Industrialised Software Ecosystem Subversion and the Weaponisation of Invisible Unicode Executive Summary The early months of 2026 marked a pivotal escalation in the sophistication of software supply chain antagonism, characterised by a coordinated, multi-ecosystem offensive targeting the global development community.…
Read moreTL:DR: This is a Developing Situation and I will try to update it as we dissect more. If you’d prefer the remediation protocol directly, you can head to the bottom. In case you want to understand the anatomy of the…
Read moreTL:DR: This is an Empirical Study and could be quite long for non-researchers. If you’d prefer the remediation protocol directly, you can head to the bottom. In case you want to understand the anatomy of the attack and background, I…
Read moreWhen the Weakest API Becomes the Loudest Breach. Key Takeaways for Security Leaders You can giggle about the subject if you want. The headlines almost invite it. An adult platform. Premium users. Leaked “activity data.” It sounds like internet tabloid…
Read moreA Chink in Palantir and Anduril’s Armour? Govini and Others Are Unsheathing the Sword When Silicon Valley Code Marches to War A U.S. Army Chinook rises over Gyeonggi Province, carrying not only soldiers and equipment but streams of battlefield telemetry,…
Read moreWhen a Single Phishing Click Becomes a Global Vulnerability – Meet the Supply Chain’s Weakest Link 1. Phishing-Driven Attack on npm Packages On 8 September 2025, maintainer Qix fell victim to a highly convincing phishing email from [email protected], which led…
Read moreThe Oracle Cloud breach didn’t just expose 140,000 tenants, it revealed the silent danger of transitive trust across SaaS ecosystems. This post analyses the breach, outlines what could’ve been done, and offers a practical response guide for engineering and security teams. Featuring tools, trust graphs, and lessons for the road ahead.
Read moreThe AI-driven SaaS boom, powered by code generation, agentic workflows and rapid orchestration layers, is producing 5-person teams with £10M+ in ARR. This breakneck scale and productivity is impressive, but it’s also hiding a dangerous truth: many of these startups…
Read moreThe Myth of a Single Cyber Superpower: Why Global Infosec Can’t Rely on One Nation’s Database What the collapse of MITRE’s CVE funding reveals about fragility, sovereignty, and the silent geopolitics of vulnerability management I. The Day the Coordination Engine…
Read moreI recently read an interesting report by CyCognito on the top 3 vulnerabilities on third-party products and it sparked my interest to reexamine the supply chain risks in software engineering. This article is an attempt at that. The Vulnerability Trifecta…
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