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4 Simple Habits To Stop Email Hackers

Aug 7, 2026 By Trustifi In SecuritySenses
Stopping email hackers requires adopting four specific habits: letting AI filter inbound messages, identifying manufactured urgency, verifying requests through second channels, and locking accounts with passkeys. These zero-skill routines block the credential-harvesting tactics that compromise shopping, streaming, and financial profiles. Consider a content creator receiving a brand partnership offer from a recognizable sportswear company. The logo perfectly matches the corporate website, the tone sounds professional, and the message includes a simple link labeled to review the contract.
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No Hackers Required: 10 Shadow AI Leaks Hiding in Plain Sight

Jul 29, 2026 By Revashni Moodley In UpGuard
“The call is coming from inside the house.” It’s one of horror’s oldest lines, and you already know how the scene goes. The team scrambles, rechecks every firewall, audits every login, hunting for an intruder. Then the trace comes back, and there isn’t one because there is no malware or forced entry. Just an employee, at their own desk, with their own login, who pasted a confidential spreadsheet into an unapproved AI tool to save 10 minutes before a deadline.
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Jason Chan has 26 minutes to shut down a hacker hidden in plain sight (Live Tabletop Exercise)

Jul 22, 2026 By Vanta In Vanta
What do you do when an attacker doesn’t break into your network, but simply walks in by turning your own multi-factor authentication against you? In this episode of The Tabletop, Jason Chan takes the hot seat and works the problem in real time.
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The Real Reason Hackers Target Active Directory First

Jul 21, 2026 By Fidelis Security In Fidelis Security
Active Directory controls access to nearly every application, file, and system in your network. That's exactly why it's the first thing attackers go after. Get privileged access to AD, and an attacker doesn't need to break into ten different systems. They just need one path in, and from there they can move freely, escalate privileges, and sit undetected for weeks. AI is making this worse. Faster reconnaissance, sharper phishing, quicker lateral movement, all pointed straight at identity infrastructure.
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AI hacking makes password spraying faster. Here's how to close the gap

Jul 21, 2026 By Dan Piazza In Netwrix
AI hacking tools are compressing the time between finding a target and logging in as them. Password spraying, already responsible for the vast majority of identity attacks, is the technique benefiting most. Attackers use AI hacking methods to optimize timing, rotate infrastructure, and personalize lures at a scale no human operator could match manually.
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Feroot

Google Tag Manager Wasn't Hacked. Your Trust Model Was.

May 14, 2026 By Feroot In Feroot
Google Tag Manager is one of the most trusted tools on the modern web. Marketing teams rely on it daily. Ecommerce teams use it to move quickly. And most security teams rarely question it because it sits under the umbrella of a globally trusted platform. That’s exactly why attackers continue finding ways to abuse it.
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Teen Hackers and Cybercrime: How Online Curiosity Becomes Multi-Million Dollar Data Breaches

May 12, 2026 By Brian Hill In CISO Global
Groups behind these operations actively watch online platforms for talent. When they spot someone with advanced skills, they reach out, posing as peers and offering access to tools, techniques, and a share of the profits.
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