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Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) has become a foundational capability in today’s hyperconnected digital ecosystem, where cyber threats are no longer isolated or episodic. Modern adversaries leverage automation, advanced persistent tactics, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), nation-state resources, and supply-chain exploitation to conduct continuous and highly adaptive attacks. This escalating volume, velocity, and sophistication of threats has elevated CTI

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DataDome blocked 16M+ bot requests from 3.9M IPs targeting a global sports organization's ticket sales. See how we stopped industrial-scale scalpers.

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AI agent orchestration is reshaping how businesses build intelligent systems. It moves beyond single chatbots or generative interfaces, coordinating multiple specialized AI agents to complete...Read More

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The BreachForums marketplace has suffered a leak, exposing the identities of nearly 324,000 cybercriminals. This incident highlights a critical shift in cyberattacks, creating opportunities for law enforcement while demonstrating the risks associated with breaches in the cybercriminal ecosystem.

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A “scary” vulnerability in Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets could lead to long-term instability and affect how an organization operates.

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Explore StrongestLayer's threat intelligence report highlighting the rise of email security threats exploiting trusted platforms like DocuSign and Google Calendar. Learn how organizations can adapt to defend against these evolving cyber risks.

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Younger generations are increasingly ditching smartphones in favor of “dumbphones”—simpler devices with fewer apps, fewer distractions, and less tracking. But what happens when you step away from a device that now functions as your wallet, your memory, and your security key? In this episode, Tom and Scott explore the dumbphone movement through a privacy and […]

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Regional APT Threat Situation In December 2025, the global threat hunting system of Fuying Lab detected a total of 24 APT attack activities. These activities were primarily concentrated in regions including South Asia, East Asia, with a smaller portion also found in Eastern Europe and South America. Some organizations remain unattributed to known APT groups, […]

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Deep dive into OAuth User-Managed Access (UMA) for CTOs. Learn how UMA 2.0 improves CIAM, delegated authorization, and enterprise SSO security.

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Deep dive into Web Single Sign-on with WS-Federation. Learn how to implement secure federated identity, manage STS, and bridge legacy apps with modern CIAM.

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Learn how to detect anomalous prompt injections in quantum-encrypted MCP streams using ai-driven behavioral analysis and post-quantum security frameworks.

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How Are Non-Human Identities Revolutionizing Cybersecurity? Did you know that machine identities, also known as Non-Human Identities (NHIs), are becoming pivotal? With digital continues to expand, the need for robust security measures grows in parallel. NHIs, a crucial component, are quickly transforming the way organizations approach security, particularly in cloud-based environments. The Role of Non-Human […]

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Session 11A: Blockchain Security 2

Authors, Creators & Presenters: Giulia Scaffino (TU Wien), Lukas Aumayr (TU Wien), Mahsa Bastankhah (Princeton University), Zeta Avarikioti (TU Wien), Matteo Maffei (TU Wien)

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Alba: The Dawn of Scalable Bridges for Blockchains

Over the past decade, cryptocurrencies have garnered attention from academia and industry alike, fostering a diverse blockchain ecosystem and novel applications. The inception of bridges improved interoperability, enabling asset transfers across different blockchains to capitalize on their unique features. Despite their surge in popularity and the emergence of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), trustless bridge protocols remain inefficient, either relaying too much information (e.g., light-client-based bridges) or demanding expensive computation (e.g., zk-based bridges). These inefficiencies arise because existing bridges securely prove a transaction's on-chain inclusion on another blockchain. Yet this is unnecessary as off-chain solutions, like payment and state channels, permit safe transactions without on-chain publication. However, existing bridges do not support the verification of off-chain payments. This paper fills this gap by introducing the concept of Pay2Chain bridges that leverage the advantages of off-chain solutions like payment channels to overcome current bridges' limitations. Our proposed Pay2Chain bridge, named Alba, facilitates the efficient, secure, and trustless execution of conditional payments or smart contracts on a target blockchain based on off-chain events. Alba, besides its technical advantages, enriches the source blockchain's ecosystem by facilitating DeFi applications, multi-asset payment channels, and optimistic stateful off-chain computation. We formalize the security of Alba against Byzantine adversaries in the UC framework and complement it with a game theoretic analysis. We further introduce formal scalability metrics to demonstrate Alba's efficiency. Our empirical evaluation confirms Alba's efficiency in terms of communication complexity and on-chain costs, with its optimistic case incurring only twice the cost of a standard Ethereum transaction of token ownership transfer.

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The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) fosters information exchange among researchers and practitioners of network and distributed system security. The target audience includes those interested in practical aspects of network and distributed system security, with a focus on actual system design and implementation. A major goal is to encourage and enable the Internet community to apply, deploy, and advance the state of available security technologies.

Our thanks to the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s superb NDSS Symposium 2025 Conference content on the Organizations' YouTube Channel.

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As federal and state governments extend their lists of banned foreign technologies, where is this trend heading next? Is your home network safe for work use?

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Blockchain Penetration Testing simulates real-world cyberattacks on blockchain systems to identify vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them.  On September 14, 2021, the Solana blockchain network went offline for 17 hours during the Grape Protocol IDO (Initial DEX Offering) due to a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.  In distributed blockchain applications, penetration testing frameworks have demonstrated throughput […]

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AI-powered penetration testing is an advanced approach to security testing that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous agents to simulate real-world cyberattacks, identify vulnerabilities, and assess exploitability faster and more intelligently than traditional manual testing. According to Mariia Kozlovska et al. in their research “Artificial intelligence in penetration testing: leveraging AI for advanced vulnerability […]

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IoT penetration testing is a security assessment of the complete IoT ecosystem, from backend systems and cloud services to mobile devices and hardware. It involves a multi-stage simulated attack on IoT devices and their supporting system to identify security risks before attackers can exploit them. Unpatched firmware is responsible for 60% of IoT security breaches, […]

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How Can Least Privilege Transform Secure Cloud Operations? Have you ever pondered the repercussions of over-privileged access in cloud environments? With the rapid adoption of cloud technologies, the concept of least privilege has emerged when a cornerstone for secure cloud operations. This principle, while seemingly simple, significantly influences various sectors, enhancing security and operational efficiency. […]

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How Secure is Secrets Encryption in Financial Services? Have you ever wondered how financial services ensure the safety of critical information? The key lies in the sophisticated management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and the rigorous approach to secrets encryption. These elements are essential to safeguarding sensitive data from falling into the wrong hands. The Role […]

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