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

Recent Posts


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

What the exploited Cisco Secure Email Gateway zero-day teaches about log trust

A root zero-day in a mail appliance, exploited in the wild, and the log trust problem underneath it.

September 15, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

The record Patch Tuesday: research the criticals, relay the order

September 2026 brought a record 974 fixes and two exploited zero-days. With deployment automated, my patch day is research and handoff.

September 14, 2026 · 6 min · Caleb

How BigBear 2.0 beat MFA at 258 organizations

BigBear 2.0 beat MFA at 258 organizations by stealing finished sessions. The technique and the fix.

September 13, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

Kali365 and the OAuth Device Code Phishing Wave

A Telegram-distributed phishing kit is bypassing MFA on Microsoft 365 with the OAuth device code flow. Here is how I detect and block it.

September 12, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

Running a Private Local LLM as the Engine Behind My Homelab Automations

How llama-swap and llama.cpp power my homelab automation behind one private OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

September 12, 2026 · 6 min · Caleb

Writing with my AI co-pilot: how I run a security blog with Hermes, and why disclosure beats co-authorship

How I run this security blog with a local AI co-pilot, and why disclosure beats co-authorship.

September 12, 2026 · 5 min · Caleb

CompTIA SecurityX (CAS-005) - The Architectural Command Layer: Architecting Advanced Cybersecurity Leadership

The advanced security architecture, operations, and governance layers that define enterprise resilience.

July 6, 2026 · 4 min · Caleb

CompTIA PenTest+ - The Adversarial Testing Layer: Architecting Offensive Validation

The reconnaissance, exploitation, and reporting layers of professional penetration testing.

April 19, 2026 · 3 min · Caleb