Security News Newsletter – One Top Story, Zero Details
Top Story Another press release dressed up as a security update. Pour yourself a glass of something aged – bourbon, rum, or scotch; take your pick, because we are about to walk through a story that pretends to be a breach while it mostly smells like geopolitical theater. The top story in Security News Newsletter […]
Top Story – Fake Homebrew Ads Expose Mac Devs to Infostealer Campaign
Another day, another security story that proves the only thing more predicable than a password policy is the way ad networks fund crime by accident. The latest grim spectacle shows Google ads being weaponized to push fake Homebrew, LogMeIn, and TradingView pages that deliver infostealers like AMOS and Odyssey to unsuspecting macOS developers. If you […]
Top Story: Email Bombs Expose Zendesk’s Lax Authentication
What happened Another day, another vendor with a glossy security page and a glaring blind spot. Cybercriminals are abusing a widespread lack of authentication in Zendesk to flood targeted inboxes with threats that originate from hundreds of Zendesk customers at once. No zero-day mystery here, just a gloriously loud reminder that “trust this platform” does […]
F5 Hack: Patch, China, and the Ultra-Plickety State of Security
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. The headline writes itself while you’re busy arguing about whose vendor patch notes count as real defense and who decided to rename last quarter’s risk appetite. Welcome to the top story of the day, where the adults finally handed in a patch and hoped […]
Adobe Patch Tuesday: Connect Patch and the Never-Ending Security Theater
Top Story Pour yourself a glass of something dark and bitter, because the headline is exactly what you expect in 2025. Adobe has published a dozen security advisories detailing over 35 vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including a critical flaw in Connect Collaboration Suite. In other words, the patch is out and the risk remains. […]
Beyond the Black Box: Building Trust and Governance in the Age of AI
The only thing darker than a policy is the hangover that follows a vendor pitch Another day, another AI governance memo trying to sell you a silver bullet under a banner of “trust” and “transparency.” SecurityWeek’s Beyond the Black Box asks us to balance innovation with ethical governance, which, in theory, is fine the way […]
JPMorgan’s $10 Billion Bet on National Security – The Real Security Theater
Pour yourself a glass of bourbon, because this is the kind of headline that sounds impressive until you notice the hinge is made of leftovers from last year’s vendor summit. JPMorgan Chase reportedly plans to invest up to 10 billion in US companies with crucial ties to national security. It reads like a bold move […]
Fake ‘Inflation Refund’ Texts Target New Yorkers in New Scam
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. Pour yourself a glass of bourbon and brace for the latest in the theater of security theater that never seems to run out of stagehands. The headline of the day reads like a bad punchline, but the scam is real, and the victims keep […]
SonicWall VPN Compromise – a reminder that vendors still can’t fix basic security
Pour yourself a drink, this breach is dumber than last week’s and somehow still finding new excuses to exist. The latest top story is the SonicWall SSL VPN compromise that Huntress warns could let threat actors access multiple customer environments through compromised credentials rather than any heroic brute force. If you have been counting the […]
DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS
Pour yourself a glass of bourbon and strap in, because this is the kind of chaos that makes your quarterly risk assessment look like a fairy tale told to toddlers. You’ve ignored every patch note, every security banner, every vendor promise, and somehow this is where we end up: a record breaking DDoS powered by […]
