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How Hackers Are Weaponizing Hotel Wi-Fi to Steal Corporate Microsoft 365 Accounts
How the Attack Operates Threat actors are quietly hijacking hotel Wi-Fi gateways to reroute traveling executives to fake Microsoft 365 login pages,…
The Governance Vacuum: Who Owns Present-State Proof?
Modern governance systems are built upon the principle of accountability. Responsibilities are assigned, duties are defined, authorities are delegated,…
AI Moved into the Dev Workflow. Security Didn’t.
AI coding tools were supposed to sit alongside the development process. Today, they’re increasingly becoming the development process. Many of these systems are also evolving from coding assistants into autonomous development agents… The post AI Moved into the Dev Workflow. Security Didn’t.…
Ransomware Is More Disruptive And Recovery Readiness Matters More Than Ever
Ransomware continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and it is challenging the most common cybersecurity assumptions. Recent findings have revealed a shift in attacker strategy. Modern ransomware is no… The post Ransomware Is More Disruptive And Recovery Readiness Matters…
Special Edition: What Cyber Experts Say About the Chick-Fil-a Breach
Incident Overview and Compromised Data On July 13, 2026, security teams verified that unauthorized actors had compromised Chick-fil-A One profiles using an automated credential stuffing attack utilizing email addresses and… The post Special Edition: What Cyber Experts Say About the…
By The Time You See The Ransom Note, Your Backups Are Already Gone
According to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2025 report, when organizations discover a ransomware intrusion on their own (without being tipped off by law enforcement or, ironically, by the attacker’s ransom note), the median… The post By The Time You See The Ransom Note,…
SBOM/CVE: The Duck and Cover of Cyber War
We are doing security drills diligently for the wrong catastrophe. Here is what actually duck and cover for cyber threat looks like. By Dr. Arun Lakhotia In the tense years of… The post SBOM/CVE: The Duck and Cover of Cyber War…
FBI and CISA Warn of Escalating Iranian Cyber Attacks
Escalating Threats to Critical Infrastructure On July 22, 2026, federal agencies led by the FBI, CISA, and NSA released an updated joint alert warning that cyberattackers with ties to Iran… The post FBI and CISA Warn of Escalating Iranian Cyber…
Innovator Spotlight: American Binary
American Binary: Why “Mostly Post Quantum” Is Another Way to Say Vulnerable If you’ve sat through a vendor briefing in the last 2 years, you’ve been told your stack is… The post Innovator Spotlight: American Binary appeared first on Cyber…
New CISA/NSA Advisory Spotlights Russian Attacks on Zimbra Webmail
Overview of the Advisory On July 23, 2026, CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and their international partners issued a joint cybersecurity advisory alerting organizations to ongoing Russian state-sponsored activity. The… The post New CISA/NSA Advisory Spotlights Russian Attacks on Zimbra…
Frontier AI and the Vulnerability Gap in OT
The landscape of cyber defense and offense is shifting beneath our feet. Over the past few weeks, the release of “frontier” AI models has accelerated the arms race, forcing a… The post Frontier AI and the Vulnerability Gap in OT…
2026 DevOps Security Insights: What Matters Most for CISOs
Rich threat landscape, agentic AI, vulnerabilities, third-party DevOps platforms… Securing a software supply chain is a multidimensional and complex undertaking, so it is easy to lose track. At GitProtect, we’ve… The post 2026 DevOps Security Insights: What Matters Most for…
Ghost in the Calendar: The Microsoft 365 Calendar Implant
How HollowGraph Operates On July 20, 2026, Group-IB security researchers released a study describing an implant known as HollowGraph that converts a hacked Microsoft 365 calendar into hidden communication channel…. The post Ghost in the Calendar: The Microsoft 365 Calendar…
Operational Cyberpsychology: Applying Behavioral Science to Harden Enterprise Cyber Defense
Somewhere between the third threat intelligence briefing of the morning and the seventh security alert of the afternoon, an analyst at a major defense contractor made a decision that cost… The post Operational Cyberpsychology: Applying Behavioral Science to Harden Enterprise…
Red Card for Piracy: Feds Seize Over 1,000 Illegal World Cup Streams
Targeted Crackdown on Piracy The US Department of Justice declared on July 20, 2026, that over 1,000 internet domains that were being utilized for illegal live streaming of 2026 FIFA… The post Red Card for Piracy: Feds Seize Over 1,000…
Ransomware in the Dairy Aisle: A Look at Fairlife’s Cyberattack
Operational Impact and Response The Coca-Cola Company revealed a cyber incident impacting its Fairlife dairy business on July 16, 2026. The disruption forced an immediate nationwide pause on U.S. processing… The post Ransomware in the Dairy Aisle: A Look at…
UK’s Largest Cybercrime Case Ends in Prison for Spider Hacker
Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced over Mass-Affecting Transit Attack Two well-known members of the notorious hacking group Scattered Spider were sentenced to prison in the UK on July 16, 2026. Owen… The post UK’s Largest Cybercrime Case Ends in Prison for…
Hacking US Elections: The First Tranche of Declassified Election Integrity Documents
Why Every Cybersecurity Professional Should Read the Original Records By Gary S. Miliefsky Publisher, Cyber Defense Magazine For more than a decade, cybersecurity professionals have watched researchers at DEF CON’s… The post Hacking US Elections: The First Tranche of Declassified…
Inside Microsoft’s Record-Breaking 622-Bug Release
Record-Breaking Fixes Tackle Two Exploited Zero-Days On July 14, 2026, Microsoft dropped a record-shattering Patch Tuesday update that delivered 622 security fixes in a single day. This unprecedented volume, which… The post Inside Microsoft’s Record-Breaking 622-Bug Release appeared first on…