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Dual-Module QR Codes: Bypassing QR Code Scanners in Enterprise Email Gateways

WhitepaperOffensive Operations
  • 6 Aug 2026
  • Steven Legere

Entra ID Governance: Insta-IAM/IGA Solution?

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 6 Aug 2026
  • Scott Fortin

Network Artifacts of Trusted Service Abuse

WhitepaperOffensive Operations
  • 6 Aug 2026
  • Nicholas Vaniscak

Reconstructing Deleted File Activity Using FSEvents from macOS

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 30 Jul 2026
  • Josh Clevenger

Benchmarking Free-Tier Large Language Models as Cognitive Aids for Operationalizing Unstructured Cyber Threat Intelligence

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 20 Jul 2026
  • Jose "Ricky" Banda

AI + Network Control: Visibility, Risk Prioritization, and Automation in the Age of Agentic NetOps

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 17 Jul 2026
  • Matt Bromiley

2026 SANS AI Survey Insights: Poisoned Wells and Pure Springs: Drawing Security and Compromise from the same AI Source

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 13 Jul 2026
  • Matt Bromiley

Practical MFA for the Enterprise: Enforcing Strong Authentication for Non-Human Identities Using Compensating Controls

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 9 Jul 2026
  • Fredrick Stock

Evaluating the Detection Effectiveness of Network Monitoring Tools Against Modern Command-and-Control Frameworks

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 9 Jul 2026
  • Joseph Zderadicka

Cyber Intelligence GraphRAGs for Behavioral Detection

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 9 Jul 2026
  • Robert Heald

The Strategic Case for Web Traffic Inspection Beyond the Endpoint

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 25 Jun 2026
  • Aaron Cure

Capturing the Click: Process-Based Detection of Malicious Link Interactions

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 22 Jun 2026
  • Daniel Gott