Galactic Research: Articles & Insights
Threat Thursday: September 10th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what …
AI Security
Four Controls for AI Tools That Can't Defend Themselves
A weather plugin, a stolen conversation, and the case for enforcing security outside the model I recently spent an afternoon on a public challenge range, one of those practice environments security researchers use to test …
Part 2: The Security Controls Behind a Safe AI Deployment
From the Map to the Hike: The Four Controls and the Client Conversations Behind Them This is Part 2 in a series that covers your AI enablement plan. Part 1 is here if you want …
Ten of Eleven AI Coding Agents Failed a Decades-Old Attack
What GuardFall Tells Us About Where AI Security Controls Need to Live Picture a security guard stationed at the entrance of a building. Their job is to check IDs. They're good at it, fast and …
Threat Intelligence
Threat Thursday: September 10th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what …
Threat Thursday: September 3rd, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what …
Threat Thursday: August 27th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what …
Security Education
How Cl0p Breached Shell, GE, and Philips Through One Flaw
A ransomware crew turned mass extortion into an assembly line. The victims found out months later. Ask anybody to picture a ransomware attack and you'll get roughly the same movie. Screens locking up across the …
The Browser Became the Endpoint. Your Security Stack Didn’t Notice.
An employee clicks a box that says “verify you’re human.” A prompt tells them to press a couple of keys, so they do. What they have actually done is paste and run a command that a script slipped onto …
Vulnerabilities Are Now the #1 Way In. The Window to Fix Them Is Closing.
Most of the time, I didn't break into a network so much as let myself in through something with a fix already out (just not installed yet): the VPN concentrator three versions behind, the firewall …
Strategy & Leadership
An Open Letter From Your Cyber Risk Advisors
After the Water Attacks Last month, attackers reached into water treatment plants across a dozen states and started moving the controls. Some of them found out what happens when you do. I've been thinking about …
Building Trust in Executive Relationships: Lessons from King Lear
A Framework for Establishing the Kind of Trust that Survives Budget Season Imagine the curtain going up and a group of players act out the opening scenes of Shakespeare's King Lear, just for you. An …
Your Jokes Were Funny. They Still Didn't Renew.
How MSPs Build the Kind of Client Rapport That Survives a Budget Review You walked out of the meeting feeling good. The handshake was firm, the small talk landed, and you even got a laugh …
All Articles
Zombieload V2 Is Back To Wreak Havoc On Intel Chips
Zombieload is back. First discovered in May of this year, it was described as a successor to the infamous Meltdown attack. That was a data-leaking side-channel vulnerability that impacted all Intel processor generations from 2011 …
Twitter Making Changes To Their Political Ad Rules
Social media has been at the center of several high-profile political dramas of late. The major platforms came under fire for not doing enough to monitor political ads and other content. The major players on …
New Ransomware Targets Removable And Attached Drives
There's a new and unusual ransomware strain making the rounds that you should be aware of. Called 'AnteFrigus,' it is primarily distributed via 'malvertising' that redirects users to the RIG exploit kit. One of the …
Microsoft Cortana App Getting Dropped From Many Countries
It appears that Microsoft is getting rid of their Cortana App in several countries due to security concerns. The question is whether the United States will be next. Recently, the following notice appeared on Microsoft's …
Hackers Are Already Targeting Disney Plus Accounts
In case you weren't already aware, Disney recently launched a new video streaming service called Disney+ which has been driving Netflix and other established streaming services crazy with fear and apprehension since it was first …
Google Fixed The White Screen Issue On Chrome
Google recently found itself in hot water with corporate IT administrators for rolling out a feature designed to help prolong battery life. The new feature accomplished its mission, but it had an unintended consequence that …
Android Devices Using Qualcomm Chips Can Be Hacked
Do you have an Android device? Is it built around a Qualcomm chipset? If so, be advised that you may be at risk. According to a report recently published by security firm CheckPoint, a recently …
Public Chargers Can Expose Your Device To Hacking And Malware
On paper, it seems like a lovely idea to use a public charger. Airports, hotels, and other high traffic areas have begun to increasingly offer public USB power charging stations to give people a convenient …
Hackers Are Imitating Government Agencies To Spread Malware
Researchers at Proofpoint have found evidence of a new threat actor who has been sending out convincing looking emails. They are claiming to come from several government agencies. These include the Italian Revenue Agency, the …
Another WhatsApp Vulnerability Has Been Found
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platform in the world. Unfortunately, that means it's got a giant bullseye on it where hackers are concerned. In recent months, the company has faced no end of troubles …
Windows Bug Found To Cause Slow Startup
Microsoft recently published an important new support document relating to several Windows versions. The document reads, in part, as follows: "After you configure a Windows-based computer to use large amounts of memory, …
Fake Voicemail Messages Tricking People Into Opening Malicious Content
Office 365 has been the target of an increasing number of ongoing phishing scams. The latest scam involves using fake voicemail messages to convince targets that they need to log in to hear the full …
