Last week was a nice week. It was not too eventful at work, had a easy time around the house. On and the weather was just perfect. Here are my notes for the week. 💻 Work Work was quiet last week. Nothing major happened which is always nice, but it also gives me some weariness about what might be coming. 😄 I was able...

When a patching platform turns into an initial-access vector, you are looking at failure stacked on failure. That is exactly what CVE-2025-59287 did for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS): an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw from unsafe deserialization, actively exploited in the wild, with an emergency...

I wanted a Mastodon status to sit inside an Eleventy post without breaking my layout or forcing weird fixed sizes. I tried the usual suspects and hit the same walls each time. In the end, a simple shortcode solved it. The page controls width and Mastodon’s script sets height. It also supports a full-bleed option...

last updated on October 29, 2025 Update October 29, 2025: @deejayy over on Mastodon brought to my attention a great Powershell script that also removes all the bloatware from > > Windows 11. Check it out on Github. I have given this a try and it works great! (function(id, src){ if (!document.getElementById(id)) {...

Last week was a crazy ride in my personal life. Here are my notes for the week. 💻 Work I only worked two days. I took Wednesday through Friday off to handle personal matters (more on that below). The short week in the office was calm for a change, which I appreciated after the chaos before. I cleared out emails and...

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Last week was one heck of a week at work. Very stressful which bleed into my personal life which I never like. Add all this up and this was a week that I am glad is over. Here are my notes for the week. 💻 Work Let’s start off with work since that was the most stressful part of my week. I won’t go into too much of...

Sora is both interesting and scary. Interesting because it lets anyone direct short, realistic videos with synced audio on a phone. Scary because it turns identity itself into a shareable asset other people can cast. Those two truths sit together in one app. OpenAI says Sora 2 improves realism, physics, and...

🧭 Overview The last seven days were busy: Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday shipped a heavy set of fixes, CISA issued an emergency directive on F5 gear, Oracle E-Business Suite attacks spilled into aviation, Qantas customer data hit the wild, and Cisco network devices saw post-patch exploitation. Healthcare and higher-ed...

Last week was a fairly normal week. I worked on a few articles, did some reading, and spent time with my family. Here are some highlights from the week: 😎 Personal This week there was no F1 race which made the weekend a bit slow. I didn’t get my usual boost of adrenaline as I do from watching the races. I did get to...

🧭 Overview It’s been another eventful week across the cybersecurity landscape — from critical vulnerabilities in cloud and VPN infrastructure to new ransomware tactics and growing concerns about AI-driven phishing. Below is a curated breakdown of the most important cyber and infosec stories from the past seven days,...

I am trying something new on my blog. I am going to start posting weekly notes. These will be a mix of personal and professional updates, as well as links to articles I have written or found interesting. I am hoping this will be a good way to keep my blog active and also share some of my thoughts and experiences...