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Articles about AI security, vulnerabilities, and defensive measures.

cybersecurityJun 29, 20264 min

CISA's BOD 26-04: The Three-Day Patch Mandate That Changes Federal Cybersecurity

CISA has revamped its federal patching mandate with a risk-matrix approach that prioritizes high-risk vulnerabilities, fundamentally changing how federal agencies approach security in an AI-driven threat landscape.

cybersecurityJun 29, 20264 min

When Efficiency Becomes a Weapon: Inside the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack

HTTP/2's multiplexing was supposed to make the web faster. Instead, it gave attackers a way to turn every connection into a weapon — and organizations with large distributed footprints are paying the price.

cybersecurityJun 29, 20265 min

Ivanti's Sentry Just Got a New Root Access Backdoor — And It's Worse Than You Think

Ivanti patched two critical Sentry flaws: a maximum-severity command injection for root RCE and an authentication bypass for rogue admin accounts.

cybersecurityJun 29, 20269 min

Cybersecurity's Double Bind: AI Makes the Job Harder While Demand for CISOs Rises

A new ISSA/Omdia survey reveals that 68% of cybersecurity professionals find their jobs harder than two years ago as AI adoption and shadow IT create new visibility gaps. Full-time CISO roles have dropped from 76% to 63%, while fractional CISO engagements have surged from 6% to 15%. Despite the stress, demand for cybersecurity expertise continues growing — particularly among smaller companies needing cyber insurance compliance.

cybersecurityJun 28, 20264 min

Bluetooth Speaker Firmware Hack Turns Audio Device Into PC Attack Vector

Security researcher discovers how a Creative Sound Blaster Katana V2X speaker's CTP protocol and unsigned firmware allow over-the-air Bluetooth attacks that can turn the device into a HID keyboard proxy for PC compromise.

cybersecurityJun 28, 20263 min

Your Incident Response Is a Patchwork. Here’s Why It’s Failing.

Network incident response is slowed by context-switching across monitoring, ticketing, identity, and communication tools. Learn how intelligent workflow automation cuts MTTR by connecting your existing stack.

cybersecurityJun 22, 20264 min

CISO Resilience in the AI Era: Harder Work, Higher Demand

As AI complicates the threat landscape, CISOs face unprecedented pressure. Learn how organizations are adapting their security strategies and talent models to handle increasing AI-driven risks.

cybersecurityJun 21, 20265 min

AI's Dual Threat: Complexity and the CISO Capability Gap

As AI introduces new threat vectors and governance hurdles, CISOs are finding their roles increasingly complex, driven by high demand for specialized skills and persistent workforce shortages.

cybersecurityJun 18, 20264 min

Android Malware Campaign: Fake Banking Updates Distribute NFCShare on GitHub

A coordinated campaign distributes the NFCShare Android malware via fake banking app updates on GitHub, targeting European financial institution customers to harvest payment card information through NFC data extraction.

cybersecurityJun 18, 20266 min

SprySOCKS Goes Cross-Platform: How a China-Linked Backdoor Learned to Live on Windows

ESET uncovered Windows variants of the SprySOCKS Linux backdoor being used by Earth Lusca against government targets in Taiwan, Thailand, Pakistan, and Honduras — complete with kernel rootkit stealth, TCP traffic diversion, and a UEFI bootkit hint that keeps security teams up at night.

cybersecurityJun 15, 20266 min

SynthWave: AI-Powered Supply Chain Attacks with Model Composition

A deep dive into SynthWave—a previously undocumented cyberattack campaign that uses fine-tuned open-weight LLMs to generate human-like code for supply chain attacks on npm and PyPI. Learn how model composition increased attack success by 300% and what it means for software security.

cybersecurityJun 15, 20264 min

Trivial RCE in AMD AutoUpdate Software Due to HTTP Downloads and Missing Signature Verification

A detailed analysis of CVE-2026-40677: How AMD's AutoUpdate software allowed Remote Code Execution through unencrypted HTTP downloads without cryptographic signature verification, and the controversial 124-day embargo period.