## [NIST vulnerability bottleneck underscores fragility of software security](https://readme.synack.com/nist-vulnerability-bottleneck-underscores-fragility-of-software-security)

## [Changelog: Hello to LockBitSupp and goodbye to Changelog](https://readme.synack.com/changelog-hello-to-lockbitsupp-and-goodbye-to-changelog)

## [CISA can’t succeed in the Pentagon’s shadow](https://readme.synack.com/cisa-cant-succeed-in-the-pentagons-shadow)
Congress and the Biden administration need to truly empower the civilian cybersecurity agency to drive real and effective change needed to defend the country against punishing cyberattacks.

### Authors: [Josephine Wolff](https://readme.synack.com/author/josephine-wolff)  
Published: September 10, 2021

## [This vulnerability puts the future of U.S. warfighting at risk](https://readme.synack.com/this-vulnerability-puts-the-future-of-u.s.-warfighting-at-risk)
Security flaws in a standardized component widely used in military and avionics systems threaten the Pentagon’s plans for an Internet of Military Things.

### Authors: [Shaun Waterman](https://readme.synack.com/author/shaun-waterman)  
Published: August 19, 2021

## [10 things we learned — and relearned — at DEF CON 29 (some that have nothing to do with security)](https://readme.synack.com/10-things-we-learned-and-relearned-at-def-con-29-some-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-security)
A lot of it has to do with cryptocurrency fallacies, hacking buildings, bizarre contests, furs, bad IoT security and other wonderful and intriguing elements of infosec culture.

### Authors: [Shaun Waterman](https://readme.synack.com/author/shaun-waterman)  
Published: August 11, 2021

## [DEF CON spirit muted but unbowed by Covid](https://readme.synack.com/def-con-spirit-muted-but-unbowed-by-covid)
The legendary hacker con was less packed than usual — and some people liked it that way.

### Authors: [Shaun Waterman](https://readme.synack.com/author/shaun-waterman)  
Published: August 09, 2021

## [Hacking space on the horizon for 2023](https://readme.synack.com/hacking-space-on-the-horizon-for-2023)
U.S. Space Force is working on a plan for security researchers to attempt to pwn a live satellite orbiting earth in Hack-A-Sat 4.

### Authors: [Shaun Waterman](https://readme.synack.com/author/shaun-waterman)  
Published: August 07, 2021

## [Why we’re investing in cybersecurity journalism by launching README](https://readme.synack.com/why-were-investing-in-cybersecurity-journalism-by-launching-readme)
Cybersecurity is too important to get it wrong. Leaving out the experts — the researchers who know this storylines and topics the best — is playing without your star players. It’s time to upgrade the discussion.

### Authors: [Jay Kaplan](https://readme.synack.com/author/jay-kaplan)  
Published: August 05, 2021

## [How digital ‘drifters,’ eager to turn an easy profit online, fuel the malware marketplace](https://readme.synack.com/how-digital-drifters-eager-to-turn-an-easy-profit-online-fuel-the-malware-marketplace)
New research presented during Black Hat 2021 in Las Vegas on Wednesday reveals the important role of amateur, and amateurish, players in sustaining the cybercrime ecosystem.

### Authors: [Shaun Waterman](https://readme.synack.com/author/shaun-waterman)  
Published: August 05, 2021

## [A new voice in the cybersecurity conversation](https://readme.synack.com/a-new-voice-in-the-cybersecurity-conversation)
Say hello to README, a new cybersecurity publication that will feature provocative and practical viewpoints, exceptional tech journalism, hacker perspectives and commentary, technical analysis and research.

### Authors: [Michael B. Farrell](https://readme.synack.com/author/michael-b-farrell)  
Published: August 03, 2021