Kevin Townsend

Emerging from stealth, Born Defense is betting that a new kind of investment model can reshape how the U.S. fights its endless cyber battles.

From defending AI agents to teaching robots to move safely, finalists at this year’s DataTribe Challenge are charting the next frontier in cybersecurity innovation.

Flynn has been DeepMind’s VP of security since May 2024. Before then he had been a CISO with Amazon, CISO at Uber, and director...

The CISA is set to expire on September 30, 2025, raising urgent questions about risk, politics, and the future of threat intelligence.

Co-founder Hector Monsegur, formerly known as “Sabu,” a black hat hacker and leader of LulzSec, now serves as SafeHill’s chief research officer.

New framework from the Cloud Security Alliance helps SaaS customers navigate the shared responsibility model with confidence.

The strength of responsible disclosure is that it can solve problems before they are actioned. The weakness is that it potentially generates a false...

A new ranking of Model Context Protocol weaknesses highlights critical risks—from prompt injection to command injection—and provides a roadmap for securing the foundations of...

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Ray Security emerged from stealth with $11 million seed funding and a desire to change the way corporate data is protected....

Neon Cyber argues that phishing, social engineering, and insider threats demand protections that follow users into the browser, where most attacks now begin.

Fifteen years after its debut, Zero Trust remains the gold standard in cybersecurity theory — but its uneven implementation leaves organizations both stronger and...

Researchers exploited K2 Think’s built-in explainability to dismantle its safety guardrails, raising new questions about whether transparency and security in AI can truly coexist.

With security teams drowning in alerts, many suppress detection rules and accept hidden risks. AI promises relief through automation and triage—but without human oversight,...

Tel Aviv–based startup replaces vaults and secrets managers with just-in-time policies, aiming to eliminate credentials entirely.

Based on real-world insurance claims, Resilience’s midyear report shows vendor risk is declining but costly, ransomware is evolving with triple extortion, and social engineering...

Known for her seminal book, A Hacker Manifesto, Wark reframes hacking as a cultural force rooted in play, creativity, and human nature.

AI-powered phishing attacks leverage ConnectWise ScreenConnect for remote access, underscoring their sophistication.

Competition among malware-as-a-service developers has transformed infostealers into refined, accessible tools for cybercriminals worldwide.

Researchers unveil OneFlip, a Rowhammer-based attack that flips a single bit in neural network weights to stealthily backdoor AI systems without degrading performance.

Instead of GPT-5 Pro, your query could be quietly redirected to an older, weaker model, opening the door to jailbreaks, hallucinations, and unsafe outputs.