cybersecurity – MELIH ABDULHAYOGLU

Melih AbdulhayogluJanuary 24, 2025

In a U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security hearing entitled “Unconstrained Actors: Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland,” Adam Meyers, revealed a staggering statistic: “Over the past year, China-nexus intrusions increased 150 percent across all sectors on average compared to 2023. These increases were most significant in the financial services, media, manufacturing, and industrials […]

Melih AbdulhayogluJanuary 18, 2025

In the new Trump Era, Cybersecurity Vendors Are Held Accountable Like Never Before

Melih AbdulhayogluDecember 25, 2024

Why Ignorance Is Fueling Ransomware Gangs—and How to Stop It!

Melih AbdulhayogluNovember 29, 2024

Cybersecurity’s Fatal Flaw: Ignoring Payload Protection In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, businesses and individuals alike are locked in a perpetual battle against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. For years, conventional defense strategies have concentrated on vulnerabilities—attempting to block the delivery of malicious payloads at various stages of the attack cycle. Yet, despite these efforts, […]

Melih AbdulhayogluNovember 17, 2024

The manufacturing sector, often considered the backbone of any economy, is in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. With the rise of Industry 4.0, manufacturing organizations are becoming increasingly digitized, relying on interconnected systems, IoT devices, and cloud-based workloads. While this evolution unlocks incredible efficiency and productivity, it also opens up vulnerabilities that can cripple operations, compromise […]

Melih AbdulhayogluAugust 5, 2024

Code signing certificate

Melih AbdulhayogluAugust 4, 2024

Touting AI as our superhero against cyber threats? Really? Newsflash: The bad guys have AI too! Sure, AI would be a magic wand if it was only accessible by cybersecurity vendors. But this is not the case! So, let’s get real. AI isn’t the magic wand in cybersecurity. It’s about combining it with real strategies […]

Melih AbdulhayogluAugust 3, 2024

Cybersecurity has come a long way since the early days of computing, yet the foundational philosophy behind many contemporary solutions has remained surprisingly static. This philosophy, rooted in a detection-based reactive approach, originated in the nascent era of computer viruses and has led to a significant paradox in modern cybersecurity strategies. The Birth of Detection-Based […]

Melih AbdulhayogluJuly 26, 2024

In my previous blogs, I’ve consistently emphasized the risks associated with the traditional security model, which necessitates constant, unvalidated updates to the kernel. This approach, not only ineffective in preventing breaches from what it can’t detect, can lead to catastrophic outcomes, such as the incident involving CrowdStrike. The need for a more robust and secure […]

Melih AbdulhayogluJuly 25, 2024