<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>https://openthread.blog/</id><title>Open Thread</title><subtitle>A security blog — notes on things still being investigated.</subtitle> <updated>2026-07-26T15:39:57+01:00</updated> <author> <name>0xsyspwn</name> <uri>https://openthread.blog/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://openthread.blog/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="https://openthread.blog/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 0xsyspwn </rights> <icon>/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>Why You Should Always Update Your Firmware</title><link href="https://openthread.blog/posts/why-you-should-always-update-your-firmware/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why You Should Always Update Your Firmware" /><published>2026-07-25T10:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-07-26T12:57:49+01:00</updated> <id>https://openthread.blog/posts/why-you-should-always-update-your-firmware/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://openthread.blog/posts/why-you-should-always-update-your-firmware/" /> <author> <name>0xsyspwn</name> </author> <category term="Hardening" /> <summary>A firmware bug nearly bricked the exact laptop I'm writing this on — a good reminder that some updates matter more than others.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Why I Switched From VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU</title><link href="https://openthread.blog/posts/why-I-switched-from-virtualbox-to-kvm-qemu/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why I Switched From VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU" /><published>2026-07-24T10:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-07-24T10:00:00+01:00</updated> <id>https://openthread.blog/posts/why-I-switched-from-virtualbox-to-kvm-qemu/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://openthread.blog/posts/why-I-switched-from-virtualbox-to-kvm-qemu/" /> <author> <name>0xsyspwn</name> </author> <category term="Lab" /> <category term="Virtualization" /> <summary>VirtualBox and VMware always felt a little slow, and I never knew why — until I found out what KVM/QEMU actually does differently.</summary> </entry> </feed>
