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How to Conduct a Thorough Free Background Check

Each year, U.S. county courts alone process over 80 million new cases, generating a massive and continuous stream of public records. This vast repository of data, alongside information from other government and public sources, forms the foundation for conducting a background check. While many services offer comprehensive reports for a fee, it is possible to gather a significant amount of information without cost by accessing these public records directly.

How Lobbyist Bill Tracking Software Saves Hours of Research Every Week

Lobbyist bill tracking software has completely changed how policy professionals monitor and manage legislation. Instead of spending late nights combing through endless government portals, lobbyists now have tools that streamline tracking, notifications, and reporting-all in one place.

AI Sidebar Spoofing Attack: SquareX Uncovers Malicious Extensions that Impersonate AI Browser Sidebars

SquareX released critical research exposing a new class of attack targeting AI browsers. The AI Sidebar Spoofing attack leverages malicious browser extensions to impersonate trusted AI sidebar interfaces, which is used to trick users into executing dangerous commands that can lead to credential theft, device hijacking, and password exfiltration.

Seeing the Invisible: Visualizing and Protecting AI-Agent Activity with Exabeam & Google

Artificial intelligence is no longer just an emerging technology in security operations and modern SIEMs. AI agents now enrich alerts, drive investigations, generate reports, and increasingly act as extensions of human analysts. But as with any powerful technology, new risk surfaces follow. From the Exabeam perspective, every entity in your environment deserves protection.

Understanding MySQL Database Backup Fundamentals

Losing a MySQL database without a backup means losing customer records, transactions, and your business’s good reputation. Whether you’re running a single application or managing containerized workloads, you need a backup strategy that works when disaster strikes. The challenge isn’t just creating backups but making sure that they’re consistent, they’re recoverable, and they match your recovery time objectives.

Minimizing liability is not the same as security: Lessons from Recent Airport Cyber Disruptions

Blog post updated for clarity. In late September 2025, several European airports reported significant delays and flight cancellations due to disruptions with their check-in and passenger systems. As a global leader in aviation technology and the backbone of passenger travel, protection of systems and customer operations is paramount for Collins Aerospace. Nonetheless, the vendor of the vMUSE check-in system had been hit by a ransomware attack.

Why Infostealer Malware Demands a New Defense Strategy

Modern breaches rarely begin with a brute-force attack on a firewall, they now start with a user login. Valid account credentials are now a top initial access vector, responsible for 30% of all intrusions. In this post, we address a common misconception surrounding the inforstealer malware that may be putting you at risk of a data breach.

The Rise of Phantom Cyber Firms: How to Spot Them and What to Verify Before You Engage

It’s bad enough that organizations must worry about threat actors launching phishing attacks, injecting ransomware, or exploiting vulnerabilities; now, there is a new attack variant on the loose. Legal scammers. These are companies, which seem to be emerging particularly in Australia, are set up and registered as legal cybersecurity firms, but in the end just take a company’s money without delivering any services.

What is an intelligent workflow platform, and why does it matter?

Workflows aren’t new, or glamorous. But every major leap in technology has been about making work flow better. The assembly line automated production. The personal computer and the internet reshaped knowledge work. The cloud, mobile, and collaboration tools broke down barriers of place and time. We explored this evolution in a recent piece, “A History of Workflows.” Today, we’re examining the present. With automation and AI, we’re at the next leap.

Building a Flexible AI SOC with Tines Agents

AI-powered SOCs are dominating industry conversations, yet security leaders remain split on whether a truly autonomous SOC can ever exist. Despite certain vendors aggressively marketing fully autonomous SOC solutions, Gartner's analysis "Predict 2025: There Will Never Be an Autonomous SOC" suggests solutions in the market are unlikely to deliver against claims of full autonomy. As someone who has run SOCs, I agree. Full autonomy isn’t the answer.