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2026-07-02 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Google’s Continued Disruption of Malicious Residential Proxy Networks

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Google Threat Intelligence Group · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Background Today, in coordination with the FBI, Lumen, and others, Google took action against the NetNut residential proxy network, also known as Popa. This action builds on our disruption of the IPIDEA proxy network that took place in January 2026, and is a continuation of Google’s objective to dismantle malicious residential proxy networks. Actions Taken As a part of this disruption we took the following actions: Disabled Google accounts and associated Google services used by NetNut for malwa…

APT / Nation-StateLaw EnforcementMalwareMicrosoftMobile SecurityNetwork SecurityThreat Intelligence
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2026-06-29 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

The Bear Necessities: A Look at the Drivers, Dynamics, and Applications of the Pro-Russia Influence Ecosystem

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Google Threat Intelligence Group · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: James Sadowski, Alden Wahlstrom Introduction Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the pro-Russia influence ecosystem has evolved from a tool of war back into a global strategic asset. Since the mobilization of this ecosystem to support frontline objectives, we have witnessed the expedited development of new influence assets linked to multiple, expansive, covert information operations (IO) campaigns and a revitalization of pro-Russia hacktivism at an unprecedented…

APT / Nation-StateMicrosoft
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2026-06-25 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

STOCKSTAY Another Day: The Latest Addition to Turla’s Intelligence Gathering Apparatus

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Google Threat Intelligence Group · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: Jordan Jones Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has conducted an in-depth analysis of a .NET backdoor, tracked as STOCKSTAY, that has been continually developed and deployed by the Russia-linked threat actor Turla (aka SUMMIT, Secret Blizzard, VENOMOUS BEAR, UAC-0194) since at least December 2022. Turla has deployed STOCKSTAY against government and military organizations in Ukraine, as well as entities with an interest in Italian foreign policy. Used for ongoing cy…

APT / Nation-StateMalwareMicrosoftThreat ActorsThreat Intelligence
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2026-06-24 11:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Zero-Day Exploitation of Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20245) in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Mandiant · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: Chester Sng, Pete Boonyakarn, Logeswaran Nadarajan, Lukasz Lamparski Introduction In early 2026, Mandiant identified a threat actor targeting SD-WAN infrastructure at a service provider. After gaining initial access, the threat actor exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-20245) in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to escalate privileges from a compromised administrative account to root-level access. The vulnerability stems from the device’s file upload feature lacking the ability to prop…

MicrosoftNetwork SecurityThreat ActorsVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-20127CVE-2026-20182CVE-2026-20245
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2026-06-15 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Public and Private Medical Community Targeted by China-Nexus Threat Actor Pursuing Artificial Intelligence, Cyber, Medical, and National Defense Research

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Google Threat Intelligence Group · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: Patrick Whitsell, John McGuiness, Muhammad Umair Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a sophisticated campaign attributed to UNC6508, a People's Republic of China (PRC)-nexus threat actor, targeting institutions in the North American academic, medical, and military research community. While remaining undetected for over a year, the threat actor compromised externally facing web applications, deployed bespoke malware, pivoted to sensitive internal systems, and abuse…

AI SecurityCloud SecurityDFIRMalwareMicrosoftPhishingThreat ActorsThreat Intelligence
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2026-06-11 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

ShinyHunters Targets Education Sector with Oracle PeopleSoft Exploit

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Mandiant · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Introduction Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have identified an active compromise and extortion campaign attributed to UNC6240 (ShinyHunters) targeting Oracle PeopleSoft application infrastructure. The activity was observed between May 27, 2026, and June 9, 2026 and is consistent with the exploitation of CVE-2026-35273, a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in the Environment Management component. The exploitation of this vulnerability directly aligns wi…

AppleCloud SecurityData BreachesLinuxMicrosoftThreat ActorsThreat IntelligenceVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-35273
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2026-06-10 17:51 UTC
Vendor Research

CVE-2026-10740 - Excessive memory allocation in s2n-quic

AWS Security Bulletins · aws@amazon.com · indexed 2026-08-15 18:58 UTC

Bulletin ID: 2026-041-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 06/10/2026 10:45 AM PDT Description: AWS CDK (aws-cdk-lib) is an open-source framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. We identified CVE-2026-11417, an OS command injection issue in the NodejsFunction local bundling pipeline in aws-cdk-lib before 2.245.0 (2.246.0 on Windows) that may allow an actor who controls the value of one or more bun…

Cloud SecurityMicrosoftVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-10740CVE-2026-11417
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2026-06-10 06:47 UTC
Government

2026-007: Critical Vulnerability in Windows Netlogon

CERT-EU Security Advisories · indexed 2026-08-15 18:50 UTC

On 12 May 2026, Microsoft published a security advisory addressing a critical vulnerability affecting Windows Server when acting as a domain controller. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code over a network. According to The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), this vulnerability is currently exploited by threat actors. It is strongly recommended updating affected Windows servers as soon as possible.

MicrosoftThreat ActorsVulnerabilities
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2026-06-09 14:19 UTC
Vendor Research

Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 198 CVEs ( CVE-2026-49160, CVE-2026-50507)

Tenable Cyber Exposure Alerts · Research Special Operations · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

32Critical166Important0Moderate0LowMicrosoft addresses 198 CVEs in the largest Patch Tuesday release, including three zero-days.Microsoft patched 198 CVEs in its June 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with 32 rated critical and 166 rated as important. Our counts omitted 6 CVEs that were already addressed by Microsoft via servicing and do not require additional customer action to resolve as well as 2 CVEs that were disclosed by other CNAs (CVE-2025-10263 and CVE-2026-8863). This Patch Tuesday release …

Cloud SecurityLinuxMicrosoftMobile SecurityVulnerabilitiesCVE-2025-10263CVE-2026-33825CVE-2026-41091CVE-2026-42909CVE-2026-42913CVE-2026-42985CVE-2026-42992CVE-2026-42993CVE-2026-44799CVE-2026-44801CVE-2026-47289CVE-2026-47653CVE-2026-47654CVE-2026-48563CVE-2026-49160CVE-2026-50507CVE-2026-8863
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2026-06-05 19:19 UTC
Vendor Research

Issues with Amazon Athena ODBC Driver

AWS Security Bulletins · aws@amazon.com · indexed 2026-08-15 18:58 UTC

Bulletin ID: 2026-013-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2026/04/03 13:00 PM PDT Description: The Amazon Athena ODBC driver implements standard ODBC application program interfaces (APIs). The ODBC driver provides access to Amazon Athena from any C/C++ application. The Amazon Athena ODBC driver provides 64-bit ODBC drivers for Windows, Linux and MAC operating systems. We identified the following: - CVE-2026-5485: OS command injection in browser-based au…

Cloud SecurityLinuxMicrosoftVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-35558CVE-2026-35559CVE-2026-35560CVE-2026-35561CVE-2026-35562CVE-2026-5485
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2026-06-05 19:19 UTC
Vendor Research

CVE-2025-11462 AWS ClientVPN macOS Client Local Privilege Escalation

AWS Security Bulletins · aws@amazon.com · indexed 2026-08-15 18:58 UTC

Bulletin ID: AWS-2025-020 Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2025/10/07 01:30 PM PDT Description: AWS Client VPN is a managed client-based VPN service that enables secure access to AWS and on-premises resources. The AWS Client VPN client software runs on end-user devices, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux and provides the ability for end users to establish a secure tunnel to the AWS Client VPN Service. We have identified CVE-2025-11462, an issue in AWS …

AppleCloud SecurityLinuxMicrosoftNetwork SecurityVulnerabilitiesCVE-2025-11462
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2026-06-05 19:19 UTC
Vendor Research

CVE-2026-7461 - OS Command Injection in Amazon ECS Agent via FSx Windows File Server Volume Credentials

AWS Security Bulletins · aws@amazon.com · indexed 2026-08-15 18:58 UTC

Bulletin ID: 2026-024-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2026/04/30 13:30 PM PDT Description: Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that enables customers to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications. The Amazon ECS agent supports mounting FSx for Windows File Server volumes in task definitions on Windows EC2 instances. We identified CVE-2026-7461, a command injection issue in FSx vo…

Cloud SecurityMicrosoftVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-7461
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2026-06-05 19:19 UTC
Vendor Research

CVE-2025-8069 - AWS Client VPN Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation

AWS Security Bulletins · aws@amazon.com · indexed 2026-08-15 18:58 UTC

Scope: Amazon/AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2025/07/23 8:30 AM PDT Description: AWS Client VPN is a managed client-based VPN service that enables secure access to AWS and on-premises resources. The AWS Client VPN client software runs on end-user devices, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux and provides the ability for end users to establish a secure tunnel to the AWS Client VPN Service. We identified CVE-2025-###, an issue in AWS Client VPN. During the AWS …

AppleCloud SecurityLinuxMicrosoftNetwork SecurityVulnerabilitiesCVE-2025-8069
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2026-06-05 19:19 UTC
Vendor Research

CVE-2026-7791 - Local Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition in Amazon WorkSpaces Skylight Agent

AWS Security Bulletins · aws@amazon.com · indexed 2026-08-15 18:58 UTC

Bulletin ID: 2026-025-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2026/05/04 15:30 PM PDT Description: Amazon Skylight Workspace Config Service ( slwsconfigservice) is a critical background service within Amazon WorkSpaces that manages system configuration, monitors health, and updates components. We identified CVE-2026-7791 which allows a local non-admin authenticated user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting a race condition in the Skylight Workspac…

Cloud SecurityMicrosoftVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-7791
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2026-06-05 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Seeking Counsel: Ongoing Targeted Campaign Against US Law Firms

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Mandiant · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: Chad Reams, Tufail Ahmed, Keith Knapp, Ashley Frazer, Tyler McLellan Introduction From January through May 2026, Mandiant identified a financially motivated data theft extortion campaign executed by the threat cluster UNC3753 (also tracked as "Luna Moth," “Chatty Spider,” and "Silent Ransom Group") targeting dozens of organizations across professional, legal, and financial services in the United States. UNC3753 leverages voice phishing (vishing) and social engineering deception tech…

Data BreachesDFIRMicrosoftPhishingThreat ActorsThreat Intelligence
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2026-05-29 13:56 UTC
Vendor Research

Microsoft Entra ID 1-Click Open Redirection via OAuth Error Handling Abuse

Tenable Research Advisories · Ben Smith · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Microsoft Entra ID 1-Click Open Redirection via OAuth Error Handling Abuse Researchers associated with Tenable have discovered new techniques to trigger 1-click open redirection attacks in Microsoft Entra ID by abusing the OAuth error-handling mechanism. The attack relies on an initial setup phase where a threat actor registers an OAuth application in an actor-controlled tenant and configures its redirect_uri to point to an attacker-controlled domain. When a victim clicks on a specifically craf…

AppleMalwareMicrosoftPhishingSecurity ResearchThreat Actors
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2026-05-25 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Exploitation of KnowledgeDeliver via ViewState Deserialization Vulnerability

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Mandiant · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: Takahiro Sugiyama, Peter Revelant, Mathew Potaczek Introduction In late 2025, Mandiant responded to a security incident involving a compromised web server running KnowledgeDeliver. KnowledgeDeliver is a Learning Management System (LMS) developed by Digital Knowledge commonly used in Japan. Mandiant identified a critical vulnerability that allowed unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE). An unknown threat actor leveraged this access to inject malicious code into the LMS platform,…

AppleDFIRMalwareMicrosoftThreat ActorsThreat IntelligenceVulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-5426
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2026-05-15 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Welcome to BlackFile: Inside a Vishing Extortion Operation

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Google Threat Intelligence Group · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: Austin Larsen, Tyler McLellan, Genevieve Stark, Dan Ebreo Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track an expansive extortion campaign by UNC6671, a threat actor operating under the "BlackFile" brand, that targets organizations via sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) and single sign-on (SSO) compromise. By leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques to bypass traditional perimeter defenses and multi-factor authentication (MFA), UNC6671 gain…

Data BreachesMicrosoftNetwork SecurityPhishingThreat ActorsThreat IntelligenceVulnerabilities
P0
2026-05-11 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Adversaries Leverage AI for Vulnerability Exploitation, Augmented Operations, and Initial Access

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Google Threat Intelligence Group · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Executive Summary Since our February 2026 report on AI-related threat activity, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track a maturing transition from nascent AI-enabled operations to the industrial-scale application of generative models within adversarial workflows. This report, based on insights derived from Mandiant incident response engagements, Gemini, and GTIG’s proactive research, highlights the dual nature of the current threat environment where AI serves as both a so…

AI SecurityAppleAPT / Nation-StateCloud SecurityDFIRMalwareMicrosoftNetwork SecurityRansomwareSecurity ResearchThreat ActorsThreat IntelligenceVulnerabilities
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2026-05-04 12:00 UTC
Government

Stronger Cybersecurity, Stronger Business: NIST Celebrates 2026 National Small Business Week

NIST Cybersecurity Insights · Daniel Eliot · indexed 2026-08-15 20:45 UTC

Happy National Small Business Week! For over 60 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration has led this initiative to acknowledge the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST’s mission is to drive U.S. innovation and global competitiveness, and the small business community is central to this mission. In this year’s blog, we shine a spotlight on some new and upcoming NIST resources that are all focused on streng…

Microsoft
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2026-04-23 21:38 UTC
Vendor Research

AI threats in the wild: The current state of prompt injections on the web

Google Online Security Blog · Kimberly Samra · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC

Posted by Thomas Brunner, Yu-Han Liu, Moni PandeAt Google, our Threat Intelligence teams are dedicated to staying ahead of real-world adversarial activity, proactively monitoring emerging threats before they can impact users. Right now, Indirect Prompt Injection (IPI) is a top priority for the security community, anticipating it as a primary attack vector for adversaries to target and compromise AI agents. But while the danger of IPI is widely discussed, are threat actors actually exploiting th…

AI SecurityMicrosoftSecurity ResearchThreat ActorsThreat Intelligence
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2026-04-23 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Snow Flurries: How UNC6692 Employed Social Engineering to Deploy a Custom Malware Suite

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Mandiant · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Written by: JP Glab, Tufail Ahmed, Josh Kelley, Muhammad Umair Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) identified a multistage intrusion campaign by a newly tracked threat group, UNC6692, that leveraged persistent social engineering, a custom modular malware suite, and deft pivoting inside the victim’s environment to achieve deep network penetration. As with many other intrusions in recent years, UNC6692 relied heavily on impersonating IT helpdesk employees, convincing their victim…

Cloud SecurityMalwareMicrosoftPhishingThreat ActorsThreat Intelligence
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2026-04-16 14:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Defending Your Enterprise When AI Models Can Find Vulnerabilities Faster Than Ever

Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant · Francis deSouza · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Introduction Advances in AI model-powered exploitation have demonstrated that general-purpose AI models can excel at vulnerability discovery, even without being purpose-built for the task. Eventually, capabilities such as these will be integrated directly into the development cycle, and code will be more difficult to exploit than ever; however, this transition creates a critical window of risk. As we harden existing software with AI, threat actors will use it to discover and exploit novel vulne…

AI SecurityAPT / Nation-StateCloud SecurityDFIRMicrosoftRansomwareThreat ActorsVulnerabilities
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2026-04-09 19:25 UTC
Vendor Research

Protecting Cookies with Device Bound Session Credentials

Google Security Blog · Benjamin Ackerman · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC

Following our April 2024 announcement, Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) is now entering public availability for Windows users on Chrome 146, and expanding to macO…

Microsoft
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2026-04-09 17:07 UTC
Vendor Research

Protecting Cookies with Device Bound Session Credentials

Google Online Security Blog · Google · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC

Posted by Ben Ackerman, Chrome team, Daniel Rubery, Chrome team and Guillaume Ehinger, Google Account Security team Following our April 2024 announcement, Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) is now entering public availability for Windows users on Chrome 146, and expanding to macOS in an upcoming Chrome release. This project represents a significant step forward in our ongoing efforts to combat session theft, which remains a prevalent threat in the modern security landscape. Session theft t…

AppleCybercrimeMalwareMicrosoftThreat Actors
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2026-04-02 16:00 UTC
Vendor Research

Google Workspace’s continuous approach to mitigating indirect prompt injections

Google Online Security Blog · Kimberly Samra · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC

Posted by Adam Gavish, Google GenAI Security TeamIndirect prompt injection (IPI) is an evolving threat vector targeting users of complex AI applications with multiple data sources, such as Workspace with Gemini. This technique enables the attacker to influence the behavior of an LLM by injecting malicious instructions into the data or tools used by the LLM as it completes the user’s query. This may even be possible without any input directly from the user.IPI is not the kind of technical proble…

AI SecurityMicrosoftSecurity ResearchVulnerabilities
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2026-03-25 07:51 UTC
Government

2026-004: Critical Vulnerability in SharePoint Exploited

CERT-EU Security Advisories · indexed 2026-08-15 18:50 UTC

On 17 March 2026, Microsoft updated one of its January 2026 security advisories related to a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. Specifically, Microsoft raised the CVSS score and changed the FAQ section to indicate that the vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker. This vulnerability was added in the CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue on 18 March 2026. Additionally, three further RCE flaws affecting Microsoft SharePoint were ad…

Cloud SecurityMicrosoftVulnerabilities
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2025-10-28 17:01 UTC
Vendor Research

HTTPS by default

Google Online Security Blog · Google · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC

One year from now, with the release of Chrome 154 in October 2026, we will change the default settings of Chrome to enable “Always Use Secure Connections”. This means Chrome will ask for the user's permission before the first access to any public site without HTTPS. The “Always Use Secure Connections” setting warns users before accessing a site without HTTPS Chrome Security's mission is to make it safe to click on links. Part of being safe means ensuring that when a user types a URL or clicks o…

LinuxMalwareMicrosoftMobile Security
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2025-09-24 18:42 UTC
Vendor Research

Accelerating adoption of AI for cybersecurity at DEF CON 33

Google Online Security Blog · Kimberly Samra · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC

Posted by Elie Bursztein and Marianna Tishchenko, Google Privacy, Safety and Security TeamEmpowering cyber defenders with AI is critical to tilting the cybersecurity balance back in their favor as they battle cybercriminals and keep users safe. To help accelerate adoption of AI for cybersecurity workflows, we partnered with Airbus at DEF CON 33 to host the GenSec Capture the Flag (CTF), dedicated to human-AI collaboration in cybersecurity. Our goal was to create a fun, interactive environment, …

AI SecurityMicrosoft
P0
2024-10-15 12:00 UTC
Government

Staff Stories Spotlight Series: Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024

NIST Cybersecurity Insights · Shanée Dawkins · indexed 2026-08-15 20:45 UTC

This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published featuring some of our unique staff members who have interesting backgrounds, stories to tell, and projects in the world of cybersecurity. This year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme is ‘Secure our World.’ How does this theme resonate with you, as someone working in cybersecurit…

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