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What the Current State of AI Cybersecurity Tells You About the Industry

What the Current State of AI Cybersecurity Tells You About the Industry

by Team Black Belt | Sep 11, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence

AI cybersecurity is forcing a reckoning across the security profession. A new industry survey just put a hard number on something a lot of security leaders have been feeling for a while: half of CISOs say the arrival of frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos has...
When the “Recovery Firm” Emailing You Is Actually the Hacker: Inside the Ransom Busters Scam

When the “Recovery Firm” Emailing You Is Actually the Hacker: Inside the Ransom Busters Scam

by Team Black Belt | Aug 27, 2026 | Cybercrime

The Ransom Busters scam is rewriting the rules of ransomware negotiations in a way few victims see coming. Ransomware has always had a predictable, if brutal, script: attackers encrypt your data, demand payment, and threaten to leak what they’ve stolen if you don’t...
Is It Time to Take a Second Look at Your Company’s FTP Server Security?

Is It Time to Take a Second Look at Your Company’s FTP Server Security?

by Team Black Belt | Aug 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity News

For a lot of businesses, the FTP server is one of those pieces of infrastructure that’s been running quietly in the background for years. It works, nobody thinks about it, and it rarely makes it onto anyone’s list of security priorities. A new discovery...
9,300 Exposed AWS Credentials: How Negligence, Not Hacking Skill, Is Handing Attackers the Keys to Corporate Clouds

9,300 Exposed AWS Credentials: How Negligence, Not Hacking Skill, Is Handing Attackers the Keys to Corporate Clouds

by Team Black Belt | Aug 25, 2026 | Cybersecurity News

Exposed AWS credentials are turning ordinary developer mistakes into wide-open doors for attackers, and the latest numbers show just how widespread the problem has become. There’s a version of “getting hacked” that involves zero-days, custom malware, and a skilled...
Here’s Some Good News! FBI Botnet Takedown Hits Residential Proxy Network

Here’s Some Good News! FBI Botnet Takedown Hits Residential Proxy Network

by Team Black Belt | Aug 13, 2026 | Cybersecurity News

A major botnet takedown delivered rare positive news in early July. The FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation, working alongside Google, Lumen, and independent researchers, seized the infrastructure behind NetNut, a residential proxy service tied to a botnet quietly...
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What the Current State of AI Cybersecurity Tells You About the Industry

What the Current State of AI Cybersecurity Tells You About the Industry

Sep 11, 2026

AI cybersecurity is forcing a reckoning across the security profession. A new industry survey just put a hard number on something a lot of security leaders have been feeling for a while: half of CISOs say the arrival of frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos has...

When the “Recovery Firm” Emailing You Is Actually the Hacker: Inside the Ransom Busters Scam

When the “Recovery Firm” Emailing You Is Actually the Hacker: Inside the Ransom Busters Scam

Aug 27, 2026

The Ransom Busters scam is rewriting the rules of ransomware negotiations in a way few victims see coming. Ransomware has always had a predictable, if brutal, script: attackers encrypt your data, demand payment, and threaten to leak what they’ve stolen if you don’t...

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