• Jeff Pike
    Contributing Writer Security Buzz

    After majoring in journalism at Northeastern University and working for The Boston Globe, Jeff Pike has collaborated with technical experts in the IT industry for more than 30 years. His technology expertise ranges from cybersecurity to networking, the cloud, and user productivity. Major industry players Jeff has written for include Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, AWS, and Google.

Articles by Jeff Pike
Fortiguard AsyncRAT malware https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-a-person-using-a-laptop-5475755/
Malware Campaign Uses AI Hype to Spread AsyncRAT
July 14, 2026
A new FortiGuard Labs investigation reveals a malware campaign built entirely around a contradiction. The campaign uses the promise of AI education to deliver an Asynchronous Remote Access Trojan (AsyncRAT)—while also bearing the unmistakable fingerprints…
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FTC bank fraud scams https://www.pexels.com/photo/1-us-dollar-bill-163056/
Fake Banks and Phantom Agencies Draining Billions from U.S. Bank Accounts
July 01, 2026
New Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data shows how imposter scams have become the most reported form of fraud in the U.S. Financial losses nearly tripled from 2020 to 2025, and last year, Americans lost $3.5…
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Trump Executive Order Creates New Security Bargain Between Government and AI Industry
June 17, 2026
President Trump's June 2nd executive order on artificial intelligence marks a meaningful pivot. Previously, his administration maintained a hands-off posture toward the AI industry. While this order does not yet impose regulatory mandates, it constructs…
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Twill Typhoon Modular Backdoor Rewrites Rules of Detection
June 01, 2026
Chinese-nexus threat actors have long demonstrated patience and operational sophistication. But newly-released research by Darktrace marks something more consequential than another well-executed intrusion. A Twill Typhoon attack documents an adversary that has engineered tooling to…
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PocketOS Cursor agent database https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-in-red-shirt-covering-his-face-3760043/
When Agents Decide to "Fix" It: The Governance Gap in Autonomous AI
May 19, 2026
All it took was the time to read this sentence, or about nine seconds. An AI coding agent wiped out months of customer data essential to the PocketOS SaaS platform and its car rental clients.…
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Nexcorium DVR https://www.pexels.com/photo/camera-de-surveillance-25391056/
DVRs Now Turning Into DDoS Attack Infrastructures
May 04, 2026
The IoT attack surface has never been larger—or more neglected. This trend was captured by FortiGuard Labs, which tracked a campaign in which a Mirai-variant botnet (dubbed Nexcorium) exploits CVE-2024-3721. The command injection vulnerability found…
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Ivanti vulnerability exploit https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-metal-padlock-706500/
Ivanti Exploitation Underscores the Fragility of Mobile Infrastructures
April 18, 2026
The active exploitation (CVE-2026-1340) of the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile solution lays bare an uncomfortable irony at the heart of enterprise security: The platforms organizations deploy to govern and protect mobile devices have become high-value…
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Sysdig Langflow AI
AI Pipeline Code Flaw Exposes Patch Cycle Times
April 03, 2026
The cybersecurity community has long operated under an implicit assumption: When security alert organizations disclose a vulnerability, defenders have at least a few days—perhaps weeks—to assess, test, and deploy a patch before attackers catch up.…
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Salesforce ShinyHunters
Cybercrime Group Targets Salesforce Misconfigurations
March 23, 2026
A renewed cyberattack campaign on Salesforce by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters highlights a key consideration for security teams. Simple configuration mistakes can expose enterprise data—at scale. As this recent campaign unfolded, Salesforce warned customers about…
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Open-Source Risk Accelerating Faster Than Governance
March 09, 2026
The latest Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report issued by Black Duck reveals a sharp escalation in software supply chain risk. Driven by explosive dependency growth, duplicated components, and AI-generated code, open-source vulnerabilities…
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Chrome extensions LayerX
Somebody Is Watching: AI Weaponizes Fake Chrome Extensions to Spy on Users
February 26, 2026
The promise of productivity has turned AI tools into effective lures for cybercriminals. Researchers at LayerX Security recently exposed AiFrame, a coordinated campaign of 30 malicious Chrome browser extensions that impersonated well-known AI assistants in…
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Netwrix cybersecurity identity security
Identity: The New Data Perimeter in the Age of Agentic AI
February 10, 2026
A new forecast from Netwrix Security Research Lab argues that the next wave of cybersecurity disruption will not come from new exploits, but rather from scaled attacks. “Soon, cybersecurity will stop being a people-scaling problem…
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Veeam RCE remote code execution vulnerability
Critical Veeam Remote Code Execution Attack Highlights Risk of Trusted Backup Access
January 29, 2026
Shortly after the New Year, Veeam disclosed a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in its backup and replication software. This underscores a familiar but uncomfortable reality in enterprise security: The most dangerous attacks often don’t…
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ServiceNow Armis cyber exposure management OT
ServiceNow Bets Big on Cyber Exposure as the Control Plane for Modern Security
January 05, 2026
The ServiceNow $7.75 billion acquisition of Armis, announced on December 23rd, redefines where cybersecurity decision-making now lives. As enterprises struggle to secure sprawling attack surfaces across IT, OT, cloud, and medical devices, the deal positions…
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software supply chain risk ai code
As AI Rewrites Software Supply Chains, Security Fails to Keep Pace
December 30, 2025
AI-assisted coding has crossed the line from experimental to essential. According to new research from Black Duck, nearly every organization now relies on AI tools to generate software code. This creates a big problem! Security…
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OpenAI Codex vulnerability
The Codex Trap: Silent Config File Hijacks Dev Workflows
December 11, 2025
A new investigation from Check Point Research exposes a quietly dangerous flaw in OpenAI Codex, which helps developers write, debug, and refactor code. This isn’t an exotic attack. It's a realistic, low-skill avenue for supply-chain…
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Comet browser Perplexity hidden API
Hidden API Sparks Fears Over AI Browser Security
December 02, 2025
If you rely on a browser powered by AI, a new threat has emerged. SquareX—providers of browser attack detection and response solutions—recently uncovered an undocumented API inside the Comet AI browser developed by Perplexity. The…
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WordPress plugins GutenKit Hunk Companion
The Mass Exploitation of GutenKit and Hunk Companion
November 15, 2025
In early October, Wordfence, which specializes in WordPress security, discovered a large-scale exploitation campaign had resurfaced. The attack weaponized the long-standing capability-check flaws in two WordPress plugins: GutenKit (CVE-2024-9234) Hunk Companion (CVE-2024-9707 and CVE-2024-11972) “This…
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