Cybersecurity, AI, etc.
Blue teaming (defensive research, detection engineering, incident response case studies, new detection/hunting methodologies)
Summary The NSA, CISA, and allied intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning that Russian state-sponsored threat actor TA488 — tracked as Void Blizzard and “Laundry Bear” — has…
On July 22, 2026, a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, NSA, EPA, DOE, U.S. Cyber Command (CNMF), and the Department of the Treasury expanded a prior April 2026 warning…
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday is being called the largest in the company’s history, addressing between 569 and 622 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) depending on the analysis source. The…
Summary The NSA, CISA, FBI, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory this week warning organizations about active targeting by the Russian Federal Security Service’s Center 16 — exploiting…
Summary On July 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of War announced the immediate suspension of Phase 2 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) assessment requirements, which had been scheduled…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent directive today ordering all Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to patch two critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox…
Summary Sophos launched Sophos Fusion on July 15, 2026, announcing it as the industry’s first complete AI-native cybersecurity defense system. Fusion integrates endpoint, network, identity, email, and cloud security controls…
Summary The White House announced the GOLD EAGLE initiative this week, a new operational model for federal cyber defense that leverages advanced AI capabilities for what the administration is calling…
Microsoft patched “RoguePlanet” (CVE-2026-50656), a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender, on July 9, 2026. The flaw exploits a race condition in Defender’s threat remediation engine to grant attackers…
BeyondTrust has disclosed a critical pre-authentication vulnerability — CVE-2026-40138 (CVSS v4: 9.2) — affecting its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) appliances. The flaw stems from improper validation…