Most breaches don’t start with a vulnerability nobody knew about. They start with one nobody patched in time. Vulnerability exploitation is now the single biggest way attackers get into a network. It has overtaken stolen credentials for the first time in the 19-year history of Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report, with 31% of breaches now […]

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Claude Mythos, an AI model from Anthropic, has found 23,019 software vulnerabilities in the past month. Fewer than 1% of them have been patched. That gap is the story. Finding a vulnerability used to be the hard part, the thing that limited how fast software got fixed. AI just closed that gap to almost nothing. […]

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Key takeaways: ITDR solutions monitor identity-based threats that traditional security tools miss, like hackers logging in with stolen credentials Effective ITDR requires integration with privileged access management and automated responses tailored to your specific environment Consolidating threat detection into a single dashboard dramatically improves response times and reduces the cost of managing multiple security tools […]

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Key takeaways: MITDR explained: Managed ITDR combines identity threat detection with expert-led response. Why it matters: Get better protection and lower costs without building a full in-house team. What to look for: Prioritize behavioral monitoring, real-time response, and expert oversight You’ve got the ITDR solution. That’s a good step towards effective account and identity-based threat […]

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