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In-depth feature stories by Security Point Break staff exploring the human and business forces shaping cybersecurity. From ransomware to AI, our long-form reporting reveals the people, tech, and strategies driving digital defense.
Google’s Fix for Account Recovery Will Cost You Your Face
Google introduces a selfie video feature for account recovery, allowing users to create a biometric reference for secure access. This method complements existing sign-in options, addressing recovery challenges.
OpenAI’s Models Didn’t Go Rogue: They Just Found Every Unlocked Door
OpenAI's models exploited vulnerabilities, breaching Hugging Face's systems, highlighting flaws in AI safety protocols and response systems.
AI Security Tools for MCP Servers Get it Wrong 50% of the Time, Study Claims
A Fudan University study reveals that current security scanners for Model Context Protocol servers inaccurately flag potential risks, impeding effective cybersecurity.
Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Dairy Halts US Output After Ransomware Hit
The Coca-Cola-owned dairy brand suspended all U.S. manufacturing after an unauthorized third party accessed production systems.
Novel PoC Attack Dodges AppLocker, Sysmon, EDR Defenses
A documented Windows file-virtualization feature can hide malware from antivirus, AppLocker and Sysmon without a vulnerable driver or a single line of code on disk.
Age Verification is Becoming the Internet’s Next Identity Fight
As states push platforms to prove who is old enough to access apps, social media and restricted content, the security challenge is shifting from simple age gates to privacy-preserving identity infrastructure.
Cracks in Claude Code, Cursor, Amazon Q, Codex Expose ‘Trust Boundaries’
Separate disclosures from Wiz and the AI Now Institute this week exposed two different ways attackers can push…
AI SOC Tools Misflag Up to 86% of Safe Traffic, Study Finds
Multiple benchmarks keep finding the same tradeoff: LLMs used for security triage catch most real threats by over-flagging legitimate activity along with them.
WriteOut PoC Attack Exposed AI Tool to One-Click Takeover
A discovered vulnerability in Writer AI could have allowed account theft, but it has since been fixed.
AWS Summit 2026 Puts Secure AI in the Spotlight
AWS pitched classified cloud, intelligence-community credits and embedded AI engineers as the foundation for secure AI. The hard part is proving customer control and accountability can keep pace.