RansomHouse Upgrades Encryption With Multi-Layered Data Processing – And We All Roll Our Eyes
Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and pretend this is the wake up call you pretend to give the board every Friday. The latest from the RansomHouse crowd is that they upgraded their encryptor from a single phase to multi-layered data processing. Translation: they added more moving parts so you can pretend it is more […]
Multibillion-Dollar AI and Cloud Security Deal: A Bourbon-Soaked Take
Here we go again. Two massive vendors band together for a multibillion-dollar love letter to AI and cloud security, because nothing screams “our customers’ security is finally in good hands” like another press release cooked up on a conference-room napkin between sips of whatever aged spirit is keeping the lights on. Palo Alto Networks and […]
CISA Warns of Exploited Flaw in Asus Update Tool – The Supply Chain Never Takes a Holiday
Another zero-day patched just in time for no one to notice. Let’s talk about the latest carnival of vendor confidence, where the update tool you trusted to push critical fixes is in fact the backdoor you never wanted to admit existed. The U.S. CISA has added Asus Live Update to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, […]
Five Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026: Identity, AI, and the Collapse of Perimeter Thinking
The perimeter is gone. Credentials are no longer sufficient. And security cannot rely on static controls in a dynamic threat environment. If you’ve managed to sleep through the last decade of buzzwords, wake up and pour a dram of something dark while we talk about what this forecast actually means in the real world—the world […]
Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content
Overview Pour yourself a glass of whiskey because direct navigation to parked domains has become a trust exercise with a sticky note that says “click me anyway.” A new study finds that the vast majority of parked domains – expired, dormant, or misspelled versions of popular sites – are now configured to redirect visitors to […]
Apple Patches Two Zero-Days Tied to Mysterious Exploited Chrome Flaw
Top Story Pour yourself a glass of whiskey – the patch theater is back. Apple has released updates for macOS and iOS to patch two WebKit zero-days tied to a “mysterious exploited Chrome flaw.” Translation: two security holes existed, Apple wrote some code, and now your devices might be marginally safer for a few days […]
PayPal Subscriptions Abuse Proves Vendor Convenience Is A Backdoor
Pour yourself a whiskey and listen up, because the latest security theater is not a zero-day exploit but a reminder that vendor convenience comes with a back door labeled user experience. PayPal’s Subscriptions feature, apparently, is ripe for abuse when attackers can slip fake purchase emails into the legitimate communication pipeline. Yes, a legitimate feature […]
GISEC GLOBAL 2026 – The Middle East & Africa’s Largest Cybersecurity Event, Served with a Whiskey Stone Cold Reality
One top story, zero substance GISEC GLOBAL 2026 is billed as the Middle East and Africa’s largest cybersecurity event, a claim that sounds mighty until you remember it is largely a showroom with outlets and sponsor booths giving you a haircut with buzzwords. The article that accompanies this top story is painfully clear in its […]
Apple Fixes Two Zero-Days in ‘Sophisticated’ Attacks – A Small Patch, A Large Reality Check
You probably thought you were done with patch Tuesday horror stories for the week, right? Here comes Apple dropping an emergency update for two zero-day flaws that were exploited in an “extremely sophisticated” attack targeting a few people. Translation: two bugs got nailed, a handful of victims got saved for now, and the rest of […]
Executive Order to Block State AI Regulations: A Bourbon-Fueled Rant on Governance Theater
Pour yourself a glass of something dark and legally dubious – the AI governance circus rolls on and the clowns keep collecting badges from vendors who swear they’re saving the world with policy templates. The top story this time is an executive order aimed at stopping state AI regulations. In other words, a federal blade […]
