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Notes on staying secure
17 Oct 2026
Agentic AI Browsers: The New Prompt-Injection Attack Surface Businesses Are Ignoring
ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, and other AI browsers can click, fill forms, and shop with your credentials. Here is how attackers are already hijacking them — and what to actually do about it.
17 Oct 2026
Agentic SOC: How AI Is Actually Changing Security Operations in 2026
AI agents are starting to triage alerts and investigate incidents autonomously — but most teams still keep a human in the loop for good reason. Heres where agentic SOC technology actually stands, and what it means for smaller security teams.
17 Oct 2026
AI-Generated Malware: How Attackers Are Using AI to Build and Scale Cyberattacks
Security vendors are now documenting live attacks where AI tools wrote, tested, and deployed malware with minimal human involvement. Heres what changed, what hasnt, and what it means for your defenses.
17 Oct 2026
AI Model Supply Chain Security: The Risk of Pulling Pretrained Models From the Internet
Your developers are downloading pretrained AI models from public hubs the same way they install npm packages — and the same supply-chain risks apply. Heres what researchers have found, and how to vet a model before you deploy it.
17 Oct 2026
AI Red Teaming: How to Stress-Test Your AI Systems Before Attackers Do
If your business has built or deployed an AI application, it needs adversarial testing the same way your web application needs a penetration test. Heres how AI red teaming works, and the OWASP framework most teams test against.
17 Oct 2026
Cyber Insurance in 2026: What Insurers Actually Require Before They Will Cover You
Cyber insurance applications now get audited, not just reviewed. Heres what insurers expect to see in 2026 — MFA, EDR, backups, incident response plans — and why claiming a control you dont actually enforce can void your coverage.
17 Oct 2026
Non-Human Identity Security: Why the Machine Identities Outnumbering Your Employees Are Your Biggest Blind Spot
API keys, service accounts, and AI agents now outnumber human employees by 100 to 1 or more in most organizations. Heres why non-human identity has become a top 2026 security priority, and how to start managing it.
17 Oct 2026
Passkeys vs Passwords: Why 2026 Is the Year Businesses Should Actually Switch
Passkey adoption crossed a tipping point in 2026, with billions in active use and most enterprises piloting or deploying them. Heres the real difference in security and usability, and how to start rolling passkeys out.
17 Oct 2026
Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Practical Migration Guide for Businesses
NIST finalized its post-quantum encryption standards in 2024. Here is what "harvest now, decrypt later" actually means for your business, and the practical first steps to take before quantum computing makes todays encryption obsolete.
17 Oct 2026
Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Guide for Small and Mid-Size Businesses
Zero trust is usually explained as an enterprise framework, which is why most SMEs ignore it. Heres what it actually means in practice, and a realistic starting point that doesnt require a six-figure project.
6 Oct 2026
AI Agent Security: How to Secure Autonomous AI Agents With Access to Your Systems
AI agents are no longer just chatbots — they call APIs, execute code, and take actions on your systems. Here is the new attack surface that creates, and how to actually secure it.
6 Oct 2026
Cybersecurity for AI Applications: A Practical Security Checklist for Businesses
Authentication, prompt injection, tool permissions, data isolation and twelve other areas to check before an AI application goes into production — a practical checklist, not a theoretical framework.
6 Oct 2026
Cloud Token Theft: How Attackers Steal SaaS and Cloud Access Without Stealing Passwords
Google Cloud reports identity compromise underpinned the large majority of cloud incidents it analyzed in 2026. Here is how OAuth, session, and API tokens get stolen, and why passwords alone are no longer the relevant defense.
6 Oct 2026
Cyber Resilience vs Cybersecurity: Why Businesses Need to Prepare for Attacks They Cannot Prevent
With vulnerability exploitation now the leading breach cause and attackers holding the advantage in several threat categories, prevention alone is no longer a complete strategy. Here is what cyber resilience adds.
6 Oct 2026
Deepfake Attacks on Businesses: How to Defend Against AI-Powered Impersonation
Gartner names deepfakes among the critical threats where attackers currently have the advantage. Here is how deepfake fraud actually works against businesses, and the verification habits that stop it.
6 Oct 2026
Living-off-the-Cloud Attacks: How Attackers Abuse Trusted Cloud Services
Google Cloud's 2026 threat reporting documents attackers pivoting from a compromised endpoint straight into cloud infrastructure using legitimate, trusted services — not malware. Here is how living-off-the-cloud techniques work.
6 Oct 2026
Prompt Injection Attacks Explained: How Attackers Manipulate AI Applications
OWASP ranks prompt injection as the top risk to LLM applications. Here is how direct and indirect prompt injection actually work, with a real zero-click incident, and how to defend against it.
6 Oct 2026
Shadow AI Security: How Employees Using Unapproved AI Tools Can Expose Company Data
Shadow AI use among employees has grown dramatically in the past year. Here is what it actually is, what data it puts at risk, and a practical checklist for getting ahead of it.
6 Oct 2026
Software Supply Chain Security: How Third-Party Dependencies Become Attack Paths
Third-party and supply-chain breaches rose sharply in 2026, now representing nearly half of all incidents analyzed by Verizon. Here is where dependency risk actually enters your environment, and what to do about it.
6 Oct 2026
Why Vulnerability Exploitation Is Now the #1 Breach Entry Point in 2026
For the first time in 19 years, vulnerability exploitation has overtaken stolen credentials as the leading way attackers get in. Here is what changed, and why scanning alone is not enough anymore.
26 Sept 2026
AI Security Risks Every Business Should Understand
Adopting AI tools introduces a specific set of security risks — prompt injection, data leakage, and unsanctioned "shadow AI" use — distinct from traditional software risk. Here is what actually matters.
26 Sept 2026
API Security in 2026: OWASP API Top 10 and the Rise of Agentic Risk
APIs are now called by AI agents as often as by people. Here is what the OWASP API Security Top 10 covers, why it still matters, and what changes when software calls your API instead of a human.
26 Sept 2026
Business Email Compromise in 2026: How Attackers Bypass MFA
Multi-factor authentication stops most credential attacks, but not all of them. Here is how modern business email compromise campaigns get around MFA, based on 2026 threat data from Microsoft.
26 Sept 2026
Why Cloud Misconfiguration Is Now the Leading Cause of Data Breaches
Cloud breaches are rarely caused by the provider. Recent data shows misconfiguration — not a platform flaw — behind a growing share of incidents. Here is what that means and how to fix it.
26 Sept 2026
Cybersecurity Compliance for GCC Businesses: What SAMA and NESA Actually Require
Saudi Arabia's SAMA framework and the UAE's NESA regulation set real, specific cybersecurity requirements for regulated businesses. Here is what they actually ask for, in plain language.
26 Sept 2026
IoT Security in 2026: NIST's Updated Guidance for Connected Devices
NIST is updating its core IoT device cybersecurity guidance in 2026, and the EU is imposing new reporting obligations from September 2026. Here is what that means for anyone deploying connected devices.
26 Sept 2026
OWASP Top 10:2025 Explained: What Changed and Why It Matters
OWASP released its first Top 10 update since 2021 in November 2025. Here is what actually changed, in plain English, and what it means for your next security review.
26 Sept 2026
A Business Owner's Guide to Patch Management and the CISA KEV Catalog
Most businesses cannot patch everything, all the time. Here is how to use CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog to decide what actually needs fixing first.
26 Sept 2026
Ransomware in 2026: Why Attacks Are Faster and Harder to Detect
Modern ransomware groups move from initial access to full compromise in minutes, not days, and increasingly avoid malware altogether. Here is what changed and what actually helps.
26 Sept 2026
Software Supply Chain Attacks: Lessons from the 2026 npm Compromises
A widely-used npm package with over 100 million weekly downloads was hijacked in 2026 through a single compromised maintainer account. Here is what happened and what it means for any business relying on open-source software.