CISO Conversations: Timothy Youngblood; 4x Fortune 500 CISO/CSO

Timothy Youngblood was CISO at Dell, CISO at Kimberley-Clark, VP & CISO at McDonald’s, and SVP, CSO & Product Security Officer at T-Mobile.

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How to Strengthen App Performance Without Slowing Innovation

Learn how to strengthen app performance without slowing innovation using metrics, observability, scalability planning, and disciplined release strategies.

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As Cybersecurity Firms Chase AI, VC Market Skyrockets

Investments in cybersecurity startups took off in 2025, as venture capital firms focused not just on AI-native tech, but talent as well.

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GitHub Issues Abused in Copilot Attack Leading to Repository Takeover

Attackers can inject malicious instructions in a GitHub Issue that are automatically processed by Copilot when launching a Codespace from that issue.

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Romanian Hacker Extradited to US Admits Hacking Oregon State Network

Catalin Dragomir admits to hacking an Oregon government office and selling network access. Read more on the $250k fraud case and his 2026 sentencing.

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Taiwan Security Firm Confirms Flaw Flagged by CISA Likely Exploited by Chinese APTs

The vulnerability in TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware was recently added to CISA’s KEV catalog.

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Identity Prioritization isn’t a Backlog Problem – It’s a Risk Math Problem

Most identity programs still prioritize work the way they prioritize IT tickets: by volume, loudness, or “what failed a control check.” That approach breaks the moment your environment stops being mostly-human and mostly-onboarded.
In modern enterprises, identity risk is created by a compound of factors: control posture, hygiene, business context, and intent. Any one of these can perhaps be

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Lazarus Group Uses Medusa Ransomware in Middle East and U.S. Healthcare Attacks

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group (aka Diamond Sleet and Pompilus) has been observed using Medusa ransomware in an attack targeting an unnamed entity in the Middle East, according to a new report by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team.
Broadcom’s threat intelligence division said it also identified the same threat actors mounting an unsuccessful attack against a healthcare

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Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in Spain

The group’s administrator and moderator were arrested last year, and two other members were arrested this month.

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UnsolicitedBooker Targets Central Asian Telecoms With LuciDoor and MarsSnake Backdoors

The threat activity cluster known as UnsolicitedBooker has been observed targeting telecommunications companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, marking a shift from prior attacks aimed at Saudi Arabian entities.
The attacks involve the deployment of two distinct backdoors codenamed LuciDoor and MarsSnake, according to a report published by Positive Technologies last week.
“The group used several

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