Third-Party Risk

Kronos Ransomware: When Payroll SaaS Went Dark

Post author:Prabhu Kalyan Samal
Post published:September 3, 2026
Post category:Ransomware & Malware Security

UKG’s Kronos Private Cloud ransomware outage forced thousands of employers onto paper time cards. The definitive SaaS continuity case.

Verkada Camera Breach: 150,000 Feeds Behind One Credential

Post author:Prabhu Kalyan Samal
Post published:September 3, 2026
Post category:Cloud & Infrastructure Identity & Phishing Security

Teenage hackers turned one exposed Verkada dev server into super-admin access over ~150,000 customer cameras — hospitals, jails, Tesla, Cloudflare. The third-party camera risk case that rewrote vendor security questionnaires.

Supply Chain Security: Risks in Dependencies, Builds & Secrets

Software Supply Chain Security: Risks in Dependencies, Builds, and Secrets

Post author:Prabhu Kalyan Samal
Post published:August 25, 2026
Post category:Security Supply Chain Security

A practical guide to software supply chain security covering dependency risks, secrets exposure, CI/CD trust failures, artifact integrity verification, SBOM management, and real-world attack case studies.