Security Operations
Detection, incident response, forensics and the tooling behind them.
When the Body Silences Its Signals: How Self-Model Collapse May Shape Near-Death Experiences
A neuroscientific hypothesis proposes that near-death experiences arise when the brain’s continuous integration of bodily signals breaks down under extreme physiological stress, causing a simplified self-model to emerge in the absence of normal interoceptive input.
The Rise of Search Your Target
A deep look into the underground market where attackers pay others to filter billions of stolen credentials for specific targets—transforming noisy infostealer dumps into precise attack payloads.
Weaponized Urgency: The Critical Lessons Behind the Ivanti Sentry Breach
CVE-2026-10520 analysis, Ivanti Sentry vulnerability, root-level remote code execution (RCE) implications, and defense-in-depth strategies.
'Hades' Campaign Against PyPI Puts New Spin on Shai-Hulud
The latest Mini-Shai-hulud payload introduces Hades-themed GitHub exfiltration markers and AI analyst misdirection. TeamPCP compromised 19 PyPI packages (37 malicious wheels) via wheel startup hooks, deploying cross-platform memory scrapers and a token-revocation wiper. Read more about understanding supply chain risk in our Cyber Threat Intelligence category. Learn more about Supply Chain Security. Python Security Essentials.
Council of Europe Investigates ShinyHunters Data Breach Claims Affecting 10000+ Staff Records
The Council of Europe, the continent's oldest intergovernmental body representing 46 European nations and over 700 million people, is investigating serious data breach claims made by the ShinyHunters extortion group. The breach allegedly exposes HR and payroll data for thousands of employees spanning over a decade.
Claw Patrol: A Security Firewall for Autonomous AI Agents
Claw Patrol provides a runtime security layer for AI agents, allowing developers to set guardrails and monitor agent behavior. Created by the Deno team, it solves the 'rogue agent' problem in autonomous workflows through protocol-level inspection and rule-based validation.
VRChat Cloud Breach 2026: Fake 24 Million User Report Clarified
Analysis of the VRChat data security incident reported in June 2026, clarifying that a breach notice claiming 24 million affected users was a fake document created by an unknown third party, while confirming a smaller-scale cloud access incident affecting approximately 2.4 million users between May 10-12, 2026.
Maine Breach Portal Abused to Publish Fake Data Breach Disclosures
An unusual misinformation campaign saw fraudulent data breach disclosures submitted to Maine's official breach portal, including fake reports from VRChat and Discord, highlighting the lack of verification in public breach notification systems.
Introduction to Web Application Firewalls (WAFs)
An introductory guide to understanding what WAFs are, how they function as web security tools against SQLi and XSS, and their importance.
The Risk of Agentic AI in Open Source: Lessons from Fedora's Recent Incidents
Analyzing recent incidents where agentic AI systems disrupted Fedora's development workflow and the lessons for open-source governance.