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#defense

Security coverage tagged defense.

1.

ShieldCrash: Windows Defender 0-Day PoC Bypassing ShieldBreak (CVE-2026-69414) Patch

vulnerability | High | 2026-09-07 20:36 | CVE-2026-69414 | github.com | original ↗ | #cloud | #zero-day | #arbitrary-file-read

2.

Google ARTEMIS: Natural-Language Driven Android Automation & Mobile AI Agent Framework

tool | 2026-09-12 03:00 | github.com | original ↗ | #ai-security | #red-team | #defense

3.

Flounder: Autonomous AI White-Hat Security Auditor with Execution-Grounded Verification

tool | 2026-09-06 22:13 | github.com | original ↗ | #ai-security | #bug-bounty | #web3

4.

OpenAI Codex Security: Automated Vulnerability Discovery, Validation, and Remediation CLI & SDK

tool | 2026-08-28 13:51 | github.com | original ↗ | #ai-security | #defense

5.

Top 10 Critical Threat Actors to Watch in 2026: Ransomware, APTs & Defensive Strategies

incident | 2026-01-23 00:00 | netlas.io | original ↗ | #threat-intelligence | #ransomware | #apt

6.

Security in 2026: What Breaks, What Scales, and What Survives

blog | 2026-01-13 10:00 | xbow.com | original ↗ | #ai-security | #defense | #threat-landscape

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How Companies Can Test Their Systems Against AI-powered Attacks Like GTG-1002

blog | 2025-11-18 13:00 | xbow.com | original ↗ | #ai-security | #vulnerability-research | #red-teaming

8.

When AI Turns Criminal: Deepfakes, Voice-Cloning & LLM Malware

blog | 2025-10-31 00:00 | netlas.io | original ↗ | #ai-security | #malware | #social-engineering

9.

When Patches Fail: An Analysis of Patch Bypass and Incomplete Security

blog | 2025-10-17 00:00 | netlas.io | original ↗ | #vulnerability-management | #sharepoint | #patch-bypass

10.

The Pyramid of Pain: Beyond the Basics

blog | 2025-07-25 00:00 | netlas.io | original ↗ | #threat-intelligence | #defense | #detection

11.

Exploiting the Intruder’s Dilemma for Active Directory Defense

blog | 2025-05-20 13:43 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #defense | #ad-cs

12.

ESC1 Attack Explained

blog | 2025-05-01 13:29 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #privilege-escalation | #vulnerability

13.

NTDS.DIT Extraction Explained

blog | 2025-04-06 19:46 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #defense | #detection

14.

How to Defend Against Silver Ticket Attacks

blog | 2025-02-02 22:00 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #privilege-escalation | #kerberos

15.

How to Defend Against SPN Scanning in Active Directory

blog | 2024-07-12 22:40 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #reconnaissance | #defense

16.

How to Defend Against SID History Injection

blog | 2024-05-03 20:16 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #privilege-escalation | #defense

17.

How to Defend Against an NTLM Relay Attack

blog | 2024-01-26 16:18 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #credential-security | #defense

18.

Pass the Hash Attack Defense: AD Security 101

vulnerability | 2024-01-18 19:58 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #credential-theft | #ntlm

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How to Defend Against a Pass the Ticket Attack: AD Security 101

blog | 2024-01-11 11:40 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #kerberos | #defense

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How to Defend Against Golden Ticket Attacks: AD Security 101

blog | 2024-01-04 22:43 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #privilege-escalation | #kerberos

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How to Defend Against MFA Fatigue Attacks: AD Security 101

blog | 2023-12-05 17:01 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #identity-security | #social-engineering

22.

When security features collide

research | 2023-10-02 14:37 | portswigger.net | original ↗ | #web-security | #xss | #defense

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How to Protect Active Directory Against Kerberoasting: AD Security 101

blog | 2023-08-25 22:16 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #credential-theft | #kerberos

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How to Prevent a Man-in-the-Middle Attack: AD Security 101

blog | 2023-07-13 20:21 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #credential-theft | #defense

25.

Introducing Windows Notification Facility’s (WNF) Code Integrity

blog | 2023-05-15 11:00 | blog.trailofbits.com | original ↗ | #windows | #reverse-engineering | #offensive-security

26.

AD Monitoring: AD Security 101

vulnerability | 2023-03-09 14:05 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #identity-security | #defense

27.

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Explained

blog | 2023-02-22 05:21 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #identity-security | #defense

28.

3 Steps to Protect AD from Wiperware

blog | 2023-02-10 21:42 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #cyber-resilience | #identity-security

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How to secure against Forced Browsing

vulnerability | 2022-09-22 00:00 | josephthacker.com | original ↗ | #access-control | #web-security | #vulnerability

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Top Tips for Protecting Active Directory

blog | 2022-06-24 22:47 | semperis.com | original ↗ | #active-directory | #identity-security | #defense