AI-Driven Legacy Upgrades: Why We’re Trading Old Risks for New Ones
Tom Harrington
Let me be direct: we’re in the middle of a quiet crisis, and most organizations don’t even realize it’s happening. The push to modernize legacy systems using AI tools has…
Tom Harrington
Digital Forensics and the Detection of Criminal Material: What Law Enforcement Found and What It Tells Us
A recent arrest in Copiague highlights something I find myself thinking about more and more: the technical capabilities law enforcement now has to detect illegal material on mobile devices, and…
The Uncomfortable Reality of Offensive Cyber Operations in National Security
The shift from defensive cybersecurity to offensive capability has been quietly brewing for years, but when a national government explicitly builds it into strategy, that’s worth paying attention to. The…
When Legitimate Business Gets Tangled Up in Confusing Rules: The Sports Bar Streaming Problem
Quinn Allen’s testimony before Ohio state senators highlighted something that doesn’t get enough attention in cybersecurity circles: the way legitimate confusion can be weaponized or exploited. When rules are this…
When ‘Trying Your Best’ Isn’t Enough: What a Football Manager’s Dilemma Tells Us About Accountability
Bruno Saltor stood in front of the media after Tottenham’s 3-0 hammering at the hands of Nottingham Forest, and like countless managers before him in similar situations, he offered the…
Elon Musk’s Grok Computer: What We Actually Know (and What We Don’t)
Elon Musk retweeted something about Grok’s source code hinting at a “Grok Computer” project, and naturally, the internet lost its mind. Before we get swept up in the excitement, let’s…
Security Fatigue Is Real, and It’s Making Us Vulnerable
Your team gets another password reset notification. Then a phishing simulation lands in their inbox. Then comes the mandatory security training module they completed six months ago. Then a software…
Home Lab Testing for Fitness: When DIY Science Works and When It Doesn’t
There’s something appealing about the promise of quick, at-home testing. Five minutes instead of a costly lab visit. No machines, no specialists, just you and a formula. I get it.…