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Black Hat Rewind: Most Creative Booths Part 1

Exhibitor booths are a major part of the Black Hat experience, giving companies a chance to bring their technology to life ...
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Attackers Are Moving At Machine Speed. Federal Remediation Still Isn’t.

As AI accelerates the scale, sophistication, and speed of cyberattacks, the window between vulnerability discovery and ...
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Dangerous Apple Bug Lets Images Execute Malicious Code

The Vulnerability Apple fixed a major security vulnerability in their image handling framework for both desktop and mobile ...
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Black Hat USA 2026: Field Report and Cybersecurity Findings

Cyber Defense Magazine   Black Hat USA 2026 Las Vegas, Nevada | August 2–6, 2026 Executive Summary and Key Findings Black Hat ...
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Closing Security Gaps Where Digital Meets Physical Access

Access management is the first step in any risk management strategy. Sophisticated threats have adapted to the familiar ...
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4 Steps for Making Sure Domain Impersonation Takedown Requests Don’t Get Rejected

Brand impersonation is one of the fastest growing threats facing organizations today. Bad actors create fake websites using an organization’s name, logos, and visual identity to exploit brand trust ...
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Over 30 Minnesota Water Utilities Disrupted in Coordinated Weekend Cyberattack

Over the weekend of July 26 and July 27, 2026, a coordinated cyberattack struck deep into local infrastructure, hitting operational technology across more than 30 municipal water and wastewater ...
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Why Your Security Maturity Score Is Lying to You

Picture a quarterly board meeting. The CISO walks in with a polished slide. “We are operating at Tier 3 of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and our ISO 27001 maturity assessment scored 4.2 out of 5.” ...
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Security Theatre: Busy Metrics in the SOC are a Great Show, but Terrible Defense

Unfortunately, many security professionals still consider noisy SOC metrics the best benchmarks for performance. I call this “activity theater”—a lot of show, but no real sustenance. High alert ...
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7 Reasons Organizations Are Simplifying Endpoints To Improve Security

Endpoint security strategy is changing alongside the modern workspace itself. Employees now spend much of their time working through browsers, virtual desktops, SaaS applications, and cloud-delivered ...
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When Secure Communications Fail: Lessons From The German Military Interception

Cybersecurity discussions often focus on protecting networks, cloud environments, endpoints, and applications. These areas remain essential, but recent events have highlighted a growing reality: even ...
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CISA Warns of Critical Flaw in Johnson Controls Metasys Systems

A serious vulnerability in Johnson Controls’ Metasys building automation technology was reported in an industrial security alert (ICSA-26-225-14) released by CISA on August 13, 2026. The vulnerability ...