In the News
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Ransomware Negotiator Turned Insider Threat Sentenced to Prison
A wild story recently dropped in the cybersecurity world that serves as a massive cautionary tale for anyone entering the field. A former ransomware negotiator named Angelo Martino was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for working as an inside man for the notorious BlackCat ransomware group. Alongside two other industry professionals, Martino used…
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Insider Threat & Generative AI: Proofpoint 2026 Human Risk Report
Generative AI has broken traditional insider threat models. Discover how AI agents eliminate observable data signals in Proofpoint’s 2026 landscape report. The Death of the “Observable Signal”: How Generative AI Reconfigured Insider Risk The traditional insider threat model is officially broken. For years, security operations centers relied on predictable behavioral flags to stop data exfiltration.…
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Focus on Jobs & the ISC2 Report
I took a week off last week and I’m just getting back into it. I hope you too are taking time when you need to. Luckily ISC2 released a report that we can dive into below… If you are just getting started in cybersecurity, you might be hearing a lot of mixed signals about the…
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Why the White House Just Banned an AI Model: A Beginner’s Guide to AI Cybersecurity
There was a lot of news stories this week, as you can see below, but I think it is fair to say the fact that Mythos was breached by China is the major story. Let’s dig into what happened… The U.S. government recently made history by ordering the immediate, worldwide recall of a highly advanced…
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What’s New in Cybersecurity This Week: Projects, Videos, Articles & Podcasts I’m Following – 6/8/26
Welcome to my weekly cybersecurity roundup! Here, I share updates on the projects I’m currently working on, along with the most insightful cybersecurity videos I watched, articles I found valuable, and podcasts I tuned into this week. Here is a three-paragraph analysis tailored for individuals learning cybersecurity, breaking down the recent Linux kernel flaw: The…
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What’s New in Cybersecurity This Week: Projects, Videos, Articles & Podcasts I’m Following – 6/1/26
Welcome to my weekly cybersecurity roundup! Here, I share updates on the projects I’m currently working on, along with the most insightful cybersecurity videos I watched, articles I found valuable, and podcasts I tuned into this week. Understanding the Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability (CVE-2026-0257) To understand what happened with Palo Alto Networks firewalls last…
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What’s New in Cybersecurity This Week: Projects, Videos, Articles & Podcasts I’m Following – 5/25/26
Welcome to my weekly cybersecurity roundup! Here, I share updates on the projects I’m currently working on, along with the most insightful cybersecurity videos I watched, articles I found valuable, and podcasts I tuned into this week. Demystifying 802.1X and the IEEE Wireless Landscape To celebrate the kickoff of my GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) class…
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SANS Technology Institute Research Review Journal
I found this paper interesting, I’ve created an ai podcast with NotebookLM that goes through it, for those who would rather listen. The SANS Technology Institute Research Review Journal highlights diverse cybersecurity studies conducted by students and mentored by expert faculty. A primary focus of this year’s publication is the impact of artificial intelligence, specifically…
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What’s New in Cybersecurity This Week: Projects, Videos, Articles & Podcasts I’m Following – 5/18/26
Welcome to my weekly cybersecurity roundup! Here, I share updates on the projects I’m currently working on, along with the most insightful cybersecurity videos I watched, articles I found valuable, and podcasts I tuned into this week. Featured Analysis When Governments Unplug the Bad Guys: Inside the Massive Dutch Server Seizure International cyber law enforcement…
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Grounding Defense in Data: The Critical Takeaways from the 2026 Verizon DBIR
What is the DBIR? For nearly two decades, the security community has anticipated a single annual landmark document to cut through vendor hype and deliver data-driven reality: the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). Initiated in 2008 as a longitudinal study analyzed by Verizon’s data scientists, the report has evolved from an initial examination of…