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Expert cybersecurity articles covering OWASP, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and enterprise security best practices.
A critical out-of-bounds write in the Brotli decompression library affects Node.js, Bun, Envoy and Istio meshes that enable Brotli decompression. Here's what happened, who's affected, how to check, and what to update.
Researchers report AI agents broke into 100+ company websites. What the findings mean, what remains uncertain, and practical steps for site owners.
CISA added PHP2Shell CVEs to KEV on October 26, 2026, and researchers confirmed RCE. Here is what happened, what the October 21 patches cover, and why CVE-2026-115560 still needs a stopgap.
I tested Strix with Qwen3-VL, Gemma 4, and Devstral Small 2 through Ollama on an M5 MacBook. Here is what worked, what failed, and why.
Acronis Cyber Protect, Veeam, and Rubrik solve ransomware backup in three genuinely different ways: integrated anti-malware, broad platform coverage, and architecture-level immutability backed by a real warranty. Here is what actually separates them.
A compromised maintainer account let a self-propagating worm spread through 400+ npm packages in 30 minutes, hiding its command infrastructure inside an Ethereum smart contract. Here is how it worked and what to actually check in your pipeline.
Gemini reads your Drive files by default, and Google's scanners have permanently locked people out over false positives. Here is what zero-knowledge encryption actually changes, and how NordLocker and NordPass close the gap.
I pointed Strix, the most popular open-source AI penetration testing agent, at my own website. It found nothing, cost about $17 in tokens, and got my Anthropic key auto-disabled. Here is the honest account: how it works, what it takes to run, why blackbox results are shallow, and what an AI pentest really costs.
Your Google Ads got disapproved with "Compromised site" but your website looks fine? Here is what Google found, how to confirm and remove the malware, and how to appeal so your ads are back within days: with exact menu names and realistic timelines.
Check whether your website is hacked in about ten minutes, free. Three fast checks (remote scan, Google Safe Browsing status, site: search), 12 warning signs explained in plain language, and exactly what to do if you find something.
A July 2026 Ousaban campaign uses phishing PDFs, geofencing, VBS, MSI, DLL side-loading, and process injection against Windows users in Spain and Portugal.
Cleaned your WordPress site and it got hacked again? You are not being targeted. Backdoors (found on 49% of hacked sites), rogue admin users, stolen hosting passwords, and unpatched plugins bring attackers back. Here is how to break the loop for good.
The red Deceptive Site Ahead warning blocks nearly all your visitors across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Here is exactly how to find the phishing content Google flagged, clean it, request a Safe Browsing review, and get delisted in days.
Google shows Japanese spam pages on your domain but your site looks normal? That is the Japanese keyword hack. Step-by-step removal: confirm the infection, find the backdoor, clean Search Console, and recover your rankings.
Credit card skimmers on WooCommerce checkouts steal customer card data silently for months. Learn where Magecart-style skimmers hide, how to detect them with DevTools and integrity checks, how to remove them, and how CSP, SRI, and a WAF keep them out.
A role-based ranking of the best cybersecurity certifications for 2026: CompTIA Security+, Microsoft SC-200, SC-300, and SC-500 (the AZ-500 replacement), AWS Security Specialty, and CISSP, with cost, difficulty, study time, and where to study each one.
OAuth device code phishing exploits a legitimate Microsoft authentication flow to steal persistent tokens, bypassing MFA entirely. With a 37x surge in 2026 and the FBI warning about Kali365, here is the definitive M365 defense guide.
Microsoft Build 2026 shipped a coordinated set of controls to discover, govern, protect, and verify AI agents. Here is how they map to the real attack surface: prompt injection, shadow agents, MCP abuse, and SearchLeak-style data theft.
A critical zero-day in Check Point Remote Access VPN (CVSS 9.3) lets unauthenticated attackers bypass certificate validation by flipping two bits in an IKEv1 Vendor ID payload. Exploited since May 7 by a Qilin ransomware affiliate. Patch, detect, and respond.
CVE-2026-20253 is a critical 9.8 CVSS flaw in Splunk Enterprise that lets an unauthenticated attacker create or truncate arbitrary files through an exposed PostgreSQL sidecar service, a chain that researchers extended into full pre-auth remote code execution. Here is how the flaw works, which versions are affected, and exactly what to patch first.
Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR now share the same portal, but they solve different problems. This guide cuts through the confusion: what each product does, when to run both, and how to plan for the Defender portal transition before the March 31, 2027 Azure portal support deadline.
On April 19, 2026, Vercel disclosed a sophisticated breach traced back to Lumma Stealer malware on a third-party AI vendor's machine. Here is the full attack chain, what was compromised, the IOCs you need, and what every developer deploying on Vercel must do right now.
APIs are the fastest-growing attack surface. The OWASP API Security Top 10 2023 defines the most critical risks. This guide breaks down each risk with real attack examples, vulnerable code patterns, and concrete fixes.
Ransomware attacks cost organizations $20B+ annually. This guide covers the full defense stack: prevention, detection, backup architecture, and incident response, with practical controls you can implement this week.
SIEM, SOAR, and XDR are the three pillars of a modern SOC - but each solves a different problem. This complete guide explains what each technology does, how they compare across 8 criteria, which vendors lead each category, and how to decide what your organization actually needs.
Zero Trust Security is a cybersecurity framework that eliminates implicit trust and requires continuous verification for every user, device, and application. Learn how to implement Zero Trust in your organization with practical steps and real-world examples.
GitHub Copilot can speed up your DevOps workflows significantly. Learn how to use it effectively for scripts, pipelines, and infrastructure code.
Thinking about a career in IT security? This guide covers the real path: what to learn first, which certifications matter, and how to get your first role.