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Endpoint Capability Risk: Why Approved Software is Your Biggest Security Blind Spot
Most security tools ask whether software is malicious. Endpoint Capability Risk asks what it enables. Here is why that distinction matters, backed by current breach data.
Jacob Hughes
Apr 33 min read
Zero-Day Security Alert — March 21, 2026: Apple iOS, macOS, and Safari Actively Exploited
Daily Security Briefing March 21, 2026 CISA added three Apple vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 20, 2026. These affect iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, tvOS, and Safari. All three are confirmed actively exploited in the wild and require patching by April 3, 2026. 1. Safari and WebKit Memory Corruption CVE-2025-31277 | CVSS 8.8 | HIGH Severity | Actively Exploited Affected Product Apple Safari (prior to 18.6), iOS and
Jacob Hughes
Mar 203 min read


Capability Risk Remediation Can Be Unsettling
While developing Endpoint Capability Risk (ECR) framework and scoring into LARCK, instantly seeing all of the endpoint risk data populate the system really uncovered just how powerful, dangerous, and 'over-tooled' a lot of my computers and servers were. In other words, it worked exactly as intended. Truly Eye-Opening. When importing CVE insights into the system for analysis and enrichment, I quickly saw all of the vulnerabilities and supporting information about them. Exact
Jacob Hughes
Feb 202 min read


Lansweeper Classic - Big Updates So Far in 2025
Lansweeper Classic (also called on-prem) has had some significant changes fly under the radar so far in 2025 - Here are the significant...
Jacob Hughes
Apr 20, 20252 min read


6-Round Showdown: Sweepy vs. Terry Silver
True Story - I keep thinking about Terry Silver's Silver Method in terms of IT Asset Management. I'll update this blog post once I talk...
Jacob Hughes
Feb 18, 20253 min read


Dear Hospital: Stop Mailing Me Breach Letters and Go Lansweeper Hybrid Already
Every time I get another letter in the mail about data compromises potentially involving my information, it not only shows me how futile...
Jacob Hughes
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Lansweeper Pro Tip #48 - The Importance of Asset Classification
Here's my first Pro-Tip for Lansweeper - The importance of Asset Classification. https://www.lansweeper.com/blog/pro-tips/the-importance...
Jacob Hughes
Dec 27, 20231 min read


Force a Chrome Update via Lansweeper Deployment Package
A real short blog post as I'm actively remediating Chrome for a client - due to the frequency of Zero-Day exploits, you can use...
Jacob Hughes
Sep 29, 20233 min read


Medigate + Lansweeper: A Passive-Aggressive Approach to Healthcare Network Discovery
In my experience, I've found that if a business in the Healthcare sector has a box of bandages in their inventory, they have medical...
Jacob Hughes
May 25, 20233 min read


One Feature Lansweeper Could add that would Knock Out the Competition
Lansweeper has numerous advantages over other ITAM solutions - easy installation, tons of information collected, built-in integrations,...
Jacob Hughes
May 15, 20232 min read


6-Round Showdown: Lansweeper Classic's "Sweepy" VS. 'Hackers' (1995)'s "Zero Cool"
OK. This match-up is long overdue - I do apologize. Let's just cut to the chase. Lansweeper "Sweepy" Classic vs. Young Dade "Zero Cool"...
Jacob Hughes
May 13, 20233 min read


Lansweeper Classic - all about the Snozzberry.
I've been using Lansweeper (Classic) since 2012, and nothing monumental has changed with the product since version 5 where the database...
Jacob Hughes
May 12, 20233 min read


Update Lansweeper fields from a JSON file - using Curl and SQL
One thing that Lansweeper has (but needs a lot more of), are custom fields for an asset. These custom fields are great for integrating...
Jacob Hughes
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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