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Patch Tuesday
February 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Lots of OOB love this month

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Microsoft has been giving us a lot of love with a non-stop supply of patches starting with January 2026 Patch Tuesday. The …

open-source penetration testing tools
Open-source AI pentesting tools are getting uncomfortably good

AI has come a long way in the pentesting world. We are now seeing open-source tools that can genuinely mimic how a human tester works, not just fire off scans. I dug into …

breach
The 2026 State of Pentesting: Why delivery and follow-through matter more than ever

Penetration testing has evolved significantly over the past several years. While uncovering exploitable vulnerabilities remains the core goal, the real differentiator today is …

patch tuesday
January 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: And so it continues

Welcome to a new year of my Patch Tuesday forecast blog where I provide a summary of Microsoft and other vendor’s security patch activity (and reported issues) for the month, …

AI agents
How AI agents are turning security inside-out

AppSec teams have spent the last decade hardening externally facing applications, API security, software supply chain risk, CI/CD controls, and cloud-native attack paths. But …

phishing
Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring

Between June 2024 and December 2025, Fortra analysts tracked a persistent business email compromise (BEC) operation that we have now classified as Scripted Sparrow. The group …

Patch Tuesday
December 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: And it’s a wrap

It’s hard to believe that we’re in December of 2025 already and the end of the year is fast approaching. Looking back on the year, there are two major items that really stand …

Black Friday 2025
Black Friday 2025 for InfoSec: How to spot real value and avoid the noise

Your inbox is probably drowning in Black Friday emails right now. Another “limited time offer” that’ll reappear next month, countdown timer creating …

Patch Tuesday
November 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Windows Exchange Server EOL?

November 2025 Patch Tuesday is now live: Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows kernel vulnerability (CVE-2025-62215) October 2025 Patch Tuesday was one for …

insider threat
Identifying risky candidates: Practical steps for security leaders

Effective insider threat defense begins with candidate vetting. Background checks and reference calls can confirm elements of an applicant’s history, but they rarely surface …

investment
Security validation: The key to maximizing ROI from security investments

Every sizable organization invests heavily in firewalls, SIEMs, EDRs, and countless other technologies that form the backbone of a modern enterprise’s cyber defenses. …

Patch Tuesday
October 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: The end of a decade with Microsoft

A lot of classic software is reaching end-of-life (EOL) this month. Windows 10, Office 2016 and Exchange Server 2016 have survived after nearly a decade of service. Not far …

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