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August 15, 202612 min

Content Security Policy Report-Only: How to Collect and Analyze CSP Violation Reports

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/content-security-policy-report-only-how-to-collect-and-analyze-csp-violation-reports. Learn how to use CSP Report-Only safely: secure the reporting endpoint, normalize and group violations, fix issues, and enforce your policy with confidence. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #content-security-policy, #reporting-api, #csp-report-only-mode, #reporting-api-csp, #csp-policy-enforcement, #csp-violation-reports, #report-to-versus-report-uri, #csp-reporting, and more. This story was written by: @darevskaya. Learn more about this writer by checking @darevskaya's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. CSP Report-Only mode helps you discover what a new policy would break before enforcing it on real users. But collecting reports is not enough: you must secure the public reporting endpoint, validate and sanitize its data, and group related violations so you can separate real application problems from noise and decide what to fix before enforcement.

August 15, 202616 min

Post-Quantum TLS for Cloud APIs and Microservices

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/post-quantum-tls-for-cloud-apis-and-microservices. Learn how to migrate cloud TLS to X25519MLKEM768 by treating every TLS termination as a separate boundary, with telemetry, fallback controls, and rollout gates. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #post-quantum-cryptography, #tls-handshake, #quantum-cryptography, #quantum-computation, #post-quantum-tls-migration, #mtls-service-mesh, #hybrid-tls-cloud-exchange-key, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @nikhil2997. Learn more about this writer by checking @nikhil2997's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Hybrid post-quantum TLS is not a single application switch—every gateway, proxy, load balancer, and service connection must be migrated and verified independently. X25519MLKEM768 adds manageable CPU cost but substantially increases handshake size, making connection reuse, compatibility testing, telemetry, explicit policies, and reversible rollout gates essential.

August 14, 20262 min

How to Implement Micro-Segmentation in K8s Using Cilium Network Policies

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-implement-micro-segmentation-in-k8s-using-cilium-network-policies. How to implement robust micro-segmentation in Kubernetes environments utilizing Cilium and eBPF Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #micro-segmentation, #k8s, #cilium, #kubernetes, #zero-trust-knowledge, #ebpf, #cilium-network, #kubernetes-guide, and more. This story was written by: @anasrhimi. Learn more about this writer by checking @anasrhimi's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. By defaulting to a deny-all posture and explicitly allowing via CNPs, you establish a resilient micro-segmented architecture where blast radii are strictly contained.

August 14, 20267 min

How to Make Your Repository Ready for AI Coding Agents

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-make-your-repository-ready-for-ai-coding-agents. Learn how deterministic CI, single-gate tooling, AGENTS.md checks, fast tests, and security rules make repositories safer for AI coding agents. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #databases, #git, #artificial-intelligence, #data-science, #finance, #ai-coding-agents, #ai-agent-tooling, and more. This story was written by: @fmind. Learn more about this writer by checking @fmind's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Learn how deterministic CI, single-gate tooling, AGENTS.md checks, fast tests, and security rules make repositories safer for AI coding agents.

August 12, 20265 min

Reclaim Security Names Stephen Wadsworth VP of Sales as Cybersecurity Shifts From Exposure Discovery

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/reclaim-security-names-stephen-wadsworth-vp-of-sales-as-cybersecurity-shifts-from-exposure-discovery. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #cyber-threats, #personal-data-exposure, #cyberthreats, #security, #cyber-security, #ciso, #ciso-insights, and more. This story was written by: @ruth-hasson. Learn more about this writer by checking @ruth-hasson's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

August 12, 20265 min

Bridges Are Crypto's Weakest Point - Incident Response Is the Real Test

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/bridges-are-cryptos-weakest-point-incident-response-is-the-real-test. Crypto bridges remain a major security risk. Here’s why incident response, preparation and transparency matter when a bridge exploit happens. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #crypto-security, #crypto-bridges, #crypto-bridge-hacks, #cybersecurity-awareness, #cyber-attack, #crypto-attacks, #bridge-exploits, and more. This story was written by: @louistsu. Learn more about this writer by checking @louistsu's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Crypto bridges concentrate significant risk in a single verification layer, making them attractive targets for attackers. Major exploits such as Ronin, Wormhole and Nomad exposed different technical weaknesses but shared the same structural problem: attackers convinced a bridge that assets existed when they did not. Audits remain essential, but security also depends on key management, monitoring and operational discipline. When an incident happens, four things matter most: speed, precise scope, verified information and preparation. The teams that demonstrate discipline in the first 48 hours are the ones that earn long-term trust.

August 11, 20266 min

24 Billion Stolen Passwords in One Database: Inside the Industrial Infostealer Economy

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/24-billion-stolen-passwords-in-one-database-inside-the-industrial-infostealer-economy. A single exposed database held 24 billion stolen credentials — how the infostealer economy industrialized account takeover, and how to defend. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #password-security, #credential-stuffing, #infostealer, #data-breaches, #cybersecurity-awareness, #cyber-threats, #password-breached, and more. This story was written by: @nickmarsteller. Learn more about this writer by checking @nickmarsteller's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Researchers discovered an exposed database containing 24 billion stolen credentials aggregated from infostealer malware, historic breaches, and cybercriminal infrastructure.

August 10, 20266 min

The $10,000 Fine Behind a 15-Million-Record Breach: MMG Fusion and HIPAA's Weakest Link

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-$10000-fine-behind-a-15-million-record-breach-mmg-fusion-and-hipaas-weakest-link. The MMG Fusion HIPAA settlement exposed 15M records for a $10,000 fine — what it means for healthcare vendors and business-associate breach risk. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #healthcare-cybersecurity, #hipaa, #mmg-fusion, #hipaa-security-rule, #hipaa-privacy-rule, #healthcare-data-breach, #vendor-risk-management, #healthcare-compliance, and more. This story was written by: @nickmarsteller. Learn more about this writer by checking @nickmarsteller's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Healthcare software vendor MMG Fusion exposed the protected health information of approximately 15 million patients, failed to notify the healthcare providers it served as required by HIPAA, and only came under investigation after a complaint revealed the data was being sold on the dark web. Although the company settled with HHS OCR for just $10,000, the more significant consequence is a three-year federally monitored corrective action plan. The case underscores that third-party vendors remain one of healthcare's biggest security risks—and that continuous risk analysis, strong identity and access controls, and timely breach notification are just as critical as the financial penalties that follow a breach.

August 9, 202617 min

61 Blog Posts To Learn About Http

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/61-blog-posts-to-learn-about-http. Learn everything you need to know about Http via these 61 free HackerNoon blog posts. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #http, #learn, #learn-http, and more. This story was written by: @learn. Learn more about this writer by checking @learn's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

August 7, 202618 min

Ten AI Events That Defined July

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/ten-ai-events-that-defined-july. Global powers are shifting from AI rule-making to operational control, with the EU, US, and China formalizing AI governance and shaping its implementation. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #finance, #leadership, #technology, #artificial-intelligence, #business-strategy, #ai, and more. This story was written by: @ttassos. Learn more about this writer by checking @ttassos's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Global powers are shifting from AI rule-making to operational control, with the EU, US, and China formalizing AI governance and shaping its implementation.