| Location | Austin, TX |
| Occupation | Tech Director |
For F5 BIG-IP APM customers, CVE-2025-53521 is being exploited in the wild by a nation state threat actor
It allows unauth RCE and applies to the data plane (not the management interface) - the one available over the internet.
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156741
Attackers have been deploying webshells, so boxes are still vuln post patching if already exploited prior.
A rare star in a tiny galaxy preserves a record of the early universe
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/primitive-star-galaxy-early-universe
Newsletter: As they angle for a presidential pardon in television interviews, Sam Bankman-Fried’s law professor parents file “pro se” motions for their adult son, leave voicemails with the judge, and sign documents claiming they're from him in prison.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #FTX #SBF
https://www.citationneeded.news/sam-bankman-frieds-helicopter-parents/
AWS would prefer to forget March ever happened in its UAE region
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/aws_would_prefer_to_forget/
Really good research from Rapid7 here, where they’ve found multiple new versions of BPFdoor which do things like listen and backdoor on extremely uncommon 4G and 5G signaling protocols - it strongly suggests BPFDoor has been placed far inside telcos for surveillance.
They provide a tool to check for the new implant - I would strongly suggest telcos look for this on their Linux systems, including call infrastructure.
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-bpfdoor-telecom-networks-sleeper-cells-threat-research-report/
A months-long investigation by Rapid7 Labs has uncovered evidence of an advanced China-nexus threat actor placing stealthy digital sleeper cells in telecommunications networks, in order to carry out high-level espionage – including against government networks. Read more in a new blog.
This Supervolcano Is Refilling With Magma After 7,300 Years
https://scitechdaily.com/this-supervolcano-is-refilling-with-magma-after-7300-years/
A supervolcano that once shook the Earth is quietly recharging—and scientists are finally seeing how it happens. Scientists have found that the magma reservoir linked to the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is filling again. The discovery, led by Kobe University researchers studying Japa
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