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Welcome to the Black Belt Secure cybersecurity blog, your trusted source for the latest cybersecurity insights, news, and best practices in the ever-evolving world of digital security. Here, you’ll find a wealth of information covering everything from emerging threats and vulnerabilities to practical tips and strategies for protecting your business. Our cybersecurity blog is dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations with the knowledge they need to navigate the complex cybersecurity landscape and stay one step ahead of cybercriminals.
What the Current State of AI Cybersecurity Tells You About the Industry
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
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?
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 from threat...
9,300 Exposed AWS Credentials: How Negligence, Not Hacking Skill, Is Handing Attackers the Keys to Corporate Clouds
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
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...
More AI Sandbox Escapes Leave Models Free to Go on Hacking Sprees
AI sandbox escapes are turning into a clear industry pattern rather than rare one-off failures. Two weeks ago, it was OpenAI and Anthropic explaining how their agents wandered out of a security test and into the real world. Now there's a third name on the list, and...
Rogue AI Gets Ugly
Rogue AI is no longer just a theoretical risk confined to research labs. AI safety testing is supposed to happen in a sandbox. Fake targets, fake credentials, fake consequences. This month, that sandbox cracked open, and two of the industry's most trusted names —...
Dolphin X Malware Uses AI to Rank Its Own Victims — Here’s Why That Should Worry You
Credential-stealing malware has always had a numbers problem for the criminals behind it: steal logins from thousands of infected machines, and you still have to figure out which ones are actually worth your time. A newly analyzed remote access trojan called Dolphin X...
Hermes AI Agent Automates Attack on Thailand’s Ministry of Finance: What SMBs Need to Know
The Hermes AI agent is no longer just a research curiosity — it’s showing up inside real attacks, and the latest example hits close to home for anyone who thought “agentic AI” was still a few years off. Security researchers at Hunt.io and independent analyst Bob...
AI Autonomous Attack: How AI Just Launched a Major Attack All on Its Own
If you needed a wake-up call on why "the AI is behaving" is not the same thing as "the AI is contained," OpenAI just handed the security world one. A real-world AI autonomous attack unfolded inside a cybersecurity evaluation that was supposed to stay inside a sandbox...
Summer is Heating Up: Nation-State Actors Expand ORB Network Infrastructure
Summer usually means slower news cycles and shorter workweeks. Nation-state hackers didn't get the memo. A new report out this week from Cisco Talos shows a China-linked threat actor actively upgrading its malware arsenal to grow one of the most persistent pieces of...
AI-Powered Phishing Is Quickly Integrating into Attack Platforms. Here’s What You Need to Know.
For years, security teams have talked about AI-powered phishing as something on the horizon. That horizon has arrived — and it's not just theoretical anymore. It's showing up baked directly into the criminal tooling attackers use every day. The latest example is a...
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Peter Vavrosky, a cybersecurity expert with over 20 years of experience in infrastructure and network engineering, co-founded Black Belt Secure in 2020, transforming it into one of North Texas’ most acclaimed cybersecurity firms, recognized with multiple national awards. His work securing critical systems and designing tailored solutions for SMBs highlights his commitment to digital safety. As a university educator, Peter also shapes the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, while his speaking engagements across DFW inspire businesses to prioritize robust security. Read Peter’s full profile for more details.
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