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What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era
GitHub's Secure Open Source Fund Session 4 improved security across 50 open source projects using AI-assisted workflows, tooling, and funding.
GitHub reported outcomes from Session 4 of its Secure Open Source Fund, which covered 50 open source projects. Participating maintainers combined AI-assisted workflows, GitHub security tools, expert guidance, and direct funding to improve project security. The post frames lessons about securing open source maintenance in the AI era; no specific vulnerabilities or incidents are named in the announcement.
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BlueCat Horizon unifies DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and security into a cloud-first intelligent NetOps platform
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AI Is Ending the Era of Hidden Vulnerabilities — Are Vendors Ready?
Dark Reading argues AI-assisted bug discovery is flooding vendors with vulnerability reports, straining disclosure processes and secure-by-design commitments.
The Dark Reading analysis describes a surge of bug reports driven by AI-powered discovery, exposing bottlenecks in vendor triage and disclosure pipelines. It argues this volume is revealing secure-by-design failures and questions whether vendors can keep pace with the rising tide of findings.
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Threat Intelligence Alone Won't Close the Exploitation Gap
Pentera argues threat intelligence alone leaves a validation gap, promoting threat-led penetration testing that auto-tests leaked credentials against real attack surfaces.
A contributed Pentera piece argues that threat intelligence signals such as leaked credentials and vulnerability advisories often sit unactioned in queues because teams lack the offensive capacity to validate them against live environments. It promotes threat-led penetration testing (TLPT) and highlights Pentera's integration with Recorded Future, which triggers automated validation of leaked credentials against an organization's external attack surface. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts cybersecurity VP Joseph Gothelf is quoted supporting the convergence of threat intelligence and security validation.
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AI made software development unrecognizable. Is cybersecurity next?
Opinion piece argues AI-driven shifts that transformed software development—agent-run SOCs, autonomous triage—will soon reshape cybersecurity operations and staffing.
A CSO Online analysis notes Google Cloud research found 90% of developers already use AI, while a March 2026 Federal Reserve paper found coder employment growth fell roughly 3% since ChatGPT's arrival. Gartner predicts 80% of organizations will run smaller, AI-augmented engineering teams by 2030. Security leaders from Contrast Security, Menlo Security and the Cloud Security Alliance expect agent-run SOCs, machine-speed containment and abundant vulnerability discovery, but caution that absorption capacity and autonomous production-environment validation remain bottlenecks.
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The 12 Best Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions, Compared and Priced
A comparison of 12 MDM platforms ranks Microsoft Intune as best value for Microsoft 365 estates and Jamf, Kandji, and Mosyle for Apple fleets.
The buyer's guide compares 12 mobile device management (MDM) products, naming Microsoft Intune best value since it is included in Microsoft 365 E3/E5, and Jamf, Kandji, and Mosyle as Apple specialists with day-one OS support and automated compliance remediation. Eight of the twelve publish rates; per-device pricing punishes multi-device users, while Microsoft, Omnissa, and IBM offer per-user options. Free tiers from Mosyle, Miradore, and ManageEngine support genuine small deployments.
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Webinar: Learn How to Answer “Are We Exposed?” Faster After a New CVE
Tines will host a September 2026 webinar showing security teams how to combine SBOM, endpoint, cloud, and vulnerability data into one exposure assessment workflow.
The Hacker News published a contributed webinar announcement from Tines titled "Outpacing AI-Era Attacks Starts With Faster Time to Answer." Tines Co-founder Thomas Kinsella and Senior Security Operations Engineer Andrew Katz will demonstrate connecting SBOM data, endpoint application data, cloud inventory, and vulnerability feeds into a single interactive exposure view. The session also covers pairing AI-assisted analysis with deterministic, reviewed automation to reduce time from CVE disclosure to exposure determination.
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The 12 Best Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions, Compared and Priced
An editorial scorecard ranks 12 EDR platforms, with CrowdStrike and SentinelOne tied at 8.6/10 and telemetry retention identified as the hidden cost driver.
An editorial comparison scores twelve EDR platforms on detection, response, analyst burden, pricing transparency, and coverage. CrowdStrike and SentinelOne tie at 8.6/10, with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint close behind at 8.5 and described as effectively free in Microsoft 365 E5 estates. The guide argues that telemetry retention, not per-endpoint price, drives real cost, with fully-priced quotes frequently diverging 2-3x from headline rates. Managed detection offerings, including Cynet's bundled 24/7 SOC, factor into the buyer-fit rankings.
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Top 10 Best Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions in 2026
A 2026 MDM buyer guide ranks ten solutions, recommending Microsoft Intune for Microsoft 365 estates and Jamf for Apple-only environments.
A 2026 buyer guide evaluates ten mobile device management solutions, leading with Microsoft Intune as the default for Microsoft 365 organizations and Jamf for Apple estates. It recommends choosing the enrolment model before selecting a vendor and clarifying BYOD visibility to prevent privacy disputes. Kandji, Mosyle, Omnissa Workspace ONE, ManageEngine, Scalefusion, and Hexnode are covered as alternatives. Guidance ties MDM to Zero Trust data access policies via Apple User Enrolment and Android work profiles.
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Top 10 Best Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Solutions in 2026
A 2026 buyer's guide ranks UEM platforms, recommending Intune for Microsoft 365 shops, Jamf for Apple estates, and SOTI for rugged devices.
The guide ranks ten unified endpoint management platforms for 2026, recommending Microsoft Intune for Microsoft 365 organizations, Jamf for Apple-heavy estates, and SOTI for rugged, kiosk, and industrial devices. It notes VMware Workspace ONE now operates as Omnissa after Broadcom divested the End-User Computing division, and that BlackBerry sold Cylance to Arctic Wolf in February 2025 while retaining BlackBerry UEM. The article provides a coverage checklist spanning Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, kiosks, legacy on-prem Windows, and wearables/IoT.
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Why 2026 is the Year to Upgrade to an Agentic AI SOC
Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the production inflection point for agentic AI in security operations centers.
Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the practical inflection point for agentic AI SOCs, noting nearly two-thirds of organizations are experimenting with AI agents while fewer than one in four have production deployments. The piece outlines operational challenges and recommendations: treat agents as non-human identities with least-privilege tool access, version-control system prompts as code, deploy unified agents with on-demand task packages, and enforce per-agent budgets and rate limits. It stresses explainability via RAG and transparent reasoning traces so analysts can verify and override autonomous decisions.
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Chrome is now shipping updates every 2 weeks as AI changes the security landscape
Google switches Chrome to two-week release cycles starting with Chrome 153, shrinking the N-day patch gap as AI-driven threats accelerate.
Chrome officially moved from a four-week to a two-week release schedule with Tuesday's launch of Chrome 153 on desktop, iOS, and Android. Google ties the change to its evolving security strategy, saying faster releases shrink the N-day patch gap as AI tools and community bug reports increase patch volume. Mozilla, Microsoft, and Brave have already adopted the two-week cadence, and Google is also racing AI-native browsers like Brave, Dia, Opera Neon, and Perplexity's Comet while experimenting with AI features in Chrome.
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National Life Group CISO expects more vulnerabilities in six months than in thirty years
National Life Group CISO Becky Palmer says agentic AI resolves four of five SOC investigations and urges AI-speed patching practices.
In a Help Net Security interview, National Life Group CISO Becky Palmer argues frontier AI will uncover more vulnerabilities in the next six months than in the last thirty years, compressing time from disclosure to weaponized exploit from weeks to hours. She reports agentic AI in her SOC resolves 4 of 5 investigations without human escalation, saving hours daily on enrichment and summarization. She also details compensating controls such as virtual patching, least-privilege restrictions, and heightened monitoring, plus procurement questions to separate working AI products from wrappers.
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Learn How to Build Security Operations Ready for AI
Wiz sponsors a webinar on building AI-ready security operations, focusing on attack-path visibility, exposure prioritization, and faster detection-to-remediation workflows.
A contributed piece promotes next week's Wiz webinar, How to Build AI Threat Readiness Across Your Security Operations, featuring a Wiz expert. The session covers using unified security context to separate urgent exposures from noise, understand attack paths across cloud, code, identities, SaaS, and AI services, and connect validated risks to remediation owners.
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 28, 2026
July 28, 2026 cybersecurity job listings spanning cloud security, offensive security, AI safety, and application security roles across multiple organizations.
This Help Net Security post lists open cybersecurity positions at Toyota Automated Logistics, VELUX, Maryville University, BlackSea Technologies, AZ Group, Sedha Consulting, Gentex, cyforce, Postman, NVIDIA AI, Matillion, and RBC. Roles include cloud security engineering, offensive security leadership, AI safety research, and vulnerability triage management, spanning USA, Denmark, UAE, Israel, UK, and Canada. Positions are on-site, hybrid, or remote; many noted as no longer accepting applications.
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