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The ShinyHunters Playbook: One Extortion Crew, Four Industries, One Spring- 214

The ShinyHunters Playbook: One Extortion Crew, Four Industries, One Spring- 214

May 20, 2026 A convenience store chain. A cruise line. A video platform. The learning management system behind nearly nine
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05
Jul
When Cyberspace Became the Last Battlefield: Iran's Digital War and Its Limits- 208

When Cyberspace Became the Last Battlefield: Iran's Digital War and Its Limits- 208

June 17, 2026 On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran under Operations Epic
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05
Jul
The Implant That Outlives the Patch: FIRESTARTER and the Persistence Problem- 204

The Implant That Outlives the Patch: FIRESTARTER and the Persistence Problem- 204

June 20, 2026 For network defenders, the standard playbook for responding to a network device compromise has long been straightforward:
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05
Jul
The Long Game: How China's Cyber Harvest Became a Western Intelligence Priority- 199

The Long Game: How China's Cyber Harvest Became a Western Intelligence Priority- 199

June 19, 2026 A significant shift has occurred in how Western nations characterize Chinese cyber operations, moving away from quiet
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05
Jul
The Extortion Machine: How ShinyHunters Engineered the Pay-or-Leak Economy- 196

The Extortion Machine: How ShinyHunters Engineered the Pay-or-Leak Economy- 196

June 22, 2026 The spring 2026 extortion campaign conducted by the ShinyHunters group represents a critical stress test of a
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05
Jul
The Shadow Economy: Pig-Butchering and the Industrialization of Trust Fraud- 195

The Shadow Economy: Pig-Butchering and the Industrialization of Trust Fraud- 195

June 22, 2026 For years, the cybercrime phenomenon known as "pig-butchering" was comfortably categorized by security taxonomies
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05
Jul
The Discovery Gap: How AI Is Breaking the Economics of Cybersecurity- 194

The Discovery Gap: How AI Is Breaking the Economics of Cybersecurity- 194

June 22, 2026  The traditional economics of cybersecurity are currently undergoing a destabilizing shift, driven by the unprecedented acceleration of
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05
Jul
The Deniability Architecture: How Beijing Outsourced Its Cyber Footprint- 191

The Deniability Architecture: How Beijing Outsourced Its Cyber Footprint- 191

June 20, 2026 China's intelligence services have spent the past several years dismantling the very thing that once
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05
Jul
The Financial Data Layer: Shadow AI, Product Integration, and a Bank That Reported Itself- 189

The Financial Data Layer: Shadow AI, Product Integration, and a Bank That Reported Itself- 189

June 16, 2026 A bank employee used an AI tool they weren't supposed to. The bank caught it,
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05
Jul
Code and Command: The Pentagon's AI-First Military Doctrine and Its Attack Surface- 188

Code and Command: The Pentagon's AI-First Military Doctrine and Its Attack Surface- 188

June 7, 2026 The Pentagon has handed OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and SpaceX the keys to its classified networks. More
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