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Red Hat Consulting GitLab Breach (Crimson Collective) — A Tactical Third-Party Risk Playbook for DevOps Teams

Red Hat Consulting GitLab Breach (Crimson Collective) — A Tactical Third-Party Risk Playbook for DevOps Teams

A Breach That Changed the Rules of Engagement What if your most trusted consulting partner suddenly became the weakest link in your entire security chain? The 2025 Red Hat Consulting GitLab breach wasn’t just another headline — it was a seismic shockwave shaking the very foundations of how we perceive

Locking Down GitLab 18.5.1/18.4.3 Security Patches: Mastering Runner API Access Controls and Rock-Solid Upgrade Protocols

Locking Down GitLab 18.5.1/18.4.3 Security Patches: Mastering Runner API Access Controls and Rock-Solid Upgrade Protocols

Introduction: Why GitLab's Runner API Vulnerabilities Demand Immediate Action What if your CI/CD pipelines—the very heart of your delivery process—could be commandeered by an invisible saboteur with zero effort? That’s precisely what CVE-2025-11702 revealed: a critical flaw in GitLab’s Runner API, letting attackers

CVE-2025-59303 in HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller — Secret Exposure and How to Lock Down

CVE-2025-59303 in HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller — Secret Exposure and How to Lock Down

Why Your Kubernetes Ingress Might Be Leaking Secrets (and What to Do About It) What if your Kubernetes ingress controller was quietly betraying you—leaking sensitive secrets without a single warning? That’s precisely the nightmare CVE-2025-59303 turned into a reality. HAProxy’s Kubernetes Ingress Controller had a betrayal written

Cosign v3 Unpacked: Mastering Artifact Signing, Attestations & Seamless Migration for Secure DevOps Pipelines

Cosign v3 Unpacked: Mastering Artifact Signing, Attestations & Seamless Migration for Secure DevOps Pipelines

Introduction: The Fragile Trust We Place in Artifact Signing What if a seemingly minor version upgrade could halt your entire deployment pipeline for days? Last month, a mid-sized fintech learned this the hard way when unsigned or improperly verified container images slipped through due to outdated Cosign tooling. The result?

GitHub’s Azure Migration: Navigating Operational Risks and Unlocking DevOps Benefits

GitHub’s Azure Migration: Navigating Operational Risks and Unlocking DevOps Benefits

When the Cloud Sh*t Hits the Fan — Why GitHub’s Azure Migration Actually Matters What if a single misconfiguration could grind your entire development pipeline to a halt for over seven hours? That’s exactly what happened during last week’s sprawling Azure Front Door outage triggered by a

GitHub Agent HQ — Centralised Orchestration of Multi-Vendor AI Coding Agents in Your DevOps Flow

GitHub Agent HQ — Centralised Orchestration of Multi-Vendor AI Coding Agents in Your DevOps Flow

Why Juggling AI Coding Assistants Feels Like Herding Cats in a Hurricane Imagine managing a dozen AI coding assistants simultaneously, each barking orders in a language only they understand. You’re juggling OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Jules, and a motley crew more inscrutable than your last

Docker Hub/Build Cloud’s "Black Monday" (Oct 20, 2025) — Supply Chain Lessons for DevOps Resilience

Docker Hub/Build Cloud’s "Black Monday" (Oct 20, 2025) — Supply Chain Lessons for DevOps Resilience

Docker Hub/Build Cloud’s "Black Monday" (Oct 20, 2025) — Supply Chain Lessons for DevOps Resilience Why Docker Hub’s Black Monday Shattered Our Supply Chain Illusions Have you ever wondered just how precarious your container supply chain really is? On 20 October 2025, I learned the hard

System Monitoring and Instrumentation Tools Demystified: Battle-Tested Osquery, Sysmon & Kolide Fleet for Real-World Visibility and Control

System Monitoring and Instrumentation Tools Demystified: Battle-Tested Osquery, Sysmon & Kolide Fleet for Real-World Visibility and Control

Opening: The Visibility Crisis in Modern System Monitoring What if your entire IT operation was sailing blind in a storm, only to realise your compass was a relic? Blindness in IT operations isn’t just frustrating—it’s a silent killer. It creeps in unnoticed until the night when alerts

Container and Dependency Vulnerability Scanning:

Container and Dependency Vulnerability Scanning:

A Battle-Tested Comparison of Trivy, OSV-Scanner, and w3af for Production-Grade DevOps Opening What if your vulnerability scanner is crying wolf—or worse, whispering silence while hackers prowl? A recent production incident with Trivy flagged critical vulnerabilities in an etcd image that turned out to be phantom threats, dragging hours of

Modern Vulnerability Scanning Solutions Uncovered: Nuclei vs OpenVAS Enterprise Battle-Tested Comparison for DevOps Teams

Modern Vulnerability Scanning Solutions Uncovered: Nuclei vs OpenVAS Enterprise Battle-Tested Comparison for DevOps Teams

1. Introduction: The Vulnerability Scanning Trap Every DevOps Engineer Faces What if I told you that your current vulnerability scanner might be either quietly missing critical threats or flooding you with so many false alarms that you’ve stopped caring? That’s not paranoia—that’s a frontline reality I’