Can Cybersecurity Reach Young Hackers Before Criminals Do?
The Hacking Games wants to steer young hackers from cybercrime toward ethical hacking through mentorship and early intervention.
Bill Brenner
How Much Open Source Is Abandoned? It Depends How You Count
A 13.1 million-package analysis finds that open-source abandonment rates can vary by multiples, exposing a major software supply-chain measurement gap.
Black Hat 2026 AI Security Trends: Andy Ellis Finds an Industry Better at Finding Risk Than Fixing It
Andy Ellis' analysis of all 450 Black Hat USA 2026 exhibitors found AI has become cybersecurity's dominant message, while governance tools now outnumber technologies focused on directly preventing attacks.
Hacker Summer Camp, AI Vishing Targets Wall Street, Packet Protectors and Multi-State Attacks on Water Utilities
All the news and analysis of the past week!
AI-Generated Vulnerability Patches Fail More Than Half the Time, 1Password Research Finds
New 1Password research found AI-generated vulnerability patches failed to fully fix complex software flaws 53.9% of the time, reinforcing the need for expert human review.
Hacker Summer Camp: Complete Coverage Of Black Hat, BSidesLV, DefCon, Ai4
The CYBR.SEC.Media crew is in Las Vegas to bring you all the insights coming from this week's proceedings.
Packet Protector: Why Security Needs Infrastructure Partners
On CYBR.SEC.CAST, Packet Protector hosts JJ Jabbusch and Drew Conry-Murray explain why stronger cybersecurity starts with treating infrastructure teams as security partners.
Cybersecurity Still Runs on Community, Say Packet Protector Hosts
Packet Protector hosts Drew Conry-Murray and JJ Jabbusch explain why mentorship, community, and accessible education remain cybersecurity's greatest strengths.
ISC2 Begins Development of AI Security Certification, Opens Global Volunteer Effort
ISC2 has started developing a vendor-neutral AI Security certification and is seeking cybersecurity professionals to help define its knowledge domains and exam content. We caught up with ISC2 CISO Jon France at Black Hat for an update.
Breaches Don’t Kill Companies. Being Unprepared Does.
From BSidesLV 2026: Adrian Sanabria built "Destroyed By Breach" to cut through cybersecurity myth-making. What he found is more uncomfortable than the fear-driven narrative the industry often sells.
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BSidesLV Adds Dedicated AI Security Track As [un]prompted Brings Practitioner-First Agenda to Hacker Summer Camp
BSides Las Vegas debuts its [un]prompted AI Security track with sessions on prompt injection, agentic AI, GitHub exploits and AI defense.
Enterprise AI Security Debt Grows as ERP AI Adoption Rises
Organizations are rapidly embedding AI into ERP systems despite rising AI-powered attacks and low confidence in their ability to detect them.
Hacker Summer Camp Preview: Topics at Black Hat, BSidesLV, DefCon
Also this week: How not to build a security vendor booth, how we got ants in cybersecurity and why Human Risk Management and mental health matter more than ever.
Security Theater Is Costing CISOs More Than They Think
Security theater wastes budgets and creates false confidence. Here's why CISOs must prioritize threats instead of buying more tools.
When Cybersecurity Breaks the Practitioner, Conferences Can Help Put Them Back Together.
Cybersecurity burnout is real. Amanda Berlin explains how conferences can help practitioners recover, reconnect, and build resilience.
How Amanda Berlin Helped Make Mental Health a Cybersecurity Conversation
Amanda Berlin never set out to build a nonprofit. One keynote about depression, anxiety, and burnout sparked a movement that changed how the cybersecurity community talks about mental health.