Wireshark 5.0.0rc1 Release
Wireshark Release Candidate 5.0.0 was published : soon we can expect a new major version of Wireshark. 
Search Intelligence
YARA-X 1.22.1 Release
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.22.1 is a bugfix version, it brings 2 bugfixes. 
Yet Another ClickFix Campaign
Introduction 
Apple Patches for October 2026
Apple today released patches for 304 vulnerabilties. This number is still in line with prior Apple updates, and comes just about a month after the last apple update. 
YARA-X 1.22.0 Release
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.22.0 release brings 11 improvements and 9 bugfixes. 
Orphaned VBA Projects Inside DWG Files: YARA Rule
Here is the YARA rule I used to detect " Orphaned VBA Projects Inside DWG Files ". 
Orphaned VBA Projects Inside DWG Files
Years ago I wrote diary entries about VBA code stored inside AutoCAD drawing files (.dwg). 
Why TLP should not replace your internal information classification
The Traffic Light Protocol (TLP)[ 1 ], which is now in its second incarnation, is a wonderful standard that enables one to easily communicate whether information may be shared further (and i
User Agent Strings Curiosities
Sometimes I have to smile, or my interest is triggered, when I review new User Agent Strings in the honeypot logs. 
YARA-X 1.21.0 Release
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.21.0 release brings 5 improvements and 4 bugfixes. 
Scans for Wordfence Protected Websites
Starting yesterday, our sensors picked up a small number of scans for "wordfence-waf.php". This particular script is used by Wordfence, a solution to protect WordPress sites. During the Wordfence inst
Wireshark 4.6.9 Released
Wireshark release 4.6.9 fixes 19 vulnerabilities and 16 bugs. 
Macfinger ClickFix campaign
Introduction 
The Truth about GET and HTTP Standards
On Friday, Xavier talked about the newly introduced HTTP Query method. This new method was introduced to allow "GET" requests that include a body. The main reason for this was that GET requests typica
Scans Targeting Hospitality Applications
Earlier today, I noted an odd request showing up in our "First Seen" report: 
MacOS 27 - First Boot
I have not done this type of diary in a while: What traffic will you see from a system on boot, before a user logs in? I just took a quick look at macOS 27 "Golden Gate" to see what traffic you s
The Self-Expanding Stolen Inference Supply Chain: An AI Agent Harvesting and Re-Serving LLM Access
I identified an attacker using a semi-autonomous coding agent to run an offensive operation: finding poorly secured LLM resale gateways, acquiring API access through ordinary web flaws and account far
numbat - AI agent observability
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The Coding-Agent Trap: When a "Free" LLM Endpoint Is the Adversary
One of my internet-exposed inference honeypots was discovered, relabeled with sought-after model names, and incorporated into infrastructure apparently used to provide "free" LLM backends. It then rec
YARA-X 1.20.0 Release
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.20.0 release brings 14 improvements and 13 bugfixes.