John Z Black

The Week the Infrastructure Fought Back (and Lost)

John Z Black Mar 23, 2026

Weekly Recap #the-week-in-cyber #mobile-security #supply-chain #identity #iran #dprk #ransomware #ai-fraud #threat-intelligence

The week of March 16-22 hit management planes, identity infrastructure, and security tooling itself -- and North Korea kept hiring.

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The Week Trust Kept Breaking

John Z Black Mar 15, 2026

Weekly Recap #the-week-in-cyber #iran-cyber #supply-chain #ai-agents #patch-management #ransomware #privacy #cisa

Iranian wipers, poisoned dev tools, AI agents as attack surfaces, patches that never stopped coming, and a ransomware negotiator working for the bad guys. Trust fell apart in every direction this week.

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