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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 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

Fake sexual misconduct and Title IX emails are pushing Zoho Assist onto university staff: breaking down the Google Drive lure and how to spot abused legitimate remote access tools before they install

Fake Title IX emails push an abused Zoho Assist RAT at university staff through a Google Drive lure.

September 22, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

Building a SOC from a green field

Standing up a first SOC from nothing and what the green field taught me.

September 21, 2026 · 6 min · Caleb