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.
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Adventures at Hacker Summer Camp - 2026 Edition
I'm out in vegas this week, attending BSides Las Vegas and Black Hat (no DEF CON for me this year). I'll be documenting who I talk to on this post.
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.
Water Utility Attacks in Multiple States Show the Cost of One Old Vulnerability
The latest wave of intrusions at municipal water systems follows the same playbook as Unitronics and Oldsmar because no one is closing the door.
AI Arms Both Sides. Defenders Win on Fundamentals, Not Firepower
While the panel cited threat intelligence and management, autonomous pen testing and code reviews, SOC automation, and much more, when they asked how they were countering AI-generated phishing and deepfakes, they leaned heavily into the security essentials.
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.
Cyber Resilience Starts with Supply Chain Diversity
A cyberattack on one supplier shouldn't stop an entire industry. Here's why supply chain diversity is essential to cyber resilience.
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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.
Open Secure AI Alliance Pushes Open-Source AI Defense
The Open Secure AI Alliance aims to strengthen AI security with open-source tools. Can open defense outpace AI threats?
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.
AI Agents and MCP Shift Enterprise AI Security Risks, New Threat Report Finds
Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol adoption are changing the enterprise AI threat landscape, with downstream data exposure and autonomous coding risks rising sharply, according to Netskope Threat Labs' latest AI Report.
CISA Warns: Iranian Cyber Campaign Now Threatens "Potentially All" Exposed PLCs
The July 22 update to AA26-097A expands the scope of Iranian PLC attacks and lays out urgent mitigation steps for water, energy, and government operators.