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On March 24, 2026, two malicious versions of the LiteLLM Python package were published to PyPI. They were live for less than three hours. LiteLLM has 3 million daily downloads and sits inside 36% of cloud environments. Here's exactly what happened and what you need to do right now.
In 2024, a developer spent two years contributing legitimate code to a critical open-source library then inserted a backdoor that could have given any attacker remote access to millions of Linux servers worldwide. It was caught by one engineer who noticed SSH logins were 500 milliseconds slower than normal.
Security Misconfiguration jumped from #5 to #2 on OWASP 2025. Here's why with real breach examples, the most common mistakes found during real assessments, and how to fix them before an attacker finds them first.
In 2022, nearly 10 million Optus customers had their data stolen by changing a single number in an API request. Here's exactly how it worked and how to make sure it can't happen to you.
OWASP just updated its Top 10 Web Application Security Risks for the first time in four years analysing 2.8 million applications and 175,000 CVE records. Two new categories. Major reshuffling. Here's exactly what changed and what every developer and CTO needs to know.
A practical, jargon-free guide to building a social engineering defence for any team without a large security budget. Five things you can implement this week.
Social engineering doesn't target intelligence it targets psychology. Here are the 6 psychological triggers every attacker exploits, grounded in peer-reviewed research, and how understanding them is your most effective defence.
Over 80% of phishing emails now use AI-assisted content. Here's what actually changed, what AI phishing looks like up close, and the only defence framework that still works in 2026.
MFA is essential but not sufficient. Here's how attackers bypass MFA through social engineering with real case studies and what additional controls actually work.
