RSAC 2025 Sets A Dangerous Precedent for Cybersecurity Leadership
(I posted this on LI, but I like to own my content, so am also posting here.) The cybersecurity community deserves better than what we’re witnessing at RSAC 2025, today. While Kristi ...
New geolocus-cli For ONYPHE’s Geolocus Database
ONYPHE has made available a free API and free MMDB download of their new Geolocus database. It provided IP address metadata in the form of: { "abuse": [ "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]" ...
Trump’s Retaliation Against Chris Krebs — and the Cybersecurity Industry’s Deafening Silence
Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was fired by Donald Trump in 2020 for publicly affirming that the presidential election was secure and free from ...
American [Cyber] Sigh
A long, long time ago I can still remember How those CVEs would make me smile And I knew if I had my chance To patch a vuln or take a stance ...
Call To Action: State Department Power Grab
(Re-posted from 47 Watch). The State Department, under the stewardship of Secretary Marco Rubio, has just dropped a bombshell determination that’s about as subtle as a foghorn in a library. You can/should ...
Xitter Hit by Major Cyberattack
On March 10, 2025, Xitter experienced major service disruptions throughout the day. Users couldn’t access the platform on both mobile apps and the website. Here’s what happened and why it matters. What ...
Cruel And Vindictive By Design
(This post originally published on 47 Watch) Recent administrative changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) reveal a concerning pattern of decisions that disproportionately impact vulnerable populations while being implemented in ways ...
Senator Susan Collins’ Betrayal of Maine Demands Accountability
I sent this as an op-ed to the Portland Press Herald but have no delusion they will ACK it or post even a small part of it. As a longtime Mainer and ...
When Checks and Balances Fail: The State’s Role in Preserving Constitutional Order
Today, my Senator — Susan Collins — failed in her oath and duty to uphold the Constitution. She voted for the appointment of a traitor to head national intelligence, and is supporting ...
Reading PCAP Files (Directly) With DuckDB
We generate a ton of PCAP files at $DAYJOB. Since I do not always have to work directly with them, I regularly mix up or forget the various tshark, tcpdump, etc., filters ...
