Merlyn Albery-Speyer
Principal Cybersecurity Threat Researcher
Merlyn Albery is a Principal Cybersecurity Threat Researcher on the F5 Labs team. Merlyn has had both offensive and defense security experience, and comes from a background in Software Engineering, with skills in Machine Learning, and Data Science.
Research by Merlyn Albery-Speyer (11)
Article | Aug 6, 2025
SparkRAT: Exploiting Architectural Weaknesses in Open-Source Offensive Tools
Persistent trend in open-source offensive tooling & implications for defenders
11 min read
Article | Jul 16, 2025
NoBooze1 Malware Targets TP-Link Routers via CVE-2019-9082
Sensor Intel Series: July 2025 CVE Trends
11 min read
Article | Jun 12, 2025
F5 Labs Top CWEs & OWASP Top Ten Analysis
We expand our view to include CWE and OWASP, and we also examine the latest overall trends for June 2025.
10 min read
Article | Jun 3, 2025
Delving Into the SparkRAT Remote Access Tool
Sensor Intel Series: May 2025 CVE Trends
9 min read
Article | May 5, 2025
Canary Exploit Tool for CVE-2025-30065 Apache Parquet Avro Vulnerability
Investigating a schema parsing concern in the parquet-avro module of Apache Parquet Java.
9 min read
Article | Apr 8, 2025
Campaign Targets Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata via SSRF
Discover the latest CVE trends and a new campaign targeting websites hosted in EC2 instances on AWS.
5 min read
Article | Mar 29, 2025
2025 Advanced Persistent Bot Report: Scraper Bots Deep-Dive
How much do scraper bots affect your industry?
5 min read
Article | Mar 28, 2025
Prevent Web Scraping by Applying the Pyramid of Pain
The Bots Pyramid of Pain: a framework for effective bot defense.
4 min read
Article | Mar 21, 2025
Analyzing the Global Increase in Vulnerability Scanning in 2024
BotPoke comes to the foreground yet again.
7 min read
Article | Mar 13, 2025
Why Critical MongoDB Library Flaws Won't See Mass Exploitation
Discover how to mitigate CVE-2024-53900 and CVE-2025-23061, which expose Node.js APIs to remote attacks.
6 min read
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