Network Security

Context, Terminology, and Why This Comparison Matters What Command-and-Control (C2) Is and How It Works Threat actors no longer need bespoke servers to steer implants when sanctioned cloud apps can double as covert control planes across enterprise networks under defenders’ noses. C

Malik Haidar has spent years inside multinational environments tracing how telecom fraud and web‑scale scams turn clicks into cash. In this conversation, he breaks down a fake multi‑step CAPTCHA that silently triggers international SMS, the way cookies and back‑button hijacking filter and trap users

The patch finished without errors, the dashboard glowed green, and yet the quiet question lingered: would you bet the perimeter on that update alone when a state-backed backdoor learned to outlive it? Hours after some networks declared victory, CISA revised its emergency directive and flipped the

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 has spent years inside multinational firms chasing down intrusions, deconstructing adversary tradecraft, and turning raw telemetry into board-ready decisions. He blends analytics, intelligence, and security with a sharp business lens, the kind you need when thousands of devices can go

The conventional wisdom that digital security begins and ends at the email gateway is rapidly becoming an obsolete relic of a less sophisticated era in cybersecurity history. As organizations have successfully fortified their perimeter defenses against traditional phishing attempts, threat actors