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.
22
Dec
Prompt Injection Attacks

Prompt Injection Attacks: Examples, Techniques, and Defence

Updated March 2026: Added "Attacker Moves Second" adaptive attack research (OpenAI/Anthropic/DeepMind), CaMeL architectural defence framework, Google
23 min read
21
Dec
Building a Second Brain for Cybersecurity Work

Building a Second Brain for Cybersecurity Work

Sixty-five percent of security professionals report their job has become harder in the past two years (ISSA/ESG, 2024). New
6 min read
16
Dec
Network diagram showing an attack path moving through connected systems toward a central target node.

What is CTEM? Why Vulnerability Management Alone No Longer Covers the Attack Surface

Most breaches do not start with a vulnerability. CTEM helps answer the question patching alone cannot: what can an attacker still reach in your environment right now?
15 min read
15
Dec
Close-up of JavaScript code on a screen representing npm dependencies and supply chain security risks in modern software development

npm Security Risks: Most Vulnerable Packages in 2026

Updated April 2026 In 2025, attackers published 454,648 malicious npm packages. That’s nearly half a million in a
20 min read
14
Dec
Navigating your path in cybersecurity, one way street sign at a cross roads.

Cybersecurity Career Paths: How to Choose Your Specialisation and Advance in 2026

Updated April 2026 59% of organisations report critical or significant cybersecurity skills gaps (ISC2, 2025). The constraint is not headcount:
15 min read
12
Dec
AI Security Threats: Complete Guide to Attack Vectors

AI Security Threats: Complete Guide to Attack Vectors

Last Updated: January 2026 AI-driven attacks now account for 16% of all breaches (IBM, 2025). Shadow AI adds $670,000
9 min read
05
Dec
Cybersecurity Learning Roadmap 2026 - Beginner to Job-Ready

Cybersecurity Learning Roadmap 2026: Beginner to Job-Ready

Updated April 2026 This cybersecurity roadmap takes you from beginner to job-ready in four phases: foundations, core skills, specialisation, and
18 min read
04
Dec
React2Shell vulnerability concept showing React Server Components leaking into a remote shell execution (CVE-2025-55182)

CVE-2025-55182: React2Shell Detection and Fix Guide

UPDATE (Jan 1, 2026): RondoDox botnet now weaponizing React2Shell. Shadowserver reports 90,300 instances still vulnerable. Multiple nation-state actors actively
19 min read
03
Dec
See culture as a foundation to cyber resilience

What is Cybersecurity Culture? A Practical Guide

Human error accounts for 95% of cybersecurity breaches (IBM Security, 2024). But here is what that statistic misses: employees in
6 min read
03
Dec
Elastic Stack - Collections Methods

ELK Log Collection Methods: The Complete Guide for Security Teams

A guide to the different types of log collection you can achieve with ELK stack for cybersecurity teams.
7 min read