Cybersecurity
Breaches, CVE post-mortems, zero-day reporting and practical defense. We cover how attacks happen, what went wrong, and the concrete steps that keep accounts, devices and infrastructure safe.
VeraCrypt vs BitLocker: Free, Open-Source, 5 Ciphers [2026]
Disk encryption is the last line of defense when a laptop is stolen, a hard drive is seized, or a cloud backup leaks. Yet two tools dominate the…
Oracle WebLogic Zero-Day: CVSS 10.0, 140K Attacks in 12 Days [2026]
When Oracle patched CVE-2026-21962 on January 20, 2026, the window between disclosure and live exploitation proved razor thin. Within 48 hours, a public exploit landed on GitHub. Within…
Check Point VPN Zero-Day: CVSS 9.3, Qilin Ransomware [2026]
Check Point’s Security Gateway sat exposed for 31 days before the vendor published a patch. CVE-2026-50751, a CVSS 9.3 authentication bypass in the deprecated IKEv1 VPN protocol, handed…
TeamPCP Hacks GitHub: 3,800 Repos Stolen in 18 Minutes [2026]
On May 20, 2026, GitHub confirmed what security researchers had warned about for years: a single poisoned VS Code extension, live for just 18 minutes, was enough to…
Content Security Policy in Node.js: 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
Only 7% of the Alexa top 1 million websites have a valid Content Security Policy (CSP), and just 2% have implemented what security researchers call a “perfect” one,…
Cloudflare 2026 Threat Report: 47M Attacks, 31.4 Tbps Record [2026]
Cloudflare’s inaugural 2026 Threat Report, released March 3, 2026, documents what its researchers call a “fundamental shift toward the industrialization of cyber threats.” Drawing on visibility into 20…
Ransomware Groups Up 49%: 8,159 Victims Hit in 2025 [2026]
The ransomware ecosystem did not shrink in 2025. It exploded. IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2026, published February 25, found 109 distinct extortion groups operating worldwide during the…
Node.js Crypto Module: 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
Node.js ships a built-in crypto module that gives you production-grade cryptography without installing a single npm package. In 30 minutes you will have working code for random-byte generation,…
Rate Limiting in Node.js: 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
A single unprotected API endpoint can absorb thousands of requests per minute from one IP address. Without rate limiting, that scenario degrades your service for legitimate users, exhausts…
ShinyHunters Breach Odido: 6.5M Hit, €1M Ransom [2026]
On March 1, 2026, a hacking crew published the personal records of more than 6.5 million people on the dark web. The victims were customers of Odido, the…
