Author Archives: Greg Otto

Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep up, new report warns

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Cybersecurity is entering “a new phase” as artificial intelligence tools have matured and given IT defenders significantly less time to respond to cyberattacks and other threats, according to a new report released Monday. The report, authored by federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, concludes that threat actors have adopted AI more quickly than governments and private […]

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If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too

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The latest executive order pushes Washington to crack down on cyber fraud, but a different mandate eases software security accountability, leaving an inconsistent strategy that keeps the attack surface cheap to exploit.

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No, it’s not ‘unnecessarily burdensome’ to control your own data

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The State Department frames data sovereignty and innovation as opposing forces. Modern encryption proves we can have both.

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We’ve seen ransomware cost American lives. Here’s what it will actually take to stop it.

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Hackers have cut their attack timelines from weeks to hours while the government spreads resources too thin. We need to stop pretending we can protect everything and start focusing on what would hurt us most.

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How ‘silent probing’ can make your security playbook a liability

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Silent probing uses AI to measure your team’s response patterns over time, building a behavioral profile that makes follow-on attacks harder to spot and easier to time.

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Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

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Additionally, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russian zero-day brokerage that Peter Williams sold the exploits to.

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The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation

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A “precision cyber strike” makes for a clean narrative. The available evidence in the wake of the operation suggests something harder to label – and harder to learn from.

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Palo Alto Networks’ Koi acquisition is all about keeping AI agents in check

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The company says it will integrate Koi’s technology into its security offerings to improve visibility into AI-driven activity on workplace devices.

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Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era

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Trillions in AI infrastructure face systemic failure unless security begins at the chip and ends with the grid.

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