Month: November 2025

DNS4EU: Towards a Sovereign, Secure, and Privacy-Respecting European DNS

Executive Summary DNS4EU is an initiative by the European Union to deploy a public DNS resolution service that is free of charge, compliant with GDPR, and entirely operated within Europe. Launched in June 2025 after several years of preparation, this European DNS resolver aims to strengthen the EU’s digital sovereignty by providing an alternative to…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – November 2025

Fixing 63 Flaws Including 1 Active Zero-Day You will find below my hot take on this historic Microsoft Patch Tuesday, following the official end of support for Windows 10… I hope you find it useful. Executive Summary Overview of the November 2025 Patch Tuesday On November 11, 2025, Microsoft released its monthly batch of security…

Comparative review of cybersecurity taxonomies used by CSIRTs, CERTs, and SOCs

Executive summary CSIRTs, CERTs, and SOCs rely on incident and threat taxonomies to classify, analyze, and share cybersecurity information consistently. This article compares the principal taxonomies in use—eCSIRT.net, ENISA’s Reference Incident Classification Taxonomy and Threat Taxonomy, FIRST’s CSIRT case classification guidance, MISP taxonomies, VERIS, and MITRE ATT&CK—covering their origins, structure, operational uses, strengths, limitations, and…