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After Russian Hackers Knocked Out a Satellite Network, an AI Tool Is Now Stress-Testing Its Defences
Viasat's satellite network was crippled by a Russian cyberattack in 2022. Now an AI-assisted security tool from Atalanta is being used to check whether the rebuilt defences can hold.
From Argentina's Early Hacking Scene to AI-Powered Offensive Security: The Nico Waisman Story
How a self-taught hacker with no formal training or career plan built his way to leading security at XBOW, a firm that uses artificial intelligence to find weaknesses before attackers do.
OpenAI hands a specialised hacking AI to a small club of security firms
GPT 5.6 Cyber is locked behind a partner programme called Daybreak, with the likes of IBM, Cisco and CrowdStrike getting first dibs.
The World's Greatest Detective Was Also the World's Greatest Con Artist
A cybersecurity professor dressed as Sherlock Holmes walked a DEF CON audience through why the tricks criminals use to manipulate people today are identical to what a Victorian fictional detective pulled off in the 1890s.
One Developer Password Unlocked Everything: Inside a Healthcare Software Provider's Wake-Up Call
A company that thought its segmented cloud setup was secure ran a simulated attack and watched a single stolen developer credential unravel four years of layered defences in minutes.
What 300,000 Real-World Security Tests Taught One Company About AI Hacking Tools
Autonomous penetration testing has reached genuine scale. The hard lesson from running 300,000 tests is not about finding weaknesses. It is about knowing which ones actually matter.
Patched Doesn't Mean Safe: Why Security Teams Need to Test After They Fix
A new survey of 750 security leaders finds that fewer than one in three organisations check whether a fix actually stopped an attacker. The gap between completing work and reducing risk is where breaches still happen.
Horizon3.ai Raises $250 Million as Demand for Automated Security Testing Grows
The cybersecurity firm behind autonomous penetration testing just landed a major funding round. Here is what the company does, why investors are paying attention, and what it means for the broader security market.
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.
Frenos Raises $1.52 Million More to Test Factory and Power-Grid Security Without Touching the Real Thing
The startup runs fake cyberattacks inside a virtual copy of your industrial network, so it can find the dangerous paths before real criminals do.
A Year of Testing Has Cooled Security Teams' Enthusiasm for AI-Run Hacking Drills
Companies that hoped AI could fully replace human security testers have pulled back sharply. New data shows only 9% still trust fully automated systems — down from nearly a third just twelve months ago.
The USB Drop That Changed Pen Testing: Steve Stasiukonis's Credit Union Experiment, Revisited
Twenty years ago, a handful of booby-trapped thumb drives in a parking lot became one of the most-cited social-engineering case studies in security history. Here's what actually happened.