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A Six-Month Credential Leak at CISA Raises Questions Every CEO Should Ask Today
This is a personal opinion piece and does not represent the views of any organisation that I am associated with. On 14 May 2026, an automated scanning alert from GitGuardian flagged a public GitHub repository maintained by a contractor for the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The repository contained credentials to three highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts, along with SSH keys, plaintext passwords, deployment logs, and 844 megabytes of data
3 days ago4 min read
Vulnerability Exploitation Overtook Credential Theft This Week. Here Is What Your Board Needs to Know.
This is a personal opinion piece and does not represent the views of any organisation that I am associated with. The Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report published this month contains a number that every executive in this region should read before their first meeting on Monday. For the first time in nineteen years of continuous reporting, vulnerability exploitation has overtaken stolen credentials as the leading initial access vector in confirmed breaches, accountin
3 days ago4 min read


The First AI-Generated Exploit Is Here. Every Business Leader Needs to Understand Why
Generated by Higgsfield This is a personal opinion piece and does not represent the views of any organisation that I am associated with. This week, Google confirmed something the security community has anticipated for some time but that carries a different weight now that it has actually happened. An unknown threat actor used an artificial intelligence system to develop a working zero-day exploit, then deployed it in a live attack. Not a proof of concept. Not a research demon
May 174 min read


Four Strategies to Make the 'Misleading' CVSS Scoring System Work for Your Business
Source: ChatGPT 4 DALL-E Analysis by JPMorganChase indicates that approximately 10% of vulnerabilities may be underrated. JPMorgan...
Dec 23, 20243 min read


2023: A Year of Zero-Day Exploits and Cybersecurity Insights
Source: ChatGPT Dall-E As cyber threats evolve, 2023 revealed a sharp increase in the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities—security...
Dec 10, 20242 min read


Cyber Resilience: 3 lessons from the World Economic Forum that a savvy Middle Eastern Executive knows
Source: ChatGPT 4 Dall-E Cyber resilience has become a business-critical priority as digital transformation accelerates across the Middle...
Dec 10, 20243 min read


Unveiling E-Commerce Vulnerabilities: New Magecart Cyberthreat implementing persistent backdoors in online payments platforms
Introduction: With 91% of consumers across the Middle-East and Africa embracing digital shopping platforms, the eCommerce digital-first...
Sep 4, 20243 min read


Navigating the Aftermath of the Change Healthcare Breach: Implications and Strategies for the Healthcare Industry
The Healthcare sector is considered a soft target for cybercriminals. Since the WannaCry attacks against the NHS nearly 10 years ago,...
Sep 4, 20243 min read


AI at Risk: Navigating the Minefield of Artificial Intelligence Security
Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a key part of our everyday lives. AI powers everything from customer service bots...
Sep 4, 20245 min read
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