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gametheory

[GAME THEORY] AI gateways are becoming the new IAM chokepoint

AI gateways are starting to concentrate credentials, logs, routing, quotas, and policy. That makes them worth watching now.

weekly

[SIGNALS WEEKLY] Converging Threats Across SaaS, Web Edge, and OT

OAuth consent made SaaS data theft look normal. Niche web plugins kept handing attackers first doors. OT debug ports reminded everyone that “engineering access” can age into exposure.

forecasts

[FORECAST] China-linked ORB networks are becoming espionage logistics

China-linked operators are turning compromised routers into relay logistics. The defender move is behavior over bad IPs.

forecasts

[FORECAST] TeamPCP shows why package cleanup is not containment

Supply-chain attacks are becoming access pipelines. The defender move is to follow credentials, not just packages.

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[SIGNALS WEEKLY] Telephony, Observability, and Identity Under Quiet Pressure

The boring stack moved. CUCM WebDialer. Splunk sidecar. Messaging recovery keys. Very normal. Very annoying.

forecasts

[FORECAST] NetNut/Popa was a capacity disruption, not just a botnet takedown

The NetNut/Popa action matters. The harder question is whether the residential-proxy market reroutes.

deep

[DEEP RESEARCH] Operation Endgame Hit SocGholish, Amadey, and StealC. Now Watch the Rebuild.

Operation Endgame gave defenders a strong scoreboard: servers and domains actioned, millions of stolen credentials recovered, thousands of compromised websites remediated, and tens of millions in criminal crypto assets identified or restricted.

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[SIGNALS WEEKLY] Control Planes, Stealers, and Emerging AI-Tool Abuse

The control plane blinked. Management surfaces are still getting treated like furniture.

deep

[DEEP RESEARCH] The Hackers Are Not Stealing Trucks. They Are Stealing Authority.

Cyber-enabled cargo theft is less about malware novelty and more about who gets trusted to move the load.

gametheory

[GAME THEORY] Beyond Domain Takedowns: A causal framework for testing chokepoints in World Cup scam infrastructure

World Cup fraud shows why removing infrastructure is not the same as disrupting the operation.

weekly

[SIGNALS WEEKLY] Compressed Timelines at the Edge of the Network

Fortinet VPN portals are getting probed. npm installs can execute more than your build expected. And now the AI conversation is not “someday” — it is about compressed timelines.

deep

[DEEP RESEARCH] Verified for Hire: How Fox Tempest Turned Code Signing Into a Criminal Utility

The certificate was real. The identity behind it was fraudulent—and the signing pipeline was rented to other criminals.