Futuristic Virus Cell Digital Microscope Malware Anatomy Cybersecurity Cyber Pathogen Detection Neutralization Antivirus Defense Technology Dark Blue

(Adobe Stock)

AI is overwhelming patch management. Here’s how teams adapt

Steve ZurierJuly 23, 2026

AI is overwhelming patch teams, forcing a shift to smarter, automated remediation.

RESOURCES

Identity
How to Build an AI Governance Framework for Identity
Identity
How to Evaluate and Select Identity and Access Management Tools
Identity
Identity-based attacks: how they work and how to defend against them
Threat Management
Don’t break in, log in: How abuse of trust leads to system compromise
Vulnerability Management
Why Mythos is the cybersecurity crisis we need

PODCASTS

IoT
Fixing Vulns Is Harder Than Finding Them – PSW #936
Leadership
AI’s Disruption as Cybersecurity’s Economics Are Broken, Compounding Security Debt – Ben Gilliland – BSW #457
Vulnerability Management
LegacyHive, ACR Stealer, Hugging Face, Route 53, and Kieran Human from Threatlocker – Kieran Human – SWN #600
Application security
MacOS Security Design Features, Flaws, And Futures – Patrick Wardle – ASW #392
Vulnerability Management
AI Security at Scale, CMMC phase II paused, and the Weekly Enterprise News – Keith Hollender – ESW #468

FEATURED

Perspectives Spotlight: Expert Insights

Perspectives Spotlight: Expert Insights

Get daily email updates

SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news

Perspectives

In Brief

More Resources

(Credit: Koshiro K – stock.adobe.com)

Hugging Face ‘attacker’ revealed to be OpenAI agents that escaped testing sandbox

Laura FrenchJuly 22, 2026

OpenAI said GPT-5.6 Sol and a pre-release model exploited vulnerabilities to “cheat” on ExploitGym.

Microsoft SharePoint app seen in App Store on the screen of ipad and blurred finger pointing at it.

SharePoint vulnerability steals machine keys; fourth recent exploit

Steve ZurierJuly 22, 2026

New SharePoint flaw exploited as attackers steal machine keys for lasting access.

Application security

JADEPUFFER agentic ransomware returns, targets AI assets with ENCFORGE payload

Laura FrenchJuly 22, 2026

The agent abused the victim’s Docker daemon to access and encrypt AI-related files.

(Adobe Stock)

Qilin exploits Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN firewalls

Steve ZurierJuly 21, 2026

Qilin exploited a patched Palo Alto VPN flaw, highlighting the cost of delayed patching.

(Credit: Tada Images – stock.adobe.com)

Application security

Hugging Face uses GLM 5.2 to investigate AI agent-driven cyberattack

Laura FrenchJuly 20, 2026

Hugging Face turned to an open-weight model after being restricted by frontier model guardrails.

Critical ServiceNow AI flaw exploited days after patch release

Steve ZurierJuly 20, 2026

Attackers exploit critical ServiceNow AI bug just days after security patch release.

(Credit: Robert – stock.adobe.com)

Application security

More Mythos-like models are coming — what organizations can do now

Laura FrenchJuly 20, 2026

These capabilities may be impossible to contain, forcing defenders to contain their impact.

Application security

Over 1 million malicious emails found using text salting to fool AI scanners

Laura FrenchJuly 17, 2026

Text salting fills emails with hidden benign content to mask malicious phishing lures.

Events