Practical guides, tutorials and investigation write-ups on AI security, governance, risk and compliance, and everyday security for individuals and small businesses. Every article cites its sources. For today's headlines, see the daily news briefing.
A minute-by-minute account of the October 2026 Binance hack: the EIP-7702 sweep, the freeze race, the "one laptop" explanation, the North Korea attribution and where the money is now.
Binance suffered a massive cryptocurrency theft on October 29, 2026. Here's what we know about the breach, what remains unclear, and how to protect your crypto from hackers and increasingly convincing scams.
Binance is investigating a suspected hot wallet hack. Here are 10 practical steps to protect crypto held on any exchange: account security, withdrawal limits, self-custody and scam awareness.
GitHub launched a package firewall that blocks risky npm packages before they install. Learn how it works, who can use it and 10 steps any team can take today.
A practical guide to writing, approving and maintaining information security policies: the policy hierarchy, the core policy set, ownership, review cycles and how to prove people follow them.
A step-by-step ISO/IEC 27001:2022 implementation plan: scope, leadership, risk assessment, Statement of Applicability, Annex A controls, internal audit, management review and the certification audit.
A practical GDPR checklist covering data mapping, lawful basis, records of processing, PII protection, DPIAs, processor contracts, data subject rights, international transfers and 72-hour breach notification.
A step-by-step method for information security risk assessment aligned with ISO 27005 and NIST SP 800-30: assets, threats, likelihood and impact scoring, risk appetite, treatment and the risk register.
Build a security awareness and training program that changes behaviour: role-based content, phishing simulations done fairly, policy acknowledgement, metrics that matter and reporting to leadership.
How to prepare for an ISO 27001, SOC 2 or customer security audit: scope, control mapping, evidence collection, GRC platforms, mock audits, interviews and managing findings.
How to build compliance reporting that executives, boards, risk committees and clients can act on: the metrics to include, a one-page report structure, RAG ratings and decision requests.
A playbook for making every team understand its security obligations and follow through: control ownership, RACI, team scorecards, follow-up cadence, escalation and making compliance part of normal work.
Fake USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Amazon delivery texts steal card details. Learn the red flags, what to do if you clicked, and how to report them.
Two critical PHP flaws allow unauthenticated remote code execution. See who is affected, the fixed versions, temporary mitigations and what to watch for in your logs.
Learn 5 signs your phone may be hacked, the innocent explanations, and how to check your Android or iPhone, secure your accounts and recover safely.
Eight eMudhra intermediate certificates were issued with private keys anyone can recover. Learn what that means, who is still exposed and the updates to install now.
A practical roadmap for moving a SOC to AI agents: build the data foundation, start with quick wins, customize and orchestrate agents, and keep humans in command.
Which SOC tasks should AI agents handle and which need a human? A function-by-function guide to automation potential, the AI role, the human role and the outcome.
Nine high-impact, low-effort SOC tasks to hand to AI agents first, what each agent does and the metric that proves it, plus the tasks to keep human.
Protect your website infrastructure from crashing. Learn the 6 best defensive measures to block malicious traffic, implement rate limiting, and stop DDoS attacks before they cost you revenue.
A walkthrough of the exact triage workflow, event correlation steps, and command-line decoding techniques used to analyze suspicious PowerShell execution.
A concise reference guide to the most valuable Windows Event Log IDs for detecting account tampering, lateral movement, and privilege escalation.
Why modern web applications need CSP, HSTS, and X-Content-Type-Options, and how to configure them properly in Next.js and Nginx.
Practical techniques for parsing /var/log/auth.log, aggregating attacking subnets, and verifying whether key-only policies prevented breach.