The vibePretty worn out, honestly. I have wanted to keep things moving, but I have been tired enough that it is hard to ignore. Getting away from the desk for a while helped.Highlights🤝 I found Buildside at the start of the month, and I have spent more time there as I get used to being a solo builder. I am still...

I asked Enzo Reader to catch me up on my RSS reading. It gave me a short list of stories to open first, then a longer briefing organized by topic. I already have my feeds in Feedbin, so the appeal was immediate: I could ask a question about a collection I had chosen instead of feeding ChatGPT a pile of links one at...

OverviewThe dangerous systems this week are the ones expected to make other work safer or easier: a backup console, remote-access gateways, collaboration platforms, data-center switches, AI services, WordPress plugins, source repositories, DNS registries, and inexpensive phones. Several stories moved from disclosure...

Consider a business owner being asked to approve $15,000 a year for better recovery capability. The proposal lists backup storage, protected copies, and scheduled restore testing. It explains the service well enough to price it. It says much less about what would happen if the company’s order-processing system were...

The vibePretty busy, with a lot of my attention wrapped up in Trayage.Between the launch and trying to get it into Apple’s review process, it felt like there was always something else to get ready or follow up on. I got quite a bit done this week, but there was plenty still on my mind when I moved on to the next...

OverviewThis week’s urgent work sits inside systems that defenders and IT teams already trust: Citrix access gateways, Cisco’s SD-WAN manager, a help-desk platform, secure email appliances, remote support clients, and security products protecting a cryptocurrency exchange. Several of those systems were not merely...

A support ticket can contain a user’s name, a screenshot of an application, a configuration export, or notes from an incident. Copying the ticket into an AI assistant to get a quick summary may feel like routine support work. It also sends the client’s information to another service. The person who opened the ticket...

A computer you do not control can receive your private messages while the encryption works exactly as designed. Link that computer to the account, and the messaging app has another device to deliver to. The security problem is how it became a recipient.Bruce Schneier’s September 29 post draws attention to this use...

Sharing a passage from an article can mean copying the quote, opening Mastodon, finding the article again for its title and URL, and assembling the post by hand. I wanted to highlight the part worth sharing, click an extension icon, and have those pieces waiting in an editable draft.That is the workflow behind Drift...

The vibeA satisfying week of making things, with some much-needed rain to close it out.Highlights🎨 I did some design work on the website this week. It was nice to spend time on how the site feels and looks, alongside the writing.💻 I kept working on my next app, including time with the iPhone Duo in mind. I am not...

Consider a Microsoft 365 migration where all the email arrives, but the accounting team cannot send invoices from its shared mailbox. The files are in the destination, but the office manager’s saved links do not open. Staff can sign in through a browser, while their usual desktop applications still need...

OverviewThis week’s urgent queue is crowded with systems that control access to something larger than themselves. Attackers are exploiting F5 and Check Point access gateways, Arista’s SD-WAN orchestrator, SharePoint, TeamCity, and managed switches. CISA’s newest additions bring WSO2 API infrastructure and Adobe...