Build versus buy: the detection-engineering cost model
Build versus buy is the decision about which threat detections a security team authors in-house and which it sources as ready-made detection content. The answer is almost never all build or all buy....
View ArticleAI-Powered Cyber Attacks: When the Hacker Is Also Running a Language Model
Not long ago, spotting a phishing email was almost a game. Odd phrasing, a mismatched logo, a sender address that didn’t quite add up — the tells were usually there if you looked closely enough....
View ArticleATT&CK-Based Detection for Federal Agencies
ATT&CK-based detection for a federal agency is the practice of deploying detection rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, translating those rules to the agency’s own SIEM, and measuring...
View ArticleDetection Rule Portability
Detection rule portability is the practice of writing and managing threat-detection logic so it moves across SIEM, EDR, and XDR platforms without a full rewrite. What happens to my detection rules...
View ArticleRegulatory detection obligations: DORA, NIS2, PCI DSS 4.0, SEC
Regulatory detection obligations are the security outcomes that DORA, NIS2, PCI DSS v4.0.1, and the SEC disclosure rules require an organization to achieve and evidence through detection, monitoring,...
View ArticleMeasuring MITRE ATT&CK detection coverage: what the percentage counts and...
MITRE ATT&CK detection coverage is the ratio of adversary techniques your SOC can detect, validated against the technique set your threat model prioritizes, on the current framework version. A...
View ArticleFree vs. Curated Detection Rules: What Actually Changes When You Pay
Detection accuracy is a property of a rule evaluated against a specific estate’s telemetry and field mapping, never a property of the source or the format. Free Sigma rules and paid detection content...
View ArticleDetection Validation and Decay
Detection validation is the practice of proving a detection rule still fires on the events it was written to catch. Detection decay is the silent failure of a rule that once worked, after a log...
View ArticleMulti-Tenant Detection Operations for MSSP and MDR Providers
Multi-tenant detection operations is the practice of managing one source of vendor-agnostic detection logic, translated and tuned per tenant, so a book of customers running different SIEM platforms...
View ArticleCVE-2026-94545: Critical Next.js ImageResponse Flaw Enables Remote Code...
A critical vulnerability in Next.js could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers through the framework’s ImageResponse functionality. Tracked as CVE-2026-94545, the...
View ArticlePrime Detect ROI: Validated Savings from Detection at the Pipeline Layer
The trade-off nobody wants to make Anyone who has worked on SOC and SIEM projects long enough has watched the same decision play out in budget meetings again and again. Security teams are pushed into...
View ArticleCVE-2026-76460: Critical Cisco ISE Zero-Day Authentication Bypass Exploited...
Cisco has released emergency security updates for a maximum-severity vulnerability affecting Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) after confirming active...
View ArticleCVE-2026-87886: Acronis Backup Plugin Privilege Escalation Flaw Exploited in...
Acronis has disclosed a high-severity Linux privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting its Backup integrations for cPanel & WHM and Plesk after detecting exploitation in targeted attacks....
View ArticleCVE-2026-58704: Google Pixel Modem Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Google has released security updates for a high-severity zero-day vulnerability affecting the cellular modem in Pixel devices after finding signs that the flaw is being used in limited, targeted...
View ArticleCVE-2026-76461: Critical Cisco Secure Email Gateway Zero-Day Enables Root RCE
Cisco has patched CVE-2026-76461, a critical zero-day vulnerability in Secure Email Gateway appliances that is already being exploited in the wild. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and enables an...
View ArticleDiamond Model in Deep Threat Research: The Four Corners of an Intrusion
Every intrusion involves more than just malware or a compromised IP — it involves a threat actor, the tools they wield, the infrastructure they operate through, and the victim they target....
View ArticlePyramid of Pain in Deep Threat Research: What Really Hurts the Adversary
Not all indicators of compromise are created equal. A malicious IP address can be swapped out in minutes; an adversary’s core tactics, techniques, and procedures take months — sometimes years — to...
View ArticleCyber Kill Chain in Deep Threat Research: Stage-by-Stage Attack Visibility
Understanding how an attacker moves through your environment matters just as much as knowing that they got in. That’s why Prime Architect’s Agentic Threat Research module visualizes attacks using the...
View ArticleCVE-2026-85706: Critical GitLab Path Traversal Flaw Exploited in the Wild
GitLab has released emergency security updates for a maximum-severity vulnerability in Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files...
View ArticleCVE-2026-0310: PAN-OS Buffer Overflow Can Enable Root RCE on PA-Series Firewalls
Palo Alto Networks has released security updates for a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability affecting PAN-OS software. Tracked as CVE-2026-0310, the issue resides in XML processing...
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