7 articles
Background Kerberoasting is an attack technique that leverages the Kerberos authentication protocol used by Microsoft Active Directory to extract password hashes from service accounts and crack them offline. The method relies on the presence of Service Principal Names (SPNs) associated with user or computer accounts in AD. When a client
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The Real Problem The real problem isn’t just that organizations neglect critical flaws—it’s how they structure their responses to them, often prioritizing speed‑to‑market over thoroughness in validation or remediation. A concrete illustration comes from OpenAI’s newly launched Safety Bug Bounty (announced 26 March 2026)
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Background The security ecosystem has reached a fascinating paradox. We've built layers of protection so sophisticated they've become invisible—until they fail spectacularly. CVE-2026-34208 exemplifies this tension, exposing a fundamental truth about modern security: the more invisible our defenses, the harder they are to trust when
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CVE-2026-3666 demonstrates how wpForo's permission model allows attackers to delete files effortlessly. This analysis breaks down the technical pathways and highlights systemic security challenges in forum software design.
Edgerunner
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Background The arms race between endpoint security and attack techniques has always been asymmetric. We've seen this pattern repeat: defenders raise the bar, attackers find the cracks, and everyone pretends the game has changed. EDR bypass isn't a new phenomenon—it's the inevitable outcome
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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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The Real Problem Compliance is a language of checkboxes. Security is a language of uncertainty. You can't translate one to the other without losing something vital. The illusion breaks down in three specific ways. First, compliance frameworks are built from retrospective knowledge—past breaches, known attack patterns, established
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