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TheHackerNews Constant flood of articles with a lot of ads mixed in.
The Register: Security British tech news
Errata Security blog

SentinelOne Does a weekly summary of cybersecurity happenings. Week 42 of 2025
KrebsOnSecurity Cybersecurity landscape reporting, from ransomware groups to phishing and carding gangs. Great article
TheDFIRReport Technical writeups of real hacks.\ Sophos Research News about emerging threats and trends.\ Securelist Kaspersky research. In-depth writeups of ransomware techniques and other malware campaigns. Great article
Crowdstrike Blog Technical writeups and trend reporting.
nullprogram Low-level programming.
Microsoft Security Response Center
Cybereason Technical articles and trend reporting.
Zero Day Initiative Blog PWN2OWN competitions

Ludicity Nihilistic, mercenary outlook, generally good writing. Great article
Where’s your Ed at? Massive AI skeptic, occasionally exaggerates the facts but generally pretty fair. Great article about one factor behind Google’s decline
Joel on software Pioneer software developer. Great management advice, esp. wrt. interview and career. Great article
David Heinemeier Hansson 37signals cofounder/CEO. Most famous for fighting Apple’s walled garden and making a high-profile move from cloud to on-prem. Great article, lots of links to more reading about cloud stuff

https://doubleblak.com/ In-depth dives into artifact details, like Safari’s BrowserState.db.
https://thebinaryhick.blog/ Same deal, but generally more readable. Provides example images you can load into Autopsy to practice your forensics work.
https://windowsir.blogspot.com/ Same deal, focusing on Windows forensics techniques.\ https://blog.elcomsoft.com/ Mobile forensics software seller with decent writeups.
https://www.stark4n6.com/ Awesome one-stop shop for forensics learning. Check out https://start.me/p/q6mw4Q/forensics for a massive list of resources.