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The Human Element: Decoding Social Engineering in Offensive Security

Technology advances at a breakneck pace, yet the most critical vulnerability in any enterprise remains the same: the human being. Often dubbed the "eighth layer" of the OSI model, human psychology is continually exploited by sophisticated adversaries. At the VULNCON 2025 CXO Panel, industry leaders Rex Pushparaj, Navdeep

ZTA: Implementing Continuous Verification in Complex Environments

The traditional perimeter-based security models have crumbled. With the explosion of remote work, cloud adoption, and hybrid systems, the industry has been forced to rethink the very concept of "trust". At VULNCON 2025, we hosted a dynamic panel discussion titled "ZTA: Implementing Continuous Verification in Complex Environments.

Scaling Security in Fintech: Building Secure Products at Startup Speed

In the high-velocity world of fintech, the mantra "move fast and break things" is obsolete. When you are dealing with people’s money and identity, the mandate shifts to "move fast and secure everything."At VULNCON 2025, security leaders from India’s top fintech unicorns—PhonePe,

Sacrificial Lambs of the Internet: DNS Hijacking via EPP Loopholes

DNS is the fundamental address book of the internet, responsible for converting human-readable domain names into IP addresses. When users navigate to a site like Google, they trust that the underlying resolution process is secure. However, in a recent talk at VULNCON 2025 titled "Sacrificial Lambs of the Internet,

Secure by Design: Embedding Security from Architecture to AI-Generated Code

In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development, the concept of "security" has graduated from a final checklist item to a foundational architectural principle. During the recent VULNCON 2025 CXO Panel, industry leaders Dhawal Shrivastava(Senior Security Program Manager @Microsoft, Ravi Rajput(Chief Security Officer @NeoTech Solutions), and

The Zombie App-ocalypse: Disrupting Cloud Non-Human Identities

Joshua Bahirvani, a Senior Security Research at Microsoft, delivered a Tech Talk on "The Zombie ‘App-ocalypse’: Disrupting Cloud Identities" at VULNCON 2025. As an expert in non-human identities (NHIs), he shared a powerful strategic approach known as disruption through game theory. In his talk, he explored how NHI

Securing AI-Driven Enterprise: Challenges and Strategies

As AI becomes foundational to enterprise operations, it brings a unique set of security, governance, and compliance challenges. At VULNCON 2025, a panel of industry experts moderated by Shivakumar Dhakshinamoorthy—including Krishna Pandey from Xerox, Muslim Koser from Fortinet, and Shikhil Sharma from Astra Security—convened to discuss how Chief

Reinventing Access Control: Fingerprinting for Credential Protection

In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, traditional credential-based security is increasingly viewed as fundamentally broken. At VULNCON 2025, Aditya Singh, a cyber security analyst and independent researcher, presented a compelling talk on how we can move beyond passwords by leveraging something we already leak every day: our digital fingerprint. What

AI-Powered Threats vs. AI-Powered Defenses: Who Wins the Cyber Arms Race?

The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity is rapidly changing the threat landscape. At VULNCON 2025, a panel of CXOs explored the tension inherent in this shift: AI-Powered Threats versus AI-Powered Defenses, delving into topics like autonomous malware, deep fake phishing, and associated ethical challenges. Here are the critical

Exposing the Unseen: Malware Hunting from the Dark Corners of Memory

Monnappa K A, an independent researcher, delivered a Tech Talk on "Exposing the Unseen: Malware Hunting from the Dark Corners of Memory, at VULNCON 2025. As the author of Learning Malware Analysis, and a former incident responder and threat hunter for major corporations like Microsoft and Cisco, he shared

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