In early 2025, Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant and one of the most respected voices in cybersecurity, issued a chilling forecast: the first fully autonomous, AI-led cyberattack will happen within the year, and “we won’t even know it.” His words didn’t…
Telegram zero-day vulnerability bounties are exploding, and none more shocking than this:“We’re offering up to $4,000,000 for a full-chain, zero-click Telegram exploit.”This isn’t fiction. It’s a real bounty issued by Operation Zero, a Russian exploit broker. Telegram is now the most…
In April 2025, cybersecurity firm iVerify published a report that should concern anyone who uses a mobile phone. Their investigation revealed that over 60 mobile operators across 35 countries, including close U.S. allies, are routing users’ sensitive mobile data through China’s…
In April 2025, federal courts issued a partial injunction against Elon Musk’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), temporarily blocking it from accessing personal data across agencies such as the Social Security Administration, IRS, HUD, and Department of Labor. But…
In May 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) quietly revoked what could have been the most significant federal data privacy protection in more than a decade. The agency withdrew the CFPB data broker rule, a proposed regulation that would have…
In a move critics call a “data land grab,” the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is building a centralized IRS mega API that could give government contractors and federal agencies sweeping access to nearly every American’s taxpayer records. Spearheaded by Elon…
When seconds matter, coordination is everything, and splitting NSA and Cyber Command could shatter America’s fastest line of cyber defense. The debate around the NSA Cyber Command dual-hat leadership has moved from theoretical policy discussions to urgent national security questions. As…
In the wake of the April 2025 U.S. tariff hike on Chinese imports, a new surge of cyberattacks swept across America’s digital infrastructure. Chinese state-sponsored hackers quickly infiltrated telecom networks, energy grids, and sensitive government systems. These weren’t isolated incidents—they were…
When people hear “supply chain cybersecurity,” they usually picture container ships or warehouse hacks. But that’s not what this post is about. This is the digital supply chain: the behind-the-scenes web of software vendors, IT tools, and service providers that power…
AI Doesn’t Sleep—And Brute Force Attacks Don’t Need to Either Brute force attacks used to be a waiting game. Hackers would launch endless combinations of passwords, hoping one would eventually break through. It took time, patience, and usually a poorly secured…
