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Don’t Be an AI Fool: When AI Belongs in Your Cybersecurity Stack (and When It Doesn’t)
Nearly every vendor today claims to be “AI-powered.” Security leaders are told that machine learning will detect threats faster, reduce workloads, and close skills gaps. Boards ask about AI strategy. Analysts publish optimistic reports. Procurement teams feel pressure to keep up. However, amid the excitement, an important question often gets overlooked: Is this AI actually […]
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Can We Trust AI to Make Critical Decisions? Why the Real Question is About How We Trust AI
Artificial intelligence has moved from optional “nice-to-have” to indispensable tool. From support in business workflows to lifesaving applications in health diagnostics and autonomous systems, AI is already deeply embedded in decisions that shape outcomes for individuals, companies, and societies alike. The question many are now asking, as it was during a recent ReadSetCyber discussion, is […]
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How MFA and Auth Apps are Compromised?
How – and What Now Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, and authentication apps were designed to solve a real problem. Passwords alone are not enough. For a long time, MFA significantly reduced account compromise. But attackers adapt quickly, and today we are seeing a growing number of breaches where MFA was technically enabled, yet accounts were […]
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Enterprise Authentication: From Promise to Practice
What 2025 revealed about passkeys and how enterprises are making passwordless work In 2025, enterprises discovered that while passkeys delivered on their security promises, making passwordless work at scale required solutions designed for real-world complexity. Over the past year, passkeys moved decisively from concept to deployment. Backed by FIDO standards and supported by major platform […]
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Inside The First Autonomous AI Breach – And the Critical Rethinking of Identity Security
A step-by-step look at the Anthropic Espionage Campaign: What Happened – And What Must Happen Now Anthropic’s recent disclosure is more than another headline in cybersecurity: It’s the first confirmed case of a nearly autonomous AI-driven espionage campaign. For the first time, an AI system didn’t just assist an attacker. It executed the majority of […]
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Global Cybersecurity Regulations 2026: What SMBs Need to Know
As 2026 approaches, cybersecurity is poised to become even more global, and more demanding. Across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, new and evolving regulations are set to reshape how small and midsize businesses protect data, report incidents, and build trust. Once reserved for large enterprises and government agencies, these cybersecurity mandates are expanding to include […]
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Beyond the Ballot: Identity and Access Lessons from the 2025 Election Season
The United States post-election cybersecurity 2025 landscape has experts sounding alarms — not just about voting systems, but about the broader ecosystem of identity, access, and trust. A new assessment from the Center for Internet Security (CIS) warned of a “highly-volatile threat landscape,” citing “the highest levels of political violence in the U.S. since the […]
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The Passwordless Paradox: Why Adoption Stalled and How to Fix It
Passwords were supposed to protect us. But they’ve mostly just made our digital lives miserable. Endless resets, forgotten logins, sticky notes, and reused credentials have turned “password security” into a punchline. So, when the industry promised passwordless authentication, it sounded like the fix we’d been waiting for: stronger protection, less friction, and happier users. But […]
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Spotlight:
Lessons Learned from the FEMA/CBP Breach TraitWare: Phishing-Resistant, Passwordless MFA for Government Systems October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a time to reflect on recent breaches and the lessons they teach us. Just this June, FEMA and CBP suffered a major compromise when attackers exploited stolen login credentials to access FEMA’s Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The […]
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Face the Cyber-Elephant in the Room
And Improve Your Bottom Line We all know about the Cyber-Elephant in the boardroom. Obvious, important, undeniably HUGE, and often overwhelming – no one wants to talk about Cyber Risk. But, it’s not going anywhere – until we find a solution. Face the cyber-elephant and Improve Your Bottom Line. We know that the best way […]
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FBI Issues Salesforce Data Breach Alert: Protect Against OAuth Attacks
How Modern Cyber Attacks Exploit OAuth, APIs, and Human Error (and What Companies Can Do About It). On September 12, 2025, the FBI issued FLASH-20250912-001, calling urgent attention to a wave of data theft and extortion attacks targeting Salesforce environments. Two major cybercriminal groups – UNC6040 and UNC6395 – are leading the charge. They employ […]