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The MFA Paradox: How User Frustration Is Weaponizing Security

The Real Problem Organizations deploy MFA in ways that create more attack surface than they eliminate. A 2024 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation revealed 68% of enterprise implementations contained at least one critical configuration flaw. The most common: SMS-based MFA without call-back verification, allowing attackers who intercept text messages to

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The 'Add Security Later' Fallacy That Dooms Projects

The Real Problem Here's the thing: "adding security later" isn't a schedule issue. It's a cognitive dissonance problem between how security gets sold and how it gets done. Requirements always get cut when the pressure mounts. You know what never makes the

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CISA Flags Critical Fortinet Zero-Day: Patch or Perish

Background The cybersecurity landscape in early 2026 reveals a troubling pattern: critical vulnerabilities are emerging at an accelerating rate, and the gap between discovery and exploitation is narrowing. CVE-2026-35616 exemplifies this trend—a zero-day in FortiClient EMS that transitioned from theoretical risk to active threat within days of public disclosure.

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The Security Training Mirage

The Real Problem Security awareness training is an elaborate distraction from the fact that the systems we're asking people to protect are fundamentally designed to fail. We spend hours teaching employees to spot phishing emails, rotate passwords, and report suspicious activity—while the actual attack surfaces have shifted

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