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Elliot Volkman

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Journalist. Cybersecurity Brand Builder. Podcast Producer. Chicken Tender. Please don't make me run another 100 miler.

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Elliot Volkman’s Biography

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Elliot is an award winning journalist deeply ingrained in the cyber security world and is often digging into emerging technology and data. When not writing, he's likely either running or training for a triathlon. You can contact him by email at elliot(@)elliotvolkman.com or follow him on Twitter @thejournalizer.

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SOAR is the Great Equalizer In a World of Evolving Threats | Cyware | Blog

SOAR is the Great Equalizer In a World of Evolving Threats | Cyware | Blog

According to Aite's latest SOAR Impact Report, "attackers get smarter by studying organizational defenses. A …

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Industry Peers Are the Path Towards a Collective Defense

Industry Peers Are the Path Towards a Collective Defense

by Cyware Monday, July 12th, 2021 Today's threat and digital risk landscape stretch far beyond any single ent…

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Social Media Phishing: Beyond Credential Theft

Social Media Phishing: Beyond Credential Theft

In the past few weeks, our team highlighted how social media is abused by threat actors seeking to steal cred…

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Beyond Marketing: Getting Ahead of Brand Issues

Beyond Marketing: Getting Ahead of Brand Issues

Today's marketing organization uses countless SaaS-based tools and platforms that live outside of an organiza…

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Evasion Techniques: User-Agent Blocking

Evasion Techniques: User-Agent Blocking

Recently we highlighted one of the most common evasion techniques employed by threat actors in order to keep …

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Evasion Techniques: Geoblocking by IP

Evasion Techniques: Geoblocking by IP

In order to increase the lifespan of their campaigns, most threat actors implement evasion techniques to keep…

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Microsoft at Black Hat USA 2026: Defending trust in the age of AI and supply chain attacks

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By Elliot Volkman Verified
| microsoft.com
Across the threat landscape, in this moment, one pattern sits at the center of the story: threat actors are following trust. They are not only looking for vulnerable systems, but rather targeting the software, services, identities, tools, developer workflows, and AI systems that organizations already depend on. A package can become a distribution path. A build pipeline can become an access path. A trusted tool can become or expand an attack surface.
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The Security Debt We Pretend Isn’t There

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By Elliot Volkman Verified
| Security Boulevard Verified
Catch this episode on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or Amazon. You can read the show notes here. As organizations push return-to-office (RTO) mandates and chase efficiency, many security teams are quietly accumulating debt they don’t know how to unwind.
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Whisper Leak: When Encrypted Conversations with AI Still Reveal What You’re Talking About

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By Elliot Volkman Verified
| Security Boulevard Verified
Catch this episode on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or Amazon. You can read the show notes here. AI is reshaping every corner of security, but every once in a while, a discovery forces us to rethink the boundaries of private communication. This week, we chat about Whisper Leak, a side-channel issue uncovered by Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers JBO (now at CrowdStrike) and Geoff McDonald.
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