The news
The cyber, AI, and internet stories I would actually bring up in conversation, with the plain-English version first.
Cysleuthing
A weekly read for staying curious, sharp, and grounded.
A mix of cyber and AI news, things I built, interesting things I found, and the security notes I wish more people had.
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What's inside
What I found
Tools, posts, demos, scams, weird internet things, and ideas I keep thinking about after I close the tab.
What I built
Things I am testing, workflows I am using, resources I am making, and honest notes from figuring it out in public.
Past editions
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The same notes, stories, and things I cannot stop thinking about—kept here so you can share them, save them, and come back whenever.
Black Hat takeaways, SXSW PanelPicker, and my thoughts on rogue AI as a misnomer
A Black Hat debrief, a SXSW session on creator security, and why recent model-security incidents need more precise language than “rogue AI.”
Read Issue 04Pre-Black Hat sleuthing on open-weight models, Open AI incident, NVIDIA's AI Alliance & more
Open-weight models, AI-security incidents, post-quantum cryptography, and the things I was thinking about before Black Hat.
Read Issue 03Open AI models go rogue, my webinar today, and a lot of eye opening news
OpenAI and Hugging Face lore, AI infrastructure attacks, trusted-software risks, business fallout, and a guava matcha recommendation.
Read Issue 02Soft launching a life update, plus a rough week for CI/CD, building my website, and a new matcha spot
Agentic ransomware, phishing job seekers, GitHub workflow attacks, passkeys, building with AI, and a very good matcha.
Read Issue 01