There Is Still No Such Thing as a Zero Day: Staying Ahead of the Vulnpocalypse

Posted on by Mike Shinn

The zero day claim, 20 years on, and the amassing vulnpocalypse About twenty years ago I told a conference audience that there is no such thing as a zero day. I meant it then and I mean it more now. A “zero day” is a fact about the vendor’s calendar: the bug became public before […]

CVE Research Tools from Atomicorp

Posted on by Mike Shinn

Atomicorp CVE Research Tools provide answers during uncertain times. A new CVE has been identified! How do you determine whether it affects your environment, whether a patch is available, and what protections may already stand between the vulnerability and an attacker? Atomicorp CVE Research Tools at research.atomicorp.com provide a place to investigate selected CVEs and […]

The WAF Blind Spot: What Basic Web Application Protection Can Miss

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

A WAF can be running, correctly configured, and blocking known attacks while still leaving significant gaps in application security. Limited inspection, outdated WAF rules, exposed APIs, and unpatched software vulnerabilities can create security gaps that attackers may exploit. For enterprises, CDN providers, and security integrators, effective web application protection requires more than baseline OWASP Top […]

The Endpoint Never Went Away: Why Host-Based Security Still Matters

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

Host-based security remains a critical layer of cybersecurity even as organizations shift infrastructure and security operations to the cloud. Servers, workstations, virtual machines, cloud instances, container hosts, legacy systems, and OT endpoints still run applications, process data, and deliver the programs defenders need to protect. Host-based security monitoring provides visibility into what is running, what […]

When AI Agents Become Attackers: Lessons from the OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident

Posted on by Mike Shinn

In July 2026, an autonomous AI agent escaped an OpenAI security evaluation environment, reached the public Internet, compromised third-party infrastructure, and ultimately penetrated production systems at Hugging Face. This was not a hypothetical demonstration. Hugging Face reconstructed approximately 17,600 attacker actions grouped into roughly 6,280 clusters between July 9 and July 13. According to Hugging […]

AI-Speed Vulnerability Exploitation, and Layered Security Countermeasures

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

Artificial intelligence is changing more than the sophistication of cyber attacks—it is changing the speed of attacks. AI-speed vulnerability exploitation enables attackers to discover weaknesses, generate exploits, perform reconnaissance, and launch attacks in a fraction of the time previously required by human operators. As the defender’s response window shrinks, defense in depth cybersecurity becomes increasingly […]

Why Continuous Compliance Monitoring Matters More Than Ever

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

Continuous compliance monitoring provides the ongoing visibility organizations need as AI-accelerated attacks shorten the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation. Atomicorp’s Atomic OSSEC EDR delivers continuous compliance monitoring and benchmarking across IT and OT environments through agent-based or agentless deployment on modern, legacy, and unsupported operating systems. Built-in antivirus, endpoint firewall, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability […]

Unsupported Windows Security: Protecting End-of-Life Systems

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

Unsupported Windows systems continue to power manufacturing, healthcare, retail, OT, and critical business applications long after Microsoft support ends. Unfortunately, attackers don’t stop targeting these systems simply because the vendor has retired them. As security updates disappear and new vulnerabilities continue to emerge, organizations need compensating security controls that help reduce risk while extending the […]

Unix System Security: Real-Time FIM, CVE Detection, and Compliance for Legacy AIX and Solaris

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

Atomicorp has expanded coverage for legacy Unix system security by delivering both real-time file integrity monitoring (FIM) and CVE detection and correlation for AIX and Solaris platforms. These extra-edge capabilities deliver the visibility, monitoring, and compliance controls organizations need to secure business-critical systems beyond vendor support lifecycles, reduce risk, and avoid operational disruption. Request a […]

Legacy and End-of-Life Solaris Vulnerability Detection

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

Solaris Vulnerability Detection From Atomicorp  Decades after its introduction, Oracle Solaris still powers critical workloads in finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, and government environments where long system lifecycles are common. Yet securing these environments has become increasingly difficult as older Solaris versions move beyond vendor support. Unsupported Solaris systems often lack modern security visibility, receive no […]