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How to Evaluate an AI Security Copilot: The 9-Question Live Test We Ran on Our Own Platform
securityJune 12, 2026

How to Evaluate an AI Security Copilot: The 9-Question Live Test We Ran on Our Own Platform

We interrogated FortWatch AI against our own production workspace and published everything — transcripts, cost, latency, and the one failure we disclosed.

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Software Supply Chain Attacks: How They Work and How to Defend
securityJune 7, 2026

Software Supply Chain Attacks: How They Work and How to Defend

SolarWinds, XZ Utils, dependency confusion, the 2025 npm token worms: how supply chain attacks work, each mapped to the exact defense that stops it.

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Public Cloud Buckets: How S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Leak Data — and How to Lock Yours Down
securityJune 7, 2026

Public Cloud Buckets: How S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Leak Data — and How to Lock Yours Down

A single anonymous request can dump an entire bucket — no exploit, no credential. Here's how object storage goes public across S3, Azure Blob, and GCS, and the account-level kill switch that shuts it down.

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Exposed Databases: Why an Open MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or Redis Port Means Full Compromise
securityJune 7, 2026

Exposed Databases: Why an Open MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or Redis Port Means Full Compromise

An open, unauthenticated MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Memcached, CouchDB, etcd, or Cassandra port is the cleanest CRITICAL in external security — full read, full delete, often host RCE, using the product's own commands. How attackers find them in seconds, and how to close them.

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Exposed Redis on Port 6379: From FLUSHALL to RCE, and How to Lock It Down
securityJune 7, 2026

Exposed Redis on Port 6379: From FLUSHALL to RCE, and How to Lock It Down

An open Redis port 6379 isn't a config nit for the backlog — it's a critical finding. Censys counted 39,405 unauthenticated instances, roughly half already showing compromise attempts, and Wiz's 2025 sweep found ~60,000. Here's the attacker playbook and a copy-pasteable hardening checklist.

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How to Choose an EASM Tool: A Buyer's Framework Without the Vendor Spin
securityMay 13, 2026

How to Choose an EASM Tool: A Buyer's Framework Without the Vendor Spin

Every EASM vendor's homepage looks the same. Here's the framework we use to compare them honestly — what to ask, what to test, and what to ignore.

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Exposed .env Files: Why Production Secrets Keep Leaking to the Public Web
securityMay 13, 2026

Exposed .env Files: Why Production Secrets Keep Leaking to the Public Web

An exposed .env file at your web root is a credential dump waiting to be indexed. Here's why this keeps shipping to production and how to detect it.

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Subdomain Takeover: How Dangling DNS Records Hand Attackers Your Brand
securityMay 13, 2026

Subdomain Takeover: How Dangling DNS Records Hand Attackers Your Brand

A dangling CNAME pointing at a deprovisioned cloud service is a one-click takeover for whoever claims the resource next. Here's how it happens and how to catch it.

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Why AI-First Security Is Different From AI-as-a-Feature
securityApril 10, 2026

Why AI-First Security Is Different From AI-as-a-Feature

Most security vendors bolt AI on as a chatbot. AI-first means AI triages, explains, and prioritizes every finding automatically — not on demand.

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The SMB Security Gap: Why Small Teams Need Different Tools
securityApril 5, 2026

The SMB Security Gap: Why Small Teams Need Different Tools

Small teams ship real products on real infrastructure but get priced out of the tools that protect them. The gap between shipped and secured is widening.

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The Hidden Risk of Shadow IT: Finding Assets You Didn't Know You Had
securityMarch 31, 2026

The Hidden Risk of Shadow IT: Finding Assets You Didn't Know You Had

That staging server from last year's project? The subdomain a contractor set up? Shadow IT creates blind spots that attackers love to exploit.

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Why Continuous Security Scanning Beats Annual Pentests Every Time
securityMarch 22, 2026

Why Continuous Security Scanning Beats Annual Pentests Every Time

Annual penetration tests leave 364 days of blind spots. Here's why continuous automated scanning is the foundation of a modern security program.

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