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Articles Posted Week of Aug 4th, 2025 — Aug 10th, 2025 (329/1/5)
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Security
5 Scenarios For How We Might Be Attacked In The Ongoing Cyber War
Cybersecurity's Blind Spot: Why Human Behavior Is Every CISO's Business
From Fake CAPTCHAs To RATs: Inside 2025'S Cyber Deception Threat Trends
Security Boulevard
Java
NVIDIA News
Cisco News
Cisco's Foundation AI Advances AI Supply Chain Security With Hugging Face
Context Length: An AI 'Nerd Knob' Every Network Engineer Should Know
OneTrust News
Check Point News
The rise of Vibe Coding - using AI tools for code generation - has boosted software development by enhancing productivity and accessibility. However, this paradigm shift introduces significant security challenges that cannot be overlooked. Register
Security
5 Scenarios For How We Might Be Attacked In The Ongoing Cyber War
In October 2023, a coordinated cyberattack shut down parts of Denmark's railway network, delaying trains nationwide....more
Cybersecurity Teams Are Wasting Time, Money, And Effort Dealing With Tool Sprawl And 'Multi-Vendor Ecosystems'
Tool sprawl is a problem that just won't go away for security teams...more
Cybersecurity's Blind Spot: Why Human Behavior Is Every CISO's Business
When a major breach makes headlines, the impact ripples far beyond the individuals whose data has been compromised....more
From Fake CAPTCHAs To RATs: Inside 2025'S Cyber Deception Threat Trends
Cybercriminals are getting better at lying. That's the takeaway from a new LevelBlue report, which outlines how attackers are using social engineering and legitimate tools to quietly move through environments before they're caught....more
Security Boulevard
Stay Proactive: Secure Your Cloud Identities
Does Your Cloud Security Truly Address Non-Human Identities?...more
Survey Sees Drop In Cybersecurity Spending Growth Rates
A survey of 587 CISOs published this week finds security budget growth dropped to 4%, down from 8% in 2024, with more than half reporting flat or shrinking budgets....more
The Lesson of Black Hat: It's About the People, Stupid
I've been attending Black Hat for over two decades now - and every year, no matter how crowded the halls or blistering the Las Vegas heat, I'm reminded of what truly makes this conference great: The people....more
Top IAM Platforms for Secure Access
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, understanding Identity and Access Management (IAM) is more crucial than ever. Think of IAM as the gatekeeper for your organization, deciding who gets in and what they can access....more
Why Your Security Program Might Be Failing Before It Even Starts
Welcome back to the written recaps of the Elephant in AppSec, the podcast to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec Elephants in the room....more
Java
Java News Roundup: EclipseStore, Gradle, Hibernate Release Candidates, Piranha Cloud, LangChain4j
This week's Java roundup for July 28th, 2025, features news highlighting: GA releases of EclipseStore 3.0 and Gradle 9.0; release candidates for Hibernate ORM, Hibernate Reactive and Hibernate Search; Piranha Cloud moves to the Eclipse Foundation; and a point releases for Eclipse JNoSQL, Quarkus, Micronaut, JHipster and JDKUpdater....more
Whether you're locking down bucket access or elevating your threat detection game, this is your blueprint for stronger, smarter S3 security. Don't get caught unprepared! Register
NVIDIA News
NVIDIA Security Boss Pledges 'No Backdoors'
As US charges 2 Chinese nationals with illegally shipping chips to China...more
Cisco News
Ccnp Automation: A Renamed Certification, Reimagined
We learn from an early age that change is the only constant in life. Sometimes we view change as something to be worried about, something we must shift and adjust for, and that the unknown could bring us.well, anything....more
Cisco's Foundation AI Advances AI Supply Chain Security With Hugging Face
Today, Hugging Face adds a new model on average every 7 seconds, and the platform now hosts nearly 1.9 million models available to developers worldwide....more
Context Length: An AI 'Nerd Knob' Every Network Engineer Should Know
Alright, my friends, I'm back with another post based on my learnings and exploration of AI and how it'll fit into our work as network engineers....more
OneTrust News
Why Agents Demand New Governance Approaches
AI agents are rewriting the rules of enterprise governance. Intelligent and autonomous, agents make independent decisions, access sensitive data, and execute actions without human intervention. They operate at a speed and scale that conventional governance can't keep up with....more
Check Point News
Cursor IDE: Persistent Code Execution via MCP Trust Bypass
Cursor is one of the fastest-growing AI-powered coding tools used by developers today. It combines local code editing with powerful large language model (LLM) integrations to help teams write, debug, and explore code more efficiently. But with that deep integration comes increased trust in automated workflows - and increased risk when that trust is exploited....more
Real Enough To Fool You: The Evolution Of Deepfakes
Not long ago, deepfakes were digital curiosities - convincing to some, glitchy to most, and often more meme than menace....more
The Alarming Surge In Compromised Credentials In 2025
One of the most pressing cyber threats businesses face today is the rampant rise in compromised credentials. Data from Check Point External Risk Management (previously known as Cyberint), reveals a staggering 160% increase in compromised credentials so far in 2025 compared to 2024....more
Vibe coding with AI tools like Cursor is changing how software gets written-natural language in, working code out. But with that speed comes real risk. AI models are trained on massive public repos that often lack secure patterns, and they generate more code than ever before-frequently bypassing the security standards your team worked hard to define. Register
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