When “Secure by Design” Fails at the Edge Firewalls are still widely treated as the first and final line of defense. Once deployed, configured, and updated, they are often assumed to be a stable control that quietly does its job in the background. Recent ransomware incidents suggest that the assumption is becoming dangerous. In early

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Cyber incidents in the public sector rarely begin with chaos. More often, they start quietly, with access that appears routine and activity that blends into normal operations. That pattern is evident in a recent breach involving the Victoria Department of Education, where unauthorized access exposed personal information belonging to current and former students and triggered

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Multi-factor authentication has long been treated as a security finish line. Once enabled, organizations assume that account takeover risks drop dramatically. Recent attacker behavior suggests otherwise. New reporting details a growing wave of adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaigns that are specifically designed to bypass MFA by hijacking authentication sessions in real time, according to IT Pro.

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