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SEV: HIGH
July 2024

Global Windows BSOD Incident (CrowdStrike)

Widespread system crashes (BSOD) affecting 8.5 million Windows hosts globally due to a logic error in a CrowdStrike Falcon content update. Remediation required manual intervention.

STATUS: RESOLVED
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SEV: HIGH
March 2024

XZ Utils Supply Chain Compromise (CVE-2024-3094)

A sophisticated supply chain attack introduced a backdoor into liblzma versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, targeting SSH authentication processes via IFUNC hooking.

STATUS: RESOLVED
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SEV: MEDIUM
March 2024

The Great Redis Fork: Why We Are Moving to Valkey

Redis Inc. abandoned the BSD license for a restrictive RSALv2/SSPL model. This triggered a massive community backlash and the birth of the Valkey project by the Linux Foundation.

STATUS: ACTIVE
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SEV: MEDIUM
Nov 2023

The Day ChatGPT Went Dark: Anatomy of a Layer 7 DDoS

OpenAI API and ChatGPT faced major outages due to a sophisticated Layer 7 DDoS attack targeting inference endpoints. The incident highlighted the fragility of expensive compute resources.

STATUS: RESOLVED
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SEV: LOW
Aug 2024

The Butterfly Effect: How a BGP Leak Slowed Down the Internet

A configuration error in a Tier-1 ISP caused widespread latency spikes. BGP route flapping and an IPv6 tunneling loop created a 'black hole' for trans-atlantic traffic.

STATUS: RESOLVED
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2024-08-15
Windows InternalsC++SecurityKernelArchitecture

Living on the Edge: The Dangers of Kernel Mode Drivers

Why a single error in Ring 0 brings down the whole system. An analysis of memory safety in driver development following the CrowdStrike incident.

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2024-04-10
DevSecOpsSupply ChainDockerSecuritySBOM

Trust No One: Auditing Your Dependencies in a Post-XZ World

The XZ Utils hack taught us that Open Source is fragile. How to use SBOMs and Sigstore to verify binary integrity before it's too late.

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2024-05-22
DatabaseOpen SourceRedisValkeyPerformance

Valkey vs. Redis: A Technical Deep Dive & Migration Strategy

With the license change shaking the industry, we benchmark the new fork, Valkey. Is it a drop-in replacement? We test IOPS, latency, and cluster stability.

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2023-12-05
CybersecurityAPI SecurityNginxLuaDDoS

Defending Expensive APIs: Rate Limiting Strategies for LLMs

When simple Nginx rate limiting isn't enough. Strategies for protecting expensive LLM endpoints from exhaustion attacks using Redis Lua scripts.

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2024-09-01
Network EngineeringBGPAutomationPythonGoBGP

Network as Code: Automating BGP with Python and GoBGP

Stop configuring routers via SSH. Learn how to treat your network routing as code using GoBGP and Python to prevent route leaks.

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