Vibe coding has cybersecurity asking what AI can — and can’t — replace

Laura FrenchMay 11, 2026

Cyber pros balance hype, skepticism and uncertainty as AI coding disrupts industry norms.

RESOURCES

Exposure management
Fighting fire with fire: Defending against Mythos-powered cyberattacks
SOC
The human factor: Why AI-powered SOCs still need people in charge
Email security
Beyond the inbox: Why your domain and social media are the next front lines
AI/ML
Securing every door: Scalable strategies to manage machine and AI agent risks
AI/ML
Handling shadow AI at the source: Why the browser is the new control layer

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Leadership
Optimize Legal Operations as the CISO Role Changes to Address Skills Gaps and AI – Walter Scott Wilkens – BSW #447
Vulnerability Management
Tomato, JDownloader, TempPCP, Bad Vibes, Dirty Frag, Giedi Prime, Aaran Leyland… – SWN #580
Application security
Why Basic Security Practices Still Work – Rob Allen – ASW #382
IAM Technologies
IAM for MSSPs: The Hidden Risk of Blind Trust – Dustin Sachs – CSP #224
AI/ML
The impact of Mythos and Florida Man, confidence gaps, phishing, & AI adoption – Erich Kron, Deepen Desai, Chris Wallis – ESW #458

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Vulnerability Management

Patch Tuesday: No zero days among 137 Microsoft CVEs, 4 Word RCEs

Laura FrenchMay 12, 2026

The May 2026 Microsoft security update included no zero days for the first time since June 2024.

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‘Mini’ Shai-Hulud attack compromises hundreds of npm, PyPI packages

Steve ZurierMay 12, 2026

Teams warn the latest Shai-Hulud wave weaponizes trusted OIDC tokens to bypass package integrity checks.

Google reports first known AI-assisted zero-day exploit in the wild

Laura FrenchMay 12, 2026

Attackers used AI to create an exploit script for a 2FA bypass flaw in an open-source project.

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SailPoint GitHub repo hit by third-party cyberattack

Steve ZurierMay 11, 2026

SailPoint says GitHub repo breach exposed no customer data or production systems.

Vulnerability Management

Federal agencies ordered to patch Ivanti EPMM zero-day in 3 days

Laura FrenchMay 8, 2026

The actively exploited flaw enables remote admin users to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability Management

‘Dirty Frag’ Linux zero-day exposes most distributions to LPE

Steve ZurierMay 8, 2026

Dirty Frag Linux zero-day exposes most distributions to root privilege escalation.

Vulnerability Management

Palo Alto Networks says patch for exploited PAN-OS firewall bug forthcoming

Steve ZurierMay 7, 2026

Palo Alto confirms that its PAN-OS firewalls were actively exploited by a zero-day for more than a month.

Iranian threat group used Chaos ransomware as a ‘false flag,’ researchers say

Laura FrenchMay 7, 2026

The purported ransomware attack did not encrypt files and used infrastructure tied to MuddyWater.

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