Eric Geller

After the CrowdStrike outage, Microsoft started working w/ 3rd-party security vendors to redesign Windows so their programs could run outside the kernel. I talked to experts and one of those vendors about how this work is going — & why it's so difficult. cybersecuritydive.com/news/microsoft…

"[G]uards forcibly handled detainees who repeatedly asked staff for things to which they are legally entitled, including food and water, medical care and personal belongings..." washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…

"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been favoring a CISA director with only private sector experience, another one of the people said." nextgov.com/people/2026/05…

Listen to the latest @hothtakes episode to hear @grace_segers, @byrdinator, and me go head to head in a Star Wars trivia contest! hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

How much do you know about the Jedi Code? The creature whose meat Obi-Wan eats on Tatooine? The villains of the High Republic era? Test your command of Star Wars lore by playing along with the the quiz show in our new @hothtakes episode. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

New: As part of the WH's recent cyber/AI outreach to tech companies (first reported by Politico politico.com/news/2026/04/3…), @ONCD asked firms to answer 11 questions about their practices. But some of the Qs might be too sensitive for companies' comfort. cybersecuritydive.com/news/white-hou…

I had a blast doing a Star Wars quiz show with my @hothtakes co-hosts in our latest episode. Listen now to find out what we chose to ask each other and who came out on top. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

“These standards are based on air quality levels needed to protect human health. If everyone can point to international sources as a reason why their air doesn’t need to be clean enough, then we’ve undermined the entire meaning of the standards.” nytimes.com/2026/04/30/cli…

Australia, the U.S. and the other Five Eyes countries have published a guide to securely adopting AI agents. A lot of the recommendations involve limiting agents' access to sensitive systems and closely monitoring what they do. cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-agents…

I recorded a video discussion with colleagues from @CyberSecDive's sister websites, @DarkReading and @TechTargetNews, about what we've learned from the Mythos situation. youtube.com/watch?v=N9_--G…

When @grace_segers came up with her questions for the quiz show in our latest @hothtakes episode, she wanted to stump @byrdinator and me with devilishly obscure Star Wars facts. Did it work? Listen now to find out: hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

Which @hothtakes co-host would win a Star Wars trivia contest? Now you don't have to wonder -- it's the subject of our new episode! hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

The House has passed a Senate-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Trump's signature on the bill will end a 76-day partial government shutdown and allow @CISAgov and other DHS agencies to resume normal operations.

.@hothtakes returns with a Star Wars quiz show episode. @grace_segers, @byrdinator, and I take turns asking each other questions about our favorite corners of the Star Wars universe. The results might surprise you! hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

"NSA officials studying the Mythos model have been impressed by its speed and efficiency in searching for potential security flaws..." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This month's @hothtakes episode is something special: a Star Wars quiz show where each of us tests the others' knowledge! Listen now to find out who won and see how many questions you can get right. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/hot…

The federal government's contracting authority used to be the ultimate policy sledgehammer for changing corporate practices, but Mythos is the first time I've seen a tech company neuter it like this.

After designating Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, the Trump administration is drafting an EO to let agencies bypass the designation to use Anthropic's powerful new vulnerability-hunting model Mythos. axios.com/2026/04/29/tru…

The hearing -- which was sparsely attended amid votes -- has ended.

Montgomery: "I'd give this administration an F" for its handling of CISA. "It’s completely unacceptable that our civilian cyber defense agency is treated like this. We would never treat the National Security Agency or U.S. Cyber Command in the same way."

The House Homeland Security cyber subcommittee is holding a hearing (industry witnesses only) on DHS's role as the Sector Risk Management Agency for the comms and IT sectors, focusing on space networks, data centers, and telecom networks: homeland.house.gov/hearing/data-c…