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The DPRK Worker’s Overseas IP Is in Your Connection Logs

Eight US-based ‘laptop farmers’ sentenced in five months, across cases spanning more than 100 US companies in one prosecution and nearly 70 in others: the North Korean IT worker is already on payroll, and what resolves it is correlating unauthorized remote-access tooling with the connection and endpoint telemetry it throws off — not the hiring interview, and not sign-in geography alone.

Microsoft’s passwordless-by-default shift: what Entra admins and home users need to know

System-preferred authentication is moving to the first factor, the password prompt is about to vanish for passkey holders, and break-glass accounts are not exempt from mandatory MFA. Here’s what that actually changes for Entra defenders and home users.

Salt Typhoon and the Carrier Trust Collapse: A Defender’s Field Guide

Chinese state actors have been inside major U.S. carrier networks for months to years. Here is what enterprise defenders should actually do about it — detection logic, SIEM specifics, and the control updates that matter.

Cryptography

Federal PQC Migration: What Compliance Teams Actually Owe in 2026

NIST has finalized the first wave of post-quantum standards and the federal mandates are no longer aspirational. Here is what ISSOs, architects, and crypto inventory owners need to have on paper in 2026.

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Software Assurance

Software assurance (SwA) is a process of ensuring that software meets its security and quality requirements throughout its lifecycle. It is a critical part of any software development process, and it can help to protect organizations from a variety of risks, including: Software Assurance Requirements The requirements for software assurance vary depending on the organization …

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Ansible Configuration Management

Ansible is a powerful open-source automation platform that can be used to manage and configure enterprise systems at scale. It is a popular choice for enterprise configuration management because it is easy to use, scalable, and extensible. Ansible uses a simple YAML-based language to define configurations and playbooks. Playbooks are scripts that define the steps …