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I don't believe in threat intel, so I built a threat intel platform

Let me get the bias out of the way first, because it shapes everything that follows. I don't hold much weight in threat intel. Most of it is stale by the time

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Things I build & break

AI

LLM Benchmarks Qwen3.6

I benchmarked 11 LLMs on a 69-scenario tool-calling test suite. Intel/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-int4-AutoRound delivered the best overall result: a perfect

24 Apr 2026 · 6 min read read →
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Curated, attributed, dated

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18 Jun 2026 f4n6
Oracle June 2026 Critical Security Patch Update Addresses 243 CVEs (CVE-2026-35273)

1. Executive summary Oracle's June 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) addresses 243 CVEs across 245 patches in 11 product families, with

18 Jun 2026 f4n6
GentleKiller targets more than 400 security processes across 48 products

1. Executive summary ESET has disclosed a portfolio of EDR-killer tools used by the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation "Gentlemen,"

18 Jun 2026 f4n6
Crypto Clipper uses Tor and worm-like propagation for persistence and control

1. Executive summary Microsoft Threat Intelligence has documented a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper ("CryptoBandits") active since February 2026 that propagates via malicious

18 Jun 2026 f4n6
Evil-WinRM through 3.9, fixed in commit 6ecd570, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the...

1. Executive summary A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-55201, High severity, status: Unreviewed) has been disclosed in Evil-WinRM through version 3.9,

18 Jun 2026 f4n6
Massive password-stealing attack hits 75k Fortinet firewalls

1. Executive summary A threat actor has compiled a verified database of working credentials for approximately 75,000 Fortinet / FortiGate firewall devices spanning 21,

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