Collaborate Disseminate
Security leaders are flush with tools and data, but it’s not helping their programs mature. In this Help Net Security video, PlexTrac’s Dan DeCloss outlines the 3 key gaps holding security programs back and what sets mature programs apart. From f… Continue reading What makes a security program mature and how to get there faster
EntraGoat is a purpose-built tool that sets up a vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID environment to mimic real-world identity security issues. It’s designed to help security professionals practice spotting and exploiting common misconfigurations. The tool cr… Continue reading EntraGoat: Vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID infrastructure to simulate identity security misconfigurations
Brandolini’s law, also known as the “bullshit asymmetry principle”, is simple but devastating: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.” While it’s often thrown around in poli… Continue reading How Brandolini’s law informs our everyday infosec reality
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Black Hat USA 2025 Black Hat USA 2025 took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Explore related news, photos, product releases, and m… Continue reading Week in review: SonicWall firewalls targeted in ransomware attacks, Black Hat USA 2025
July turned into a surprisingly busy month. It started slowly with a fairly ‘calm’ Patch Tuesday as I forecasted in my last blog. Although there were 130 new CVEs addressed across all the Microsoft releases, there was only one publicly disclosed CVE, s… Continue reading August 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Try, try, again
In this Help Net Security video, Ngaire Elizabeth Guzzetti, Technical Director Supply Chain at CyXcel, discusses why a third of U.S. organizations don’t trust third-party vendors to manage critical risks and what that means for supply chain secur… Continue reading Third-party partners or ticking time bombs?
Over a third of companies say they are using AI, including generative AI, to fight fraud, according to Experian. As fraud threats become more complex, companies are accelerating their investments with over half adopting new analytics and building AI mo… Continue reading Fraud controls don’t guarantee consumer trust
Black Hat USA 2025 was packed with innovation, with companies showing off tools built to get ahead of what’s coming next. From smarter offensive security to new ways of spotting attacks faster, the conference had no shortage of exciting developments. H… Continue reading Top solutions to watch after Black Hat USA 2025
Here’s a look inside Black Hat USA 2025. The featured vendors are: Stellar Cyber, Vonahi Security, Gurucul, Check Point, HackerOne, EasyDMARC, Elastic, Google, Tines, Veracode, VioletX, Pentera, Keep Aware, Oleria, SpyCloud, Trend Micro and Picus… Continue reading Photos: Black Hat USA 2025
Cybercriminals are deploying unidentifiable phishing kits (58% of phishing sites) to propagate malicious campaigns at scale, indicating a trend towards custom-made or obfuscated deployments, according to VIPRE Security. These phishing kits can’t easily… Continue reading Cybercriminals are getting personal, and it’s working