Archive - James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

The "Golden Ticket" to a National Security Disaster

How Microsoft ignored its own architects, prioritized a $10 billion contract, and left a "Master Key" under the mat for the SVR.

Jan 16 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

The Zombie Apocalypse

(Sponsored by Instagram)

Jan 15 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

The Day Software Deleted Ireland

A €39 Million Null Pointer

Jan 12 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

Unhinged Exceptions

The Ghost in the High-Frequency Machine

Jan 10 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

The Vanishing Firewall

Why the CISA Drawdown is Your Newest Architecture Debt

Jan 10 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

The Trojan Notetaker

Why "Agentic AI" is the Latest Logic Fail in the History of Shadow IT

Jan 9 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

Why Your First Pet is a Digital Security Risk

We need to talk about the digital equivalent of a “Hide-a-Key” stone.

Jan 9 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

December 2025

Parallels of 1968

The My Lei Massacre tells us about the current situation in the Caribbean

Dec 3, 2025 • James McCabe | ModernCYPH3R

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