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AI Could Make Us Safer and Stupider at the Same Time
Researchers are raising two separate alarms about artificial intelligence: that a misaligned system might one day threaten human survival, and that even well-behaved AI might quietly hollow out the critical thinking skills that keep us sharp.
The Hidden Blindspot in Industrial Cyberattacks, and How Fake Devices Help Fill It
When hackers cross from a company's office network into the systems that run physical equipment, the trail goes cold. A maturing technique called cyber deception is starting to change that.
Hired to Build, Judged on the Breach That Never Happened
The skills that land someone a CISO job are rarely the ones the board scores them on a year later. That gap is quietly ending careers.
A Local Housing Authority Lost $1 Million to Email Fraud. Here Is What It Did Next.
A cybersecurity consultant's account of how a small government agency rebuilt its defences after criminals silently rerouted a wire transfer offers a practical road map for the thousands of local bodies running on skeleton IT crews.
From Gatekeeper to Growth Partner: What the Modern CSO Role Actually Looks Like
Security chiefs who keep talking about firewalls while their peers talk about revenue will keep getting ignored. Here's what the shift to business-first security leadership looks like in practice.
AI Found Thousands of Flaws in Days. Humans Can't Patch Them Fast Enough.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos model discovered more security holes in major software than years of human review had caught. That's good news for defenders in theory, but the gap between finding a flaw and fixing it was already brutal before AI joined the hunt.
Burnout, Courage, and 'Good Enough': What One Top Security Chief Learned on the Way to the C-Suite
Ping Identity's CISO Russ Kirby on the mindset that carried him through a decade of high-pressure security roles, and what still keeps him up at night.
98% of Cybersecurity Leaders Report Job Stress. The Fix Isn't More Hiring.
A major industry survey finds that stress among security chiefs has become the norm, not the exception. The real problem, argues one senior researcher, is a design flaw in how organisations treat the role itself.
The Cheapest Way to Beat an AI Security System Is to Read Its Rulebook
Confidence in autonomous hacking tools has collapsed. A researcher says the real problem runs deeper: the governance rules we write to keep AI security systems safe can become a weapon in an attacker's hands.
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. That gap matters for anyone worried about software security.
RSnake's Case for a CISO Code of Ethics
Robert Hansen argues that kickbacks, no-show jobs, and shelfware deals aren't just embarrassing, they're a national security problem.
When the Trigger Pulls Itself: Agentic AI and the End of the Human-in-the-Loop
Every weapon in history extended a human decision. Agentic systems are the first that try to replace it, and the security implications are not theoretical.