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dark web
Incognito dark web drug market operator gets 30 years in prison
Google
Major vulnerabilities found in Google Looker, putting self-hosted deployments at risk
Global Threat & Event Intelligence Map
Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform
Apple Xcode
Apple Xcode 26.3 adds coding agent support from OpenAI and Anthropic
danger
Why incident response breaks down when it matters most
Car
Auto finance fraud is costing dealers up to $20,000 per incident
CIS secure software design
How Secure by Design helps developers build secure software
malware
Russian hackers are exploiting recently patched Microsoft Office vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509)
Notepad++
Notepad++ supply chain attack: Researchers reveal details, IoCs, targets
Firefox to let users manage and block AI features
Download: Tines Voice of Security 2026 report
Open-source attacks move through normal development workflows

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Open-source AI pentesting tools are getting uncomfortably good
Alex Haynes CISO, IBS Software
Open-source AI pentesting tools are getting uncomfortably good
The 2026 State of Pentesting: Why delivery and follow-through matter more than ever
Dan DeCloss Chief Customer & Brand Officer, PlexTrac
The 2026 State of Pentesting: Why delivery and follow-through matter more than ever
How AI agents are turning security inside-out
Yair Finzi CEO, Nokod Security
How AI agents are turning security inside-out
Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring
John Wilson Senior Fellow, Threat Research, Fortra
Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring
Identifying risky candidates: Practical steps for security leaders
Ryan LaSalle CEO, Nisos
Identifying risky candidates: Practical steps for security leaders

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Why incident response breaks down when it matters most
Why incident response breaks down when it matters most
What boards need to hear about cyber risk, and what they don’t
What boards need to hear about cyber risk, and what they don’t
A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs
A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs
Incident response lessons learned the hard way
Incident response lessons learned the hard way
Unbounded AI use can break your systems
Unbounded AI use can break your systems

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