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Hi, I’m Caleb

Information Security Analyst | Safeguarding Higher Education
CySa+, PenTest+, Security+, Network+, A+, ISC2 CC, SSCP, ITIL

Recent Posts


What the unpatched AhsayCBS zero-day changed about what my homelab exposes

An unpatched backup console RCE, and the reachability audit it triggered across my homelab.

October 11, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

What moving the blog pipeline onto Hermes Bot profiles changed about how a post gets written and reviewed

I run the blog pipeline as separate Hermes Bot profiles. The split changed how a post gets written and reviewed.

October 8, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

What I check when a firewall rule stands in for the PeopleSoft patch

The PeopleSoft patch is the fix. The bypass changed how I verify a mitigation.

October 6, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

What I assess and relay when CVE-2026-88779 lands on the SAML identity path

A NetScaler SAML overflow hit the KEV catalog. How I triage the precondition before relaying it.

October 5, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

The agent that narrated its own breach: what the DIVD signatures change about how I hunt on my endpoints

An AI agent narrated its breach in code comments. What that changes about my endpoint hunting.

October 4, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

Zammad's chained zero-day is on CISA's KEV catalog: what I checked on my swarm when the LPE hits an app I do not run

A chained Zammad zero-day, exploited in the wild and now on the KEV catalog. What I checked.

October 2, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

Docker's CopyEscape: a docker cp destination escape and what I checked on my swarm

docker cp could write files outside the destination you pick and take over the host.

October 2, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

CISA gives FortiMail three days to remediate: what I relay while the fix is outstanding

Unauthenticated file write on a mail gateway, a three-day KEV clock, and the workaround that holds.

October 2, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

How my homelab keeps the llama stack current and measured

A self-updating llama stack with four daily source builds, a release smoke-test gate, and measured decode numbers.

October 1, 2026 · 13 min · Caleb

What the Akira MFA bypass campaign on SonicWall SSL VPNs says about OTP MFA at the edge of a higher-ed network

Akira actors logged in to OTP-protected VPNs because the seed itself had already been stolen.

September 22, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb