Operationalizing Cybersecurity Governance for Mitigation Planning with Attack-Path Modeling and Reinforcement Learning

We address a fundamental challenge in cybersecurity operations of translating governance frameworks into actionable mitigation decisions under realistic resource constraints. Frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework CSF provide widely adopted measures of organizational maturity, but do...

The Art of the Jailbreak: Formulating Jailbreak Attacks for LLM Security beyond Binary Scoring

Jailbreak attacks -- adversarial prompts that bypass LLM alignment through purely linguistic manipulation -- pose a growing operational security threat, yet the field lacks large-scale, reproducible infrastructure for generating, categorizing, and evaluating them systematically. This paper...

Mythos

Mythos Autonomous cybersecurity agent that connects to multip...

One Click, Total Shutdown: The "Patient Zero" Webinar on Killing Stealth Breaches

The hardest part of cybersecurity isn't the technology, it’s the people. Every major breach you’ve read about lately usually starts the same way: one employee, one clever email, and one "Patient Zero" infection. In 2026, hackers are using AI to make these "first clicks" nearly impossible to spot...

An Automated Framework for Cybersecurity Policy Compliance Assessment against Security Control Standards

Organizational cybersecurity policies are often examined to determine whether they adequately comply standard security controls. This task is difficult because control statements are abstract, whereas policy documents describe governance practices in varied natural language. As a result,...

Unplug your way to better code

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Hey, you. Yeah, you! The person endlessly scrolling or typing away at their computer. Did you touch grass today? It's just an expression, but if nature's your thing, that works just fine. What I do mean is that due to the nature of t...

Researcher Shows Edge Browser Stores Saved Passwords in Plaintext

Cybersecurity expert Tom Rønning finds Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into computer memory as cleartext, making them easy for hackers to steal...

Google Chrome Accused of Silently Installing 4GB AI Model on User Devices

Cybersecurity researcher Alexander Hanff claims that Google Chrome automatically installs a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model without user notification or consent...

The Hacker News Launches 'Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026' — Submissions Now Open

For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace — big hacks, broken systems, and new threats. But behind every headline, there’s a quieter, better story. It’s the story of leaders making tough calls under pressure, teams building smarter defenses, and...

Evaluating the Reliability of Multiple Large Language Models in Risk Assessment: A CIS Controls Based Approach

Proper implementation of technical and administrative controls reinforces an organization's cybersecurity posture and business resilience, reduces risks, and enhances governance, ultimately elevating business maturity. The dynamics of the technological landscape and emerging threats negatively...

Beyond Collection: Measuring the Detection Efficacy of Modern Security Logging Standards

Effective security logging is crucial for the timely and accurate detection of cyber threats; however, the relative effectiveness of various industry-standard logging frameworks remains understudied. This paper addresses this critical gap by presenting the first systematic evaluation of modern...

2 US Cybersecurity Experts Jailed for Aiding ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware

Two US cybersecurity experts jailed for aiding BlackCat ransomware group, extorting victims worldwide and exploiting insider access for profit...

Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized Repository Access

Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a "portion" of its source code. It said it "recently identified" the compromise of its source code repository and that it began working with "leading forensic experts" to resolve the matter...

Top Five Sales Challenges Costing MSPs Cybersecurity Revenue

The managed security services market is projected to grow from $38.31 billion in 2025 to $69.16 billion by 20301, with cybersecurity being the fastest-growing sector2. Despite this opportunity, many MSPs leave revenue on the table because their go-to-market strategy fails to connect technical...

PT-2026-36100

CVE-2026-31431 is another reminder that one unpatched vulnerability can turn a small foothold into full system compromise. For businesses running remote teams, cloud workloads, or distributed infrastructure, secure access and layered protection matter more than ever. Patch fast. Limit exposure...

XekRung Technical Report

We present XekRung, a frontier large language model for cybersecurity, designed to provide comprehensive security capabilities. To achieve this, we develop diverse data synthesis pipelines tailored to the cybersecurity domain, enabling the scalable construction of high-quality training data and...

Cybersecurity AI (CAI) Framework 0.5.10 - Command Injection

Exploit Title: Cybersecurity AI CAI Framework 0.5.10 - Command Injection CVE: CVE-2026-25130 Date: 2026-02-03 Exploit Author: Mohammed Idrees Banyamer Author Country: Jordan Instagram: @banyamersecurity Author GitHub: https://github.com/yourusername Vendor Homepage:...

How to Present Cybersecurity ROI to Your Board of Directors

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CTEM for Telecom Companies

Protect Network Infrastructure. Prevent Service Disruption. Secure 5G, IoT, and Subscriber Data. Telecommunications companies operate the most interconnected infrastructure on the planet. Your networks carry voice, data, and critical services for millions of subscribers, enterprises, and governme...

Formulating Subgroup Discovery As a Quantum Optimization Problem for Network Security

While current network intrusion detection systems achieve satisfactory accuracy, they often lack explainability. Subgroup Discovery SD addresses this by building interpretable rules that characterize feature interactions associated with attack traffic. With large datasets, classical heuristic bea...