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Bank of America Is Buying British Cybersecurity Firm MDSec
The US banking giant is acquiring a 65-person UK security consultancy, deepening its foothold in northern England and adding offensive security expertise to its in-house defences.
From Breaking In to Shutting Hackers Out: The Two Lives of Tal Kollander
Tal Kollander spent years on the offensive side of hacking before switching to defence. His story is a window into how the two worlds actually think about each other.
AI Finds Bugs Fast. Proving They're Real Still Takes a Human.
AI tools can scan code and spit out vulnerabilities at speed, but a finding is worthless until someone shows it actually works. Here's why that gap matters for anyone worried about software security.
From Modded Game Controllers to IBM X-Force Red: The Chris Thompson Arc
A teenage hardware tinkerer grows up to run one of the most recognizable offensive-security brands in enterprise tech — then leaves to build something new.
Anthropic's AI Model Found Vulnerabilities in Classified U.S. Government Systems
An unnamed U.S. official says Anthropic's Mythos model identified security flaws in sensitive government infrastructure during a joint exercise with intelligence agencies.
Anthropic's Mythos Preview Goes Bug-Hunting: What XBOW's Red Team Found
An offensive-security shop put Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model through exploit discovery, reverse engineering, and live-site validation. The source-code review results were the standout.
Anthropic's Mythos Shows AI Can Find Bugs Faster Than Humans. The Bug Bounty Model May Not Survive It.
Machine-speed vulnerability discovery is no longer theoretical. The question now is whether the bounty ecosystem — and the offensive security teams inside it — are priced and structured for a world where finding flaws is the easy part.