• PJ Bradley
    Contributing Writer Security Buzz

    PJ Bradley is a writer from southeast Michigan with a Bachelor's degree in history from Oakland University. She has a background in school-age care and experience tutoring college history students.

    Currently, PJ is focused on building a career in higher education while freelancing as a writer. A lover of literature and art, she dedicates much of her free time to creative writing and reading.

Articles by PJ Bradley
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Telemetry Giant Bets $100M That the SIEM Era Is Ending
July 28, 2026
The state of the modern enterprise and security strategies has led to an environment where security teams are drowning in telemetry volume and alert noise, unable to adequately address real concerns among a flood of…
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Inside the FSB's Decade-Long Campaign to Weaponize Network Neglect
July 26, 2026
An unprecedented coalition of US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and five EU nations recently issued a joint advisory, titled “Improve Router Hygiene to Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Targeting.” The document explicitly names Russia’s FSB…
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Inside the Extortion Operation With No One Behind the Keyboard
July 25, 2026
Since the inception of ransomware as a form of cyberattack, the tactics and technologies used by ransomware threat actors have continuously evolved to increase success rates and payouts. Throughout this time, the one constant has…
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Why Barracuda Bet Against the Platform Giants
July 22, 2026
In the era of AI, cyberattacks are increasingly targeting both human and non-human identities alike. As technology continues to advance, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) operate and manage sprawling, thinly resourced identity environments, often without…
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Why Enterprises Trust Their AI More Than the Data Proves They Should
July 20, 2026
Data security and governance company AvePoint has released its third annual State of AI Report, detailing the most recent trends in AI tools and agents. According to the research, nearly half of employees now rely…
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How a Global Tournament Became Cybercrime's Biggest Stage
July 19, 2026
A recent report from threat analysts at Hoxhunt reveals alarming statistics on the massive spike in cyberthreats surrounding the World Cup. Between April and June of 2026, phishing attacks themed around FIFA World Cup 2026…
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Inside Databricks' Bet on Agentic Security
July 12, 2026
The rising prevalence of AI tools in the past few years, and the more recent development of agentic AI, have not only been applied to personal and enterprise purposes, but also significantly shifted the threat…
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NSPM-12 Rewires the Governance of America's Most Sensitive Cyber Networks
July 09, 2026
For over 35 years, the framework governing the National Security Systems (NSS) of the United States has been governed by National Security Directive (NSD) 42, a policy set by the Bush administration in 1990. This…
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How Hacked Devices Are Rewriting the Threat Landscape
July 07, 2026
The nationally-recognized nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center recently published its 2026 Trends in Identity Report (TIR), the fifth installment in the annual series exploring the current state of the identity threat landscape. The report outlines…
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Accenture Is Repositioning OT Cybersecurity Around Asset Intelligence
July 05, 2026
In recent years, with rising geopolitical tensions, nation-state threat actors have been increasingly targeting industrial and critical infrastructure environments. Operational technology (OT) environments have historically been underprotected due to reliance on the assumed safety of…
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How DragonForce Weaponized Microsoft Teams to Outlast Its Own Ransomware
July 03, 2026
In a recent attack, threat actors compromised a U.S. services firm’s network using malware tactics unseen prior to this incident. The attackers’ initial access was traced to an unidentified vulnerability in either an SQL or…
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How a $200 Million Acquisition Exposes the Identity Crisis No One Is Watching
June 26, 2026
According to the Cloud Security Alliance’s recent report on The Non-Human Identity Governance Vacuum, non-human identities now outnumber human ones by roughly 45 to 1. These identities include API keys, tokens, and service accounts that…
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Inside the PeopleSoft Zero-Day That Let Attackers Look Like Legitimate Users
June 25, 2026
Threat researchers have discovered a campaign by the cybercrime group known as ShinyHunters, historically known for carrying out massive data breaches and extortion attacks. This most recent campaign, based on activity observed between May 27th…
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How Cybercriminals Turned Ticket Mania Into a Global Attack Surface
June 23, 2026
With 48 teams playing 104 matches in three countries, the FIFA World Cup 2026 is an event of unprecedented scale and ticket scarcity. Dynamic pricing of tickets can push seats at the final match to…
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Frontier AI Just Got a Kill Switch for Hackers
June 22, 2026
On June 9th, Anthropic AI announced the public release of Claude Fable 5, a version of the Mythos model with additional safeguards for general use. Until recently, Mythos-class AI models were confined to use only…
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The Case for Runtime Security Is Now Undeniable
June 19, 2026
There has long been an industry consensus that moving threat detection earlier in the development lifecycle is an effective way to prevent incidents in production. Heavy investment in pre-production scanning, DevSecOps tooling, and “shift earlier”…
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Dragos's Acquisition of Phosphorus Signals a Fundamental Rethink of Industrial Cybersecurity
June 16, 2026
For many years, operational technology (OT) security programs have been designed around the concept of a discrete, identifiable set of industrial control systems. Technologies traditionally relied upon, like Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Distributed Control Systems…
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How a Fake Purchase Order Becomes a Full-Scale Enterprise Data Breach
June 09, 2026
Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs recently discovered a phishing campaign with the goal of stealing sensitive data from target devices using a PureLogs variant. The lure hidden behind business document theming exploits the urgency and routine that…
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