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The AI That Cried Wolf — and the One That Said Nothing

May 17, 2026

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4 min read

The AI That Cried Wolf — and the One That Said Nothing

The AI watching your network is guessing. It flags what isn't there. It misses what is. Here's why

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
 The XZ Utils Backdoor: A Two-Year Con

May 10, 2026

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3 min read

The XZ Utils Backdoor: A Two-Year Con

A patient attacker, a tired maintainer, and a backdoor that almost shipped to every Linux server on Earth

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
The Patch You Didn't Apply — and Why That Was Rational

May 3, 2026

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3 min read

The Patch You Didn't Apply — and Why That Was Rational

Of 50,000 CVEs disclosed in 2025, ~1% were ever exploited. The skill isn't patching faster — it's knowing which ones to ignore.

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
They knew everything before they hit send

Apr 26, 2026

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3 min read

They knew everything before they hit send

The most dangerous phase of an attack happens before the attacker touches a single system.

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
MFA isn't stopping what you think it is

Apr 19, 2026

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3 min read

MFA isn't stopping what you think it is

Attackers aren't guessing your second factor. They're walking around it entirely.

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
The Phishing Email No Human Can Spot

Apr 12, 2026

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6 min read

The Phishing Email No Human Can Spot

How AI quietly removed the one thing people actually used to catch phishing — and what you're supposed to rely on now.

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
18,000 organizations. Zero alerts. One build server.

Apr 6, 2026

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3 min read

18,000 organizations. Zero alerts. One build server.

The SolarWinds attack wasn't a hack. It was a patient, surgical operation that rewrote the rules.

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
Your Password Is Already Gone

Mar 30, 2026

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3 min read

Your Password Is Already Gone

The real reason security advice hasn’t caught up with modern attacks

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar
Why I Started Writing SKB Decoded

Mar 19, 2026

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2 min read

Why I Started Writing SKB Decoded

Most security content will keep you informed. This is here to make you think differently.

Jagdeep Brar
Jagdeep Brar

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