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Brief #136: Cisco Gateway Attacks Require Full Rebuild, 97% CISOs Adopt Hybrid, MongoDB Critical Patch

Anthropic's Deputy CISO forces AI chatbot on community despite votes, causing mass exodus. Actor lands consultant role in 2 years, CompTIA certs beat traditional degrees.

Dec 28 9 min read
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Brief #135: GitHub Enables Cross-Cloud Attacks, AI Agents Risk 76% of Orgs, Entry Salaries Drop 30%

WhatsApp Silent Whisper flaw enables covert tracking with just phone numbers. Security incidents with $200K+ damages doubled to 13% as hybrid IT adoption hits 77%.

Dec 21 8 min read
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Brief #134: Google Drive Backdoor, AI Beats Human Pen Testers, Worst Job Market in 15 Years

NANOREMOTE blends attacks through Google's API undetected. AI agents now surpass most human security testers in live enterprise assessments.

Dec 14 8 min read
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Brief #133: Next.js RCE Affects 39% Cloud Environments, AI Agents Steal $4.6M, Supply Chain Breach Crisis

ServiceNow acquires Veza for $1B+ to expand identity security. Security leaders face burnout managing cloud, AI, and compliance with understaffed teams and limited autonomy.

Dec 7 8 min read
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Brief #132: Microsoft Defender Bypass, Chinese AI Autonomous Hacking, Salaries Go Down

Shai-Hulud 2.0 compromises 25,000+ npm repositories for credential harvesting. Early AI security adopters see 67% security posture improvement and 70% breach risk reduction.

Nov 30 8 min read
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Brief #131: Sturnus Trojan Bypasses WhatsApp Encryption, ServiceNow AI Agents Exploited, CISO Pay Up 6.7%

Azure mitigated a record-breaking 15.72 Tbps DDoS attack from 500K+ IPs. Security budgets grew only 4% while executive compensation surged, creating resource allocation challenges.

Nov 23 8 min read
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Brief #130: Amazon Detects APT Zero-Days, Claude AI Exploited for Espionage, $1M-$10M Insider Losses

Chinese actors autonomously attacked 30 major tech firms using manipulated AI. 41% of breached orgs lost millions to insiders. DPRK targets developers via JSON storage services.

Nov 16 8 min read
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Brief #129: 7 ChatGPT Vulnerabilities, New OWASP 2025 Top 10, 2 Million Jobs Myth

Samsung Galaxy zero-day exploited by LANDFALL spyware for surveillance across Middle East. Social engineering attacks surge 1,450% in H1 2025 with breakout times under 60 minutes.

Nov 9 11 min read
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Brief #128: Windows WSUS RCE Exploited, Claude AI Data Leak, CISO Budget Gaps

100,000 WSUS exploitation attempts in 7 days demand immediate patching. CISOs running 25+ security tools face 50% higher incident rates. Entry-level cybersecurity roles see 5,000 applications per position as market contracts.

Nov 2 10 min read

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