Give yourself room to be human

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Fall is officially here in Maryland, and I can't be more relieved. I flourish in 50 degree weather, where it feels natural to burrow under blankets, knit sweaters, and listen to an audiobook. Beyond that, though, can I say that I'm...

Should you care about an “AI slowdown?”

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. There's been a lot of talk recently about slowing down the pace of AI development. And yes, there are legitimate moral, ethical, geopolitical, and safety concerns with the use of AI. It's not clear yet whether an AI slowdown could...

We've got one word for it, and it's usually the wrong one

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Ask anybody in this industry what the work does to the health of the people who do it and you get one word back: burnout. It's a fine word, in and of itself. It's easy to reach for, understandable to everyone… and it's the wrong one,...

“Sorry, I can’t help with that”: How your guardrails might become the attacker’s best friend

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Hello, everyone. Long time reader, first time writer here at the Threat Source newsletter! I wanted to start out by introducing myself. My colleague and friend Mick Baccio set the bar pretty high last week, so I was planning to tell...

Is Cyber missing the Marque?

Welcome to this week 's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Hello friend. I'm Mick. This is my first Threat Source newsletter, so I should probably introduce myself before I start telling you all the things I think you should be paying attention to. With assistance from an unnamed LLM, my bi...

Curiouser and Curiouser

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. " Experiment is the mother of knowledge." ― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time " Don't slide down the rabbit hole. The way down is a breeze, but climbing back's a battle." ― Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter Hacker Summer Camp...

Why metaphor may dictate your security strategy

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Metaphor is a powerful tool for understanding emerging issues in cybersecurity. Framing the unfamiliar in terms of the well understood helps us remove the burden of extraneous detail to draw focus to the real issues. Recent reports o...

Close Encounters of the Human Kind

Welcome to this week's Threat Source newsletter. I love a Spielberg summer. His ability to imbue a sense of wonder, awe, curiosity, and connection means he's in a league of his own. Granted, I haven't felt that from him in a while, but when he hits? Oof. I feel like I need somebody to reach acros...

A tale of two eras

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. To the surprise of absolutely no one who has seen my face, I'm one of the younger employees at Talos. As my industry veteran colleagues were buying the first iPods, navigating the switch from dial-up to broadband, saying goodbye to...

You have to invite them in

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I found myself watching the Oscars ceremony in its entirety for the first time in a few years. I'm in the U.K., so I watched it the following day. With next week's Year in Review launch looming and several pieces of content still to...

One newsletter to rule them all

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. " It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." -- Bilbo Baggins It's almost the end of the year, which feels like the...

Your year-end infosec wrapped

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. " They say that a person's personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn't true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we'd never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to...

Strings in the maze: Finding hidden strengths and gaps in your team

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. "The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible... For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others." ― Cormac McCarthy, "Blood Meridian" Earlier thi...

Great Scott, I’m tired

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. "Back to the Future" is 40 years old this year, and at the risk of giving away sensitive information to an audience of hackers… so am I. I don't really know what 40 is supposed to feel like. Honestly, I don't feel all that different...

CVE-2020-3420

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-09-25 00:36:28+00:00| seen| MISP/1c5c38d6-3401-41ac-be0e-4cf361fa6f51...

What happened in Vegas (that you actually want to know about)

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Last week I flew 5,000 miles to Las Vegas for Black Hat USA. After navigating the casino carpet labyrinth and finding the only venue in Nevada that serves a proper English breakfast tea with milk lifesaver, I've decided Black Hat fee...

A message from Bruce the mechanical shark

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Hi, I'm Bruce, the 25-foot mechanical star of "Jaws." This summer marks 50 years since my 4 minutes of screentime kept people out of the water for decades. Maybe this Fourth of July weekend you're planning to sea-shanty your way to a...

CVE-2025-49275

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-06-09 18:57:26+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/cve.skyfleet.blue/post/3lr72ndspjg2m...

CVE-2025-25364

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-03-24 14:43:11+00:00| seen| https://infosec.exchange/users/threatcodex/statuses/114217935883108579 2025-04-18 18:28:17+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/r-netsec-bot.bsky.social/post/3ln4arcbktd2z 2025-04-18 20:24:32+00:00| seen|...

CVE-2025-25609

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-02-28 19:27:03+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/DarkWebInformerCVEAlerts/5958 2025-02-28 22:03:07+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cvedetector/19184 2025-08-19 18:29:29+00:00| seen| MISP/1e8d1b5a-3537-4a30-907d-acb1720bbd18...