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Thursday’s Briefing · January 8

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, December 31st, 2025

Real-World Cyber Attack Detection: How Modern Socs Identify, Block, And Contain Advanced Threats

Modern cyberattacks rarely appear as a single obvious incident. Instead, they manifest as multiple low-level signals across web, endpoint, DNS, cloud, and network telemetry. When analyzed in isolation, these signals may seem benign. When correlated intelligently, they reveal active attack campaigns targeting applications, identities, cloud storage, and network boundaries. more →

Real-World Cyber Attack Detection: How Modern Socs Identify, Block, And Contain Advanced Threats

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, December 31st, 2025

Recent Cyber Attacks And Threat Actor Activity: A Deep Dive Into The Evolving Threat Landscape

Over the past week, global threat activity has highlighted a critical reality: modern cyber attacks are faster, more coordinated, and increasingly industrialized. From mass exploitation of web application vulnerabilities to ransomware-as-a-service operations and record-breaking volumetric DDoS attacks, adversaries continue to evolve both tactically and operationally. more →

Recent Cyber Attacks And Threat Actor Activity: A Deep Dive Into The Evolving Threat Landscape

Security Boulevard, Monday, December 29th, 2025

The Top 26 Security Predictions For 2026 (Part 2)

Last week, in part one of 'The Top 26 Security Predictions for 2026,' I covered the top 15 cyber industry company reports and offered a summary of industrywide security predictions, forecasts and trends. more →

The Top 26 Security Predictions For 2026 (Part 2)

IT-Techstrong.ai, Friday, January 2nd, 2026

Best of 2025: OpenAI, Labeling DeepSeek 'State-Subsidized,' Calls For Ban

Adding a political prism to an increasingly contentious rivalry, OpenAI on Thursday called Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek 'state-sponsored' and 'state-controlled' and urged the U.S. government to consider banning its models and others produced in the People's Republic of China (PRC). more →

Best of 2025: OpenAI, Labeling DeepSeek 'State-Subsidized,' Calls For Ban

InfoQ, Monday, December 29th, 2025

Java News Roundup: Spring Vault, LangChain4j, Seed4J, Infinispan, Gradle

This week's Java roundup for December 22nd, 2025, features news highlighting: new interfaces, VaultClient and ReactiveVaultClient, in Spring Vault; point releases for LangChain4j and Seed4J; maintenance releases for Micronaut, Quarkus and Infinispan; and the second release candidate of Gradle 9.3. more →

Java News Roundup: Spring Vault, LangChain4j, Seed4J, Infinispan, Gradle

Staying Top-Of-Mind for Customers and Prospects is Hard As They Value Their Time and Attention

LinkedIn Newsletters -- Why 12Touches?

The "12Touches" approach states that a prospect needs to have 12 to 15 interactions with a brand before they consider making a purchase or taking the next step. A weekly, informative, industry newsletter is a great way to "touch" your customers and prospects! more →

LinkedIn Newsletters -- Why 12Touches?

Google, Monday, December 29th, 2025

Cloud CISO Perspectives: Our 2026 Cybersecurity Forecast Report

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2025. Today, Francis deSouza, COO and president, Security Products, Google Cloud, shares our Cybersecurity Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues. more →

Cloud CISO Perspectives: Our 2026 Cybersecurity Forecast Report

Techstrong.a, Tuesday, December 30th, 2025

Best of 2025: Google To Spend $75 Billion On AI, Cloud Investment

Google is ramping up its investment in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure with plans to allocate $75 billion toward expanding capacity in 2025. The increased spending will primarily focus on enhancing technical infrastructure, including cloud servers and data centers. more →

Best of 2025: Google To Spend $75 Billion On AI, Cloud Investment

HP, Monday, December 29th, 2025

Malware In Motion: Animated Lures Trick Users Into Infecting Their PCs

HP issued its latest Threat Insights Report, revealing how attackers are refining campaigns with professional-looking animations and purchasable malware services. HP Threat Researchers warn that these campaigns mix convincing visuals, well known hosting platforms like Discord, and regularly updated malware kits to evade detection by users and detection tools. more →

Malware In Motion: Animated Lures Trick Users Into Infecting Their PCs

Red Hat, Monday, December 29th, 2025

Looking Ahead To 2026: Red Hat's View Across The Hybrid Cloud

2025 proved to be dynamic in the world of enterprise IT - from the full-on emergence of AI agents to the renewed demands of sovereignty, there was no shortage of storylines throughout the year. But that's looking behind us; when we look ahead, what do we expect for 2026? more →

Looking Ahead To 2026: Red Hat's View Across The Hybrid Cloud