HailBytes

06/07/2026

We've been using Opus 4.8 and other models constantly at HailBytes and the quality has been jumping tremendously month by month in 2026. Whole new workflows are opening up and long running agents are able to perform more recon and pen-testing work than has ever been possible in preceding models.

The $1 trillion startup warns that artificial-intelligence models are nearing the capability to improve without human intervention.

06/01/2026

New demo up for HailBytes ASM v1.5425! Manage attack surface for hundreds of companies simultaneously through a single cloud instance with automated scanning and reporting.

Welcome to the comprehensive walkthrough of HailBytes ASM v1.5425, ...

05/30/2026

Quick poll: what's the most overpriced category in your security stack right now?
A) Endpoint detection
B) SIEM
C) Phishing simulation
D) Attack surface management
E) Something else (tell me in comments)

05/28/2026

All new test suites passing for HBASM v1.5376, adding some very interesting ICS/OT capabilities into the mix to support scheduled scanning and reporting in ICS/OT environments...

05/26/2026

The thesis behind everything we build at HailBytes: enterprise security tools should run on your cloud, not ours. Single marketplace bill. No data leaves your account. No per-seat extortion.
Two products live now (ASM + SAT). More coming.

05/22/2026

If your security awareness training vendor charges you per seat, requires a 12-month contract, and locks features behind tier upgrades, they're optimizing for their margin, not your security posture.

05/21/2026

Counterintuitive take: the goal of phishing simulation isn't to catch people clicking. It's to make them slightly more paranoid every single day.
Annual training doesn't do that. Monthly simulation with immediate feedback does.

HailBytes Security Awareness Training Platform - enterprise phishing simulation and post-click training modules. Deploy on AWS or Azure in minutes.

05/20/2026

33 stars and counting on gophish-training-templates. People keep finding it, which suggests training templates are still a gap in the market. https://github.com/HailBytes/gophish-training-templates

05/20/2026

Annual phishing training is a compliance artifact, not a security control. The control is a monthly cadence with post-click learning. https://hailbytes.com/sat/

05/18/2026

Talked to a CISO last week who's been paying $11K/year for phishing simulation. Asked what he'd do with the savings if he switched to something flat-rate.
His answer: "Probably finally upgrade our SIEM."
The per-seat pricing model is quietly starving the rest of your security stack.

HailBytes Security Awareness Training Platform - enterprise phishing simulation and post-click training modules. Deploy on AWS or Azure in minutes.