#defenders


Google Rolls Out Gemini 4 Argon to Trusted Cyber Defenders, Plans Guardrail-Free Version

Oct 1, 2026 // 11:41

Google on Wednesday announced its latest frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 4 Argon, that it said is being rolled out to a set of […]

AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery. Can Defenders Keep Up?

Aug 28, 2026 // 18:57

Author: Gene Moody, Field CTO at Action1 AI can help us find vulnerabilities faster than ever. But what happens when the rest of the vulnerability […]

Microsoft Defender’s Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software at Boot

Aug 21, 2026 // 18:56

Check Point Research has disclosed a technique that uses Microsoft Defender’s own legitimately signed boot-time remediation driver to perform arbitrary kernel-level file and registry operations […]

Tengu Botnet Reboots Compromised Linux Devices When Defenders Kill Its Process

Jul 28, 2026 // 18:11

A new Mirai-derived botnet called Tengu can use a compromised Linux device’s hardware watchdog to trigger a reboot when defenders kill its main process. If […]

OpenAI Expands Daybreak With GPT-5.5-Cyber to Help Defenders Patch Security Flaws

Jun 23, 2026 // 07:04

OpenAI on Monday said it’s releasing an improved version of its GPT‑5.5‑Cyber model to trusted defenders as part of the Daybreak initiative, the artificial intelligence […]

Webinar: How attackers bypass MFA and how defenders can respond

Jun 19, 2026 // 15:16

Many organizations view multi-factor authentication as one of their strongest defenses against account compromise. However, attackers increasingly use phishing techniques that don’t require stealing passwords […]

Rethinking MDR as Attackers and Defenders Embrace AI

Jun 12, 2026 // 14:06

For most of the past decade, managed detection and response was the answer to a real problem. Security teams couldn’t staff around the clock, couldn’t […]