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The Press Corner
A short résumé of each security publication from the daily scan, with the topic and a link to the original. The scan runs every day at 01:15 UTC. If that run misses, the next hourly pass picks it up. Last scan Oct 23, 2026.
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Detection engineering: A programmatic approach to identifying cyber threats
Detection engineering, which was once a niche practice among mostly large companies, appears to have evolved into a capability that organizations across industries now consider essential to their security operations. What is detection engineering?
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- CSO Online
7 tabletop exercise mistakes that sabotage incident response
Discussion-based, low-stress simulations during which IT, legal, and other key leadership stakeholders walk through theoretical scenarios to test their preparedness for cyber incidents is a popular and highly useful tool. Yet unless tabletop training is properly handled, the results can be misleading and…
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- CSO Online
The Winter Games effect: When gold meets DDoS
Major international events attract not just global audiences but also distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games proved no exception: DDoS attack volume against Italian infrastructure in the country surged 181 percent over 2025 levels, which were themselves elevated by…
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- CSO Online
Security agencies draw red lines around agentic AI deployments
With prompt injection and other attack pathways consistently surfacing across agentic AI deployments, security watchdogs have stepped in, collectively, to draw some hard boundaries. A joint advisory from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and international partners has called for tighter…
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- CSO Online
Enterprise Spotlight: Transforming software development with AI
Artificial intelligence has had an immediate and profound impact on software development. Coding practices, coding tools, developer roles, and the software development process itself are all being reimagined as AI agents advance on every stage of the software development life cycle, from planning and design to…
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- CSO Online
Enterprise Spotlight: Manufacturing Reimagined
Enterprise Spotlight: Manufacturing Reimagined
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- CSO Online
5 myths about DDoS attacks and protection
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks come in many shapes and sizes, as do the myths surrounding them. These myths can center on motivations, DDoS attack vectors and techniques, mitigation strategies, and more.
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- CSO Online
CSO 30 Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in Cybersecurity
With submissions showcasing advances in automation, inclusion, workforce development, and real-world resilience, this year’s programme highlights the multifaceted role of today’s CSO. As threats evolve and organizational complexity grows, the CSO is now a strategist, communicator, technologist, and…
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- CSO Online
How ‘Plague’ infiltrated Linux systems without leaving a trace
Security researchers have discovered an unusually evasive Linux backdoor, undetected even by VirusTotal, compromising systems as a malicious pluggable authentication module (PAM). Dubbed “Plague” by Nextron researchers, the stealthy backdoor lets attackers slip past authentication unnoticed and…
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- CSO Online
SentinelLabs uncovers China’s hidden cyber-espionage arsenal
A number of patents have been granted to companies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) involving “highly intrusive forensics and data collection technologies” that allow everything from the acquisition of encrypted endpoint data and mobile forensics to collecting traffic from network devices,…
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- CSO Online
Backdoor in Chinese-made healthcare monitoring device leaks patient data
US federal agencies have warned that a popular Chinese-made patient monitor device used in medical settings across the US and Europe has a built-in backdoor that leaks patient data to an unauthorized remote server. The backdoor, present also in a rebranded version of the device, also allows the remote server, which…
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- CSO Online
Personal liability sours 70% of CISOs on their role
With legal accountability tightening around those charged with maintaining enterprise cybersecurity, security leaders appear to be increasingly frustrated with their roles, eyeing the exit, and hesitant to pursue CISO gigs in the future. More than two thirds (70%) of CISOs recently surveyed said that “stories…
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- CSO Online
Working in critical infrastructure? Boost your effectiveness with these cybersecurity certifications
Hybrid warfare between nation-states is imperilling critical infrastructure around the world, both physically and electronically. Since the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, hybrid cyber/physical attacks on satellite and communications, energy, transportation, water, and other critical sectors have spread…
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- CSO Online
Switcher’s guide to mesh VPNs: Pros, cons, and how to set up key features
As organizations increasingly seek to support and secure more remote network connections, many are rethinking the traditional VPN. Many VPN alternatives exist to help secure remote access — mesh VPNs chief among them.
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- CSO Online
Roundup: Global software supply chain security guidance and regulations
Supply chain security continues to receive critical focus in the realm of cybersecurity, and with good reason: incidents such as SolarWinds, Log4j, Microsoft, and Okta software supply chain attacks continue to impact both leading proprietary software vendors as well as widely used open-source software components.…
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- CSO Online