Blake Thompson Heuer
README editor-in-chief Blake Thompson Heuer has a decade of experience in cybersecurity journalism, including stints at E&E News and POLITICO. Blake has covered a range of hacking threats facing critical infrastructure worldwide, winning a SABEW Best in Business award for his investigation of a cyberattack on a Saudi Arabian petrochemical facility.
Concerns about China and generative AI dominated the cybersecurity discussions at the tenth edition of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s annual gathering, which drew hundreds of security professionals, spies and government experts.
Welcome to Changelog for 3/26/23, published by Synack! It’s me, Blake, and I can’t believe RSA is less than a month away. There’s still plenty to cover until then, so we’ll get right to it:
Welcome to Changelog for 3/19/23, published by Synack! Blake here, basking in the annual D.C. tradition of peak cherry blossom bloom. I’ll jog around the Tidal Basin later this afternoon to soak up the views, but for now, here’s the week’s cyber news:
Welcome to Changelog for 3/12/23, published by Synack! It’s me, Blake, and I’m excited about tonight’s season finale of The Last of Us — not to mention the bonus behind-the-scenes episode that will air afterward.
Welcome to Changelog for 3/5/23, published by Synack! Blake here, filling in for Nate Mott over the next few weeks.
Welcome to Changelog for 4/3/22, published by Synack! I’m your host, Blake, and I can’t believe this is already edition №10.
Welcome to Changelog for 3/6/22, published by Synack! Blake Sobczak here, checking in from a new, FBI-friendly D.C. neighborhood.
Welcome to Changelog for 2/27/22, published by Synack! Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ushered in a bleak new era for Europe.
Welcome to Changelog for 2/20/22, published by Synack! The past week brought rapid-fire U.S. attribution of Russian cyberattacks, an unusually frank U.S. government hearing on China’s cyber capabilities and previously unreported connections between the infamous Turla hacking group and Moscow’s FSB spy agency.
A trove of emails from top Homeland Security officials expose how the U.S. government scrambled to ensure the defenses of American utilities after Russia brought down parts of Ukraine’s power grid in 2015.
Welcome to Changelog for 2/13/22, published by Synack! I’m your host, Blake. From some pretty serious Apple patches to a disheartening update on the Log4j vulnerability’s long tail, last week’s threat level was tomato.
Blake here, reporting from Washington. It’s been another jam-packed week for cybersecurity news, with a massive crypto heist, a first-of-its-kind NSA interview and some gloomy numbers for a Pentagon supply chain security program.
Welcome to Changelog by README! I’m your host, Blake Sobczak. Every Sunday, I’ll deliver cybersecurity news and analysis to your inbox, provided the internet hasn’t gone down in flames.
The WhisperGate malware masquerades as ransomware but really breaks computer files beyond repair.