A Bug-Hunting Framework Powered by LLMs Summary Two high-school researchers, Sasha Zyuzin and Ruikai Peng, presented a new vulnerability-discovery framework at Black Hat USA 2025 that blends traditional static analysis…
Prepping the Front Line for MFA Social Engineering Attacks Summary This commentary by Paul Underwood warns that modern, high-touch social engineering campaigns increasingly target help desks to bypass MFA and…
Summary Columbia University has strengthened its cybersecurity posture by leaning on extensive logging and netflow visibility to spot, track and eject attackers. After a series of incidents — including hacktivist-driven…
How Architectural Controls Help the AI Security Gap Summary At Black Hat USA 2025, David Brauchler of NCC Group argues that organisations relying primarily on LLM guardrails are exposed. Penetration…
Hackers Abuse VPS Infrastructure for Stealth, Speed Summary New research from Darktrace shows threat actors are renting commercial VPS services (eg. Hyonix, Host Universal, Mevspace, Hivelocity) to spin up attack…
K-12 School Incident Response Plans Fall Short Source: Roman Milert via Alamy Stock Photo Summary K-12 schools are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals — particularly ransomware actors — because many districts…
Video Game Anti-Cheat Systems: A Cybersecurity Goldmine Summary This Dark Reading interview (from Black Hat USA 2025) features Rob Wright speaking with Sam Collins and Marius Muench of the University…
System Shocks? EV Smart Charging Tech Poses Cyber-Risks Summary At Black Hat USA 2025, Salvatore Gariuolo of Trend Micro warns that ISO 15118 — the international standard enabling smart charging…
Scattered Spider Member Sentenced to a Decade in Prison Summary Noah Michael Urban, 20, a member of the Scattered Spider cybercriminal collective, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal…
Scattered Spider affiliate given 10 year sentence, ordered to pay $13 million in restitution Summary A federal judge sentenced Noah Michael Urban, 20, to 10 years in prison and ordered…
