Cisco Launches Low-Cost AI Models for Source Code Security

The open-weight Antares models are designed to pinpoint known vulnerabilities in codebases faster and at a fraction of the cost of larger AI models.
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Hacker Conversations: Jesse McGraw (GhostExodus), From Blackhat Hacker to Redemption

Once a notorious blackhat hacker, McGraw shares his journey from high school hacking and prison to redemption as a cybersecurity advocate.
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UK Government Rolls Out Agentic AI Defense Plan Alongside Industry Pledge

Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government’s determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK.
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CISO Conversations: Tarah Wheeler, Cybersecurity Leader, Thought Leader and Original Thinker

Tarah Wheeler is CISO at TPO Group, a firm that provides cybersecurity consultancy for high-stakes organizations. But despite this elevated position, her journey was far from typical.
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Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks

Decades-old Bash shell tricks can bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents, potentially turning malicious repositories into supply chain attack vectors.
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Hacker Conversations: Chris Thompson, Former Head of IBM X-Force Red, Co-Founder of RemoteThreat

Chris Thompson’s journey took him from hacking game controls as a teenager to founding IBM’s X-Force Red team.
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New Enterprise-Ready MCP Specification Brings New Security Challenges

A major overhaul of the Model Context Protocol shifts critical security responsibilities from the protocol itself to developers and platform operators.
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