Phones that ring under the guise of IT support have quietly become breach vectors, as retail counters and hotel front desks field urgent calls that end with executive logins compromised and cloud data queued for export. A new assessment from Unit 42 and RH-ISAC identified BlackFile, tracked as
From Benign Commas to Root Shells: How a Tiny Parsing Quirk Became a 15-Year Trap Seasoned defenders call it the most humbling kind of bug: one stray comma in a principal field that lets a valid SSH certificate unlock root while logs nod along as if nothing unusual happened. Across security teams,
Malik Haidar has spent years inside multinationals translating threat intelligence into boardroom-ready decisions, bridging analytics with business impact. In this conversation with Jason Costain, he unpacks what an early, Lua‑powered sabotage platform reveals about state priorities, how k
Malik Haidar stands at the intersection of high-stakes corporate defense and cutting-edge threat intelligence. With a career dedicated to dismantling the strategies of sophisticated hackers within multinational infrastructures, he has become a leading voice on how business logic must integrate with
The heavy rattle of a janitor’s keychain has become an obsolete soundtrack in a world where smartphones act as universal passports for every door and transaction. In a society that has largely moved toward contactless payments and mobile-first interactions, the clatter of mechanical locks and the f
The High-Stakes Debate Over American Surveillance Authority The legislative landscape surrounding the United States' surveillance capabilities recently underwent a period of intense volatility, culminating in a short-term extension of key spying powers that had previously been considered
The modern software development lifecycle relies heavily on a complex web of interconnected cloud services, but a recent security breach at Vercel has demonstrated how a single weak link in this chain can expose entire organizational infrastructures to sophisticated threat actors. The incident
