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Episodes(40 episodes)
Inside DRaaS Architecture: How Cloud-Based Failover Actually Works (vs Traditional DR)
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/inside-draas-architecture-how-cloud-based-failover-actually-works-vs-traditional-dr.
A disaster recovery test can look fine on every dashboard and still fail the second someone tries to log in.
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A disaster recovery test can look fine on...
Published: Oct 8, 2026Duration: 8m 46s
Citrix Bleed Exposed the Fatal Flaw in Enterprise Security
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/citrix-bleed-exposed-the-fatal-flaw-in-enterprise-security.
Legacy code, memory leaks, and stolen session cookies expose the weaknesses of enterprise security gateways. Here's why Zero Trust matters more than ever.
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Legacy code...
Published: Oct 8, 2026Duration: 11m 38s
How a Hidden Watermark Can Expose a Stolen Live Stream
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-a-hidden-watermark-can-expose-a-stolen-live-stream.
Here is how live sports platforms extract hidden pixel data from stolen video streams to trace user accounts and shut down IPTV feeds in seconds.
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Forensic watermarking...
Published: Oct 2, 2026Duration: 6m 43s
Legit Security Launches Agentic Remediation for Open-Source Dependency Vulnerabilities
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/legit-security-launches-agentic-remediation-for-open-source-dependency-vulnerabilities.
The expansion addresses a growing gap in application security: as AI-generated code accelerates software delivery, most modern codebases are made up largely of
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Legit Security expanded its Agentic...
Published: Oct 2, 2026Duration: 3m 48s
A Quantum-Resistant Signature Doesn’t Make Your Blockchain Quantum-Safe
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/a-quantum-resistant-signature-doesnt-make-your-blockchain-quantum-safe.
Quantum-safe blockchain design requires more than replacing ECDSA. This article examines the protocol layers that still matter after post-quantum migration.
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Replacing ECDSA with ML-DSA can remove one major...
Published: Oct 1, 2026Duration: 8m 26s
alert(1) Is Not a Vulnerability: The Real Impact of XSS Attacks
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/alert1-is-not-a-vulnerability-the-real-impact-of-xss-attacks.
Explore real-world XSS escalation and impact beyond alert(1), including privilege escalation, account takeover scenarios, OAuth abuse, and practical methods
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XSS can range from an informational finding to...
Published: Oct 1, 2026Duration: 25m 48s
8 Criteria for Evaluating Privacy Software in 2026: RoPA, DPIA, and More
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/8-criteria-for-evaluating-privacy-software-in-2026-ropa-dpia-and-more.
Learn what to check and ask for when evaluating privacy compliance software, from RoPA and DPIA workflows to data inventory, DSARs, and regulatory coverage.
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Privacy programs must...
Published: Sep 29, 2026Duration: 12m 37s
From Raw Trace to Share-Checked Evidence: The Safety Model Behind AgentInspect
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/from-raw-trace-to-share-checked-evidence-the-safety-model-behind-agentinspect.
Why local traces are not automatically safe and how assessment, redaction, artifact review, and integrity verification form a safer evidence workflow.
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Local-first tracing reduces automatic transmission, but it...
Published: Sep 29, 2026Duration: 9m 36s
The Anatomy of Exposure: Why the Market Cannot Agree on What Counts as One
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-anatomy-of-exposure-why-the-market-cannot-agree-on-what-counts-as-one.
Two exposure tools can scan the same environment and return 40,000 findings or 900 exposures — both correct, because each counts a different object.
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Two tools will inevitably show different numbers be...
Published: Sep 28, 2026Duration: 12m 57s
Salmon Introduces Execution Verification Infrastructure (EVI) for Securing AI Agents
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/salmon-introduces-execution-verification-infrastructure-evi-for-securing-ai-agents.
The launch follows the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident, in which OpenAI reported that models participating in cybersecurity evaluations circumvented isolation cont
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Archipelo announced Salmon, an Execution Verification Infrastructure fo...
Published: Sep 27, 2026Duration: 6m 12s
SCOUTz Prospect Intelligence Platform Launches for MSPs With 30-Day Beta
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/scoutz-prospect-intelligence-platform-launches-for-msps-with-30-day-beta.
The platform gives an MSP dated evidence about a prospect's environment before the first meeting and keeps that evidence attached through delivery and reassessm
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SCOUTz, a prospect...
Published: Sep 26, 2026Duration: 5m 1s
Why TOR Fails - Threat Models, Traffic Correlation and Opsec Mistakes: Down The Rabbit Hole Part 4
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-tor-fails-threat-models-traffic-correlation-and-opsec-mistakes-down-the-rabbit-hole-part-4.
TOR isn't bulletproof. From traffic correlation to opsec failures, this part breaks down why TOR fails and the real world cases that prove it.
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TOR can't protect you...
Published: Sep 25, 2026Duration: 17m 16s
Tracking Anomalies Instead of Scoring Pixels: A Look at the TAO Video Surveillance Pipeline
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/tracking-anomalies-instead-of-scoring-pixels-a-look-at-the-tao-video-surveillance-pipeline.
Video is now the default way we watch public spaces. In this article, we talk about a new method for anomaly detection in video surveillance.
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Anomaly detection in...
Published: Sep 25, 2026Duration: 9m 34s
Speaking Siemens S7comm: Protocol Mechanics and Security Boundaries
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/speaking-siemens-s7comm-protocol-mechanics-and-security-boundaries.
A packet-level S7comm security investigation tracing COTP session setup, PDU negotiation, PLC memory access, SZL diagnostics, and state-machine anomalies.
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This research takes S7comm from the...
Published: Sep 24, 2026Duration: 16m 45s
How Enterprises Evaluate Third-party Risk Management Platforms in 2026
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-enterprises-evaluate-third-party-risk-management-platforms-in-2026.
Evaluating third-party risk management platforms? Use these 8 criteria to assess platforms across critical areas like vendor discovery and GRC integration.
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A TPRM platform should automatically build a complete...
Published: Sep 24, 2026Duration: 11m 17s
IAM for Autonomous Systems: Here's What You Need to Know
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/iam-for-autonomous-systems-heres-what-you-need-to-know.
Autonomous systems cannot scale on issued credentials. IAM for Autonomous Systems replaces issued tokens with derived, per-action, offline-verifiable authority.
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Traditional IAM issues credentials, a model built for humans...
Published: Sep 23, 2026Duration: 15m 42s
What Is Production-Safe Security Testing and Why Does It Matter?
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Explore the safeguards and limitations of production security testing, from scoped scans and rate limits to monitoring and controlled validation.
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Production-safe security testing helps organizations identify real-world vulnerabilities...
Published: Sep 22, 2026Duration: 9m 52s
AI Coding Tip 037 - Stop Patching Blind
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Patch code that never had a test written for it, and every quick fix becomes tomorrow's outage
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Patch code that never had a test written for it...
Published: Sep 21, 2026Duration: 15m 51s
11 Cybersecurity CEOs Getting the Industry’s Attention in 2026
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Published: Sep 21, 2026Duration: 7m 13s
SonicWall's Remediation Guidance Says the Patch Is Only Step One of Four
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/sonicwalls-remediation-guidance-says-the-patch-is-only-step-one-of-four.
SonicWall confirmed two SMA 1000 zero-days under active exploitation. Its own remediation guidance ends with resetting TOTP tokens. Here's why that matters.
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SonicWall disclosed two SMA 1000 flaws...
Published: Sep 18, 2026Duration: 6m 4s