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On average, the FreeBSD security team releases about 2 security advisories per month. AI has changed this. In April, the project released 8 advisories, with 6 powered by AI. In May, the count decreased slightly to 7. Today I… Continue reading FreeBSD Released the Most Security Advisories in Project History in June 2026
TLDR: I wrote a new book for Corelight called NDR Essentials. It’s free at that link. This is the 10th book that I’ve authored or co-authored. The rest are all posted at taosecurity.com. Why?It was time.
That’s what I thought when I hear… Continue reading I Wrote a New Book for Corelight
It looks like we’re finally making progress towards an independent US Cyber Force:https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/projects/commission-us-cyber-force-generationHowever, this bill by Sen Gillibrand to put it under the Army is… Continue reading Bill to Create Independent US Cyber Force Wants to Place It Under the US Army
Oh snap. My single most important cybersecurity metric deteriorated again. In the M-Trends report for calendar year 2024, Mandiant’s global median dwell time metric worsened from 10 to 11 days. In the newest report, released today, for calen… Continue reading Mandiant Global Median Dwell Time Deteriorates from 11 to 14 Days
Happy birthday TaoSecurity Blog, born on this day in 2003!The best way to digest the key lessons from this site is to browse my four volume Best of TaoSecurity Blog book series,
published in 2020. It’s available in print as seen here, or as a
p… Continue reading Happy 23rd Birthday TaoSecurity Blog
Houston, we have installed #FreeBSD 15.0-REL with KDE Plasma 6.4.5 on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 6 laptop.
I have come full circle. I used to daily drive FreeBSD 5.x on a Thinkpad a20p in the early 2000s.
Today I used t… Continue reading We have achieved FreeBSD 15.0-REL with KDE Plasma
I’m hosting a new podcast for Corelight. Check out my first episode with our field CTO, Vince Stoffer. Expect new episodes every two weeks. This is no buddy cop discussion — max content, minimum banter, in about 15 minutes! https://open.spo… Continue reading I’m Hosting a New Podcast
In March I created a Windows Application Using Visual Studio Code, Cline, OpenRouter, and Claude.
This was a program that created square screen captures. The user
doesn’t need to manually ensure the dimensions are a square. The program
makes the win… Continue reading Creating a Linux Application Using VSCodium, Cline, OpenRouter, and Claude
Do you remember the story of the UK-based logistics company that closed due to ransomware and laid off 730 workers?
Today in an article about a warning to UK businesses about cyber incidents, their “director” said they “were throwing £120,000 a … Continue reading Company Wrecked by Ransomware Only Spent 120,000 Pounds Per Year on Cyber Security
When someone cites one of my works, I get a notice from Research Gate. Today I got one, from an article from the “IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.” It cited my first book, which is 21 years old. The PDF was available. &n… Continue reading Stop Shoddy Academic "Research"