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Shakel Ahmed

Shakel Ahmed

United Kingdom
Shakel Ahmed is a cybersecurity practitioner with 20+ years of experience defending global organizations. As the founder of CyberDesserts, he provides hands-on, practical guidance to help professionals master the skills that actually matter.
21
Jun
Quantum Is Breaking Your Cryptography. The Question Is When It Matters.

Quantum Is Breaking Your Cryptography. The Question Is When It Matters.

June 2026 You can settle your organisation's quantum exposure in three numbers, without guessing when a quantum computer
9 min read
20
Jun
The Agent Control Plane: Security's Third Sprawl

The Agent Control Plane: Security's Third Sprawl

June 2026 Every major platform vendor is shipping an agent control plane this year, and most of them are selling
9 min read
20
Jun
Claude Code welcome screen with its pixel-art night scene and the terminal theme selection menu.

Claude Code Security Review: CodeGuard vs the Built-in Tools

June 2026 Claude Code can review your code for security flaws. Type /security-review and it scans your project for
6 min read
24
May
What is a JA3 Fingerprint? How TLS Client Fingerprinting Works

What is a JA3 Fingerprint? How TLS Client Fingerprinting Works

Recognise the software behind any encrypted connection from its TLS handshake alone. How JA3 fingerprinting works, how to read one, and what a single hash reveals about shared attacker tooling.
7 min read
23
May
AndroxGh0st and the limits of TLS fingerprinting

AndroxGh0st and the limits of TLS fingerprinting

May 2026 The same scanner toolkit AWS attributed to Interlock ransomware in March 2026 also runs AndroxGh0st credential theft and
11 min read
20
May
Exposed AWS Credentials Are Used in Under 90 Seconds: Findings from AI Infrastructure Research

Exposed AWS Credentials Are Used in Under 90 Seconds: Findings from AI Infrastructure Research

Exposed AWS credentials were used against live AWS APIs within 67 seconds of being harvested, faster than CloudTrail delivers the first event to a defender.
9 min read
17
May
shai-halud sandworm related to the npm supply chain attacks and a pattern of trust-flow exploit

Is npm Safe? A Practitioner Guide to npm Security in 2026

May 2026 Is npm safe to use in 2026? Yes, but the threat model has shifted. The risk in 2025-
12 min read
14
May
Inside the Scanners Hunting Exposed AI Infrastructure: 72 Hours of Findings

Inside the Scanners Hunting Exposed AI Infrastructure: 72 Hours of Findings

460 source IPs, 11,643 requests, 72 hours. The AI-aware operators in the data enumerated; the exploitation observed targeted credentials, not AI capabilities.
19 min read
14
May
Low-angle view of two glass corporate skyscrapers, one bearing the TOTAL logo, against a pale overcast sky.

Cybersecurity Compliance Career Guide 2026

May 2026 Most career advice treats compliance as the boring corner of cybersecurity. Twenty years working with enterprise security teams
18 min read
03
May
Wooden Scrabble tiles spelling CYBER on a wooden table

Is Cybersecurity a Good Career in 2026? The Honest Reality

May 2026 Cybersecurity is still a good career in 2026 but the market is far more uneven than most career
11 min read