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Russia’s FSB attacks critical infrastructure, says 12 Western nations

Steve ZurierJuly 13, 2026

Russian hackers target outdated Cisco routers in decade-long espionage campaign.

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Identity
How to Build an AI Governance Framework for Identity
Identity
How to Evaluate and Select Identity and Access Management Tools
Identity
Identity-based attacks: how they work and how to defend against them
Identity
Inheriting trust: Why unified identity fabrics are becoming essential for agentic AI
AI/ML
Stop trying to ‘lock down’ your AI: Why rigid guardrails are a gift to hackers

PODCASTS

AI/ML
Cloud Security Meets AI: What CISOs Need to Govern Before They Scale – Brent Neal – CSP #226
DevSecOps
Hungry? We talk Smoked Meat, Poutine, and Bagel – also, Identiverse Interviews! – François Proulx, John Pritchard, Cassie Christensen, Jaime Lewis-Gross, Kim Brown – ESW #467
Vulnerability Management
Borg, GitLost, ColdFusion, GodDamn, GhostApproval, OWA, Epaphroditus, Josh Marpet,.. – SWN #597
IoT
AI Is Annoying & IoT Devices Still Get Hacked – PSW #934
Leadership
Why AI Just Broke Traditional IT Security as Leaders Clash Over AI’s Value and Hiring – Matt Quinn – BSW #455

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Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Rep. Rick Larsen: Bipartisan infrastructure key to safer transportation

SC StaffJuly 13, 2026

Lawmaker says bipartisan infrastructure investment is essential to modernize U.S. transportation.

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Incident Response

CISA shares postmortem of GitHub credential leak

Laura FrenchJuly 10, 2026

CISA credentials and code were uploaded to a public repository on a contractor’s personal GitHub account in May.

Social engineering cyber threat — growing human hacking attack concept for security awareness article, card on black keyboard

Okta warns of vishing scheme that extorts data

Steve ZurierJuly 10, 2026

Attackers pose as IT and tell employees to enroll an MS passkey, but the bad guys register their own key and take over the user.

‘GodDamn’ ransomware deploys PoisonX driver to kill EDR

Laura FrenchJuly 10, 2026

GodDamn, a rebrand of Beast and Monster ransomware, leverages AnyDesk for remote access.

Skill development and AI education concept, hands using mouse and keyboard with icons for brain gears, graduation cap, book and presentation chart, upskilling workforce

Two-year online college ‘Campus’ now offers cybersecurity track

Steve ZurierJuly 9, 2026

Online program aims to build a pipeline of qualified candidates to fill positions that require much-needed AI skills.

‘GhostApproval’ technique leads AI coding tools to alter files outside of sandbox

Laura FrenchJuly 9, 2026

The technique abuses symlinks to escape the intended workspace and weaken human-in-the-loop protections.

Vulnerability Management

CISA adds ColdFusion, Langflow, and Joomla bugs to known exploited vulnerabilities list

Steve ZurierJuly 8, 2026

Three of the four flaws added to CISA's KEV list were critical.

Rep. Josh Harder

Critical Infrastructure Security

Rep. Josh Harder: US must build more housing, infrastructure

SC StaffJuly 8, 2026

At ICIT event, California congressman urges faster housing, infrastructure to cut costs.

Events