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Flashpoint MCP Server: Operationalizing Cyber Threat Data for Agentic AI Security Workflows
Security teams are under more pressure than ever to move faster, see more, and act with confidence. At the same time, the way cybersecurity investigations…
Turn Intelligence into Action Instantly with Retroactive Threat Detection on Verity471
Were you affected? Retroactive Threat Detection on Verity471 helps you find out in an instant. When a new threat surfaces, every CISO wants an answer…
Microsoft named an overall leader in KuppingerCole Analyst’s 2026 Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) report
Security operations are entering a new phase. As attack techniques grow faster and more complex, the effectiveness of a SOC depends less on collecting more…
2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Cyber Threat Intelligence: Key Takeaways for Security Leaders
We are proud to share that Flashpoint has been named a Challenger in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Cyber Threat Intelligence Technologies. “We…
LABScon25 Replay | Please Connect to the Foreign Entity to Enhance Your User Experience
In this LABScon 25 presentation, Joe FitzPatrick explores how networked devices manufactured overseas have quietly become indispensable to everything from small-business prototyping labs to roadside…
Insights into the clustering and reuse of phone numbers in scam emails
Cisco Talos has recently started to collect and gather intelligence around phone numbers within emails as an additional indicator of compromise (IOC). In this blog, we discuss new insights into in-the-wild phone number reuse in scam emails. According…
Working in London at the World’s Largest Intelligence Company
Intro There’s a certain energy you can only find at Recorded Future. Take that energy and bring it to London’s “Silicon Roundabout” and you get…
Phishing campaigns and BEC attacks through Amazon SES
Introduction The primary goal for attackers in a phishing campaign is to bypass email security and trick the potential victim into revealing their data. To…
Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations
Choose an ecosystem partner for agent security and governance AI agents aren’t coming—they’re already in your environment. They show up in places you expect (like Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365) and even more…
CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments
In this article Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and…
What the NVD ‘Slowdown’ Means For You: How to Stay Ahead in Vulnerability Management
Updated April 2026. National Vulnerability Database (NVD): Overview The total number of reported vulnerabilities has increased by 318% since the inception of the National Vulnerability…