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Emerging Tech · February 25, 2026 · 8 min read

The Attacker's New Toy… They Are Coming. Are You Preparing?

Quantum computing changes which problems are hard or easy to compute. Today's crypto, key management, and even some defensive analytics are built on assumptions about how long certain calculations take. Quantum challenges those assumptions — and offensive teams are already thinking about what comes next.

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How AI-assisted attackers are shortening the reconnaissance phase

Automated recon has changed the timeline from days to hours. What defenders need to change now.

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Why "assumed breach" beats "prevention only" for regulated industries

Findings from a 12-month engagement with a mid-market financial services firm.

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Continuous adversarial testing: what to measure in year one

Mean-time-to-detect, coverage, and containment. The three metrics that actually move.

Post-quantum crypto in practice: what needs to change now

Part 2 of the quantum series. Migration playbook for engineering teams.

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Living-off-the-land techniques we saw across 40+ engagements

Common lateral-movement patterns from red-team ops in 2025.

Testing AI systems: how OBSCURA approaches model attack surface

Prompt injection, model extraction, and where classical pentest methodology falls short.

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