskey and a calendar full of security warnings we ignored ten times already. OpenAI recently denied that ChatGPT Plus is going to start serving ads. The rumor mill claimed ads would pop up for paying users, […]
Drones, Diplomas, and a $25M Essay Mill: The Top Security Story You Probably Ignore
Pour yourself a whiskey, this is not a drill. The top security story this week is not another patched zero-day or a vendor slide deck about “zero trust on a budget.” It is a $25 million empire built on cheating and geopolitics, hidden behind a private university’s glossy brochure. Drones, diplomas, and essays, you name […]
Lumia Security’s $18 Million Round Is Not a Breakthrough – It’s a Marketing Jam
Pour yourself a glass of something that pairs well with buzzwords because Lumia Security just carted off another $18 million while promising AI security and governance. The press release-worthy numbers don’t come with a map to better security, just a glossy itinerary full of engineers, partnerships, and a GTM plan louder than a security vendor […]
Agentic AI Raises $130 Million: The Unicorn Rolls Into the Bar
Top story of the day Pour yourself a glass of something aged – bourbon, rye, or a dark rum that knows how to pretend it’s a solution to your problems. The headline is loud enough to wake the IT group from their quarterly patching nap: Agentic Security Firm 7AI Raises $130 Million. But before you […]
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 […]
