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2026 Cloud Security Index: How risk differs across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

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By Daniel Head
| Intruder
Juggling multiple cloud providers is complicated enough without each one failing in different places. But that's what Intruder’s 2026 Cloud Security Index found: the issues that dominate on AWS barely overlap with those on Google Cloud, and Azure looks different again. For security teams, this doesn't just create more work: it fragments teams' understanding of risk, makes prioritization harder, and can slow down remediation.
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2026 ASM Index: the most common attack surface exposures

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By Daniel Head
| Intruder
Not every breach starts with a CVE. The entry point can be something as simple as an internet-facing admin panel, where a password gets guessed, reused from another breach, or socially engineered. When a vulnerability does drop, anything affected and exposed to the internet is immediately at risk. Take MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) — it allowed attackers to steal credentials, API keys, and session tokens directly from server memory without authentication.
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cPanel: auth bypass into RCE on a 1,000,000+ internet-facing hosts (CVE-2026-41940)

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By Daniel Head
| Intruder
A new critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-41940, has been disclosed in cPanel & WHM, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain root access on the underlying server and from there, trivial remote code execution (RCE). With over a million cPanel instances exposed to the internet, the affected population is enormous. What is CVE-2026-41940? CVE-2026-41940 is a pre-authentication flaw that lets an attacker escalate directly to root on the cPanel host, without the need for credentials.
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Why attack surface reduction is your first line of defense

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By Daniel Head
| Intruder
Security teams can’t control when the next critical vulnerability drops. What they can control is how much of their environment is exposed when it does. Proactive attack surface reduction is about reducing unnecessary internet exposure before it becomes a problem. This article looks at why this exposure so often gets missed and practical steps for managing it deliberately. Why does your external attack surface matter?
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How words guide markets: measuring monetary policy communication

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By European Union-Turkey Relations, Daniel Head, EU institutions, Jean-François Bouscasse
| europa.eu
Words matter as much as actions for central banks. Because changes in tone can presage shifts in monetary policy. We have created an index to measure and compare the tone of policy communication by the ECB and the US Fed. This ECB Blog post talks you through the findings. What central banks say can influence prices on financial markets and, ultimately, how the economy evolves.
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Judy Asks: Is Germany Damaging Europe’s Position on Ukraine?

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By Martin EhlChief analyst, Daniel Head
| Carnegie Europe
Daniel BaerActing director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” Henry Kissinger is said to have asked, to make a point, when he was secretary of state. In the last six weeks, as Russian President Vladimir Putin once again menaces Ukraine and therefore the European security order, one might wonder who to call when you want to call Germany.
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AMP & Google Top Stories Rankings: An Independent.ie SEO Case Study

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By Daniel Head, Daniel Smullen
| Search Engine Journal Verified
Can you rank in Google’s Top stories without AMP? The answer should have been no. But in this column, you’ll learn what we found by testing non-AMP versus AMP on Top stories performance and the impact it had on traffic at Independent News and Media, where I lead SEO. We’ll explore Google’s documentation on the topic, see what’s happening in the wild, and attempt to answer a few pressing questions in news SEO: Can non-AMP articles perform in Top stories?
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