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John P. Mello Jr.
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freelance writer and editor focusing on technology and cybersecurity
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Software risk have changed. Modern security means continuous, identity-centric, AI-aware threat modeling woven into CI/CD and design practices. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-... #CloudSecurity #ThreatModeling #AIsecurity #SecureByDesign #CSA
Why AI and cloud-native are security game-changers
Software risk have changed. Modern security means continuous, identity-centric, AI-aware threat modeling woven into CI/CD and design pract...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Cloud Security Alliance pushing for national “Cyber U" to upskill cyber workforce, enhance national security. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/12/alli... #CyberWorkforce #CyberEducation #CyberDefense #CSA
Alliance Makes Case for Cyber U to Counter Nation-State Attacks
The United States urgently needs a virtual cybersecurity academy to train cyber defenders for national security, according to the Internet...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Samsung raises stakes in foldables with the Galaxy Z TriFold, a slim, three-panel unit that blurs the line between phone and tablet. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/12/sams... #Samsung #GalaxyZTriFold #FoldablePhone
Samsung Raises Ante on Foldable Phones With Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung raised the ante in the foldable smartphone market on Tuesday with the introduction of the Galaxy Z TriFold. more
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December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Data center growth is straining the power grid. Solutions include smarter energy integration, microgrids, and demand-side flexibility. #DataCenters #PowerGrid #ITIF jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/quen...
Quenching Data Center Thirst for Power Now a Solvable Problem
Data center growth is straining the power grid. Solutions include smarter energy integration, microgrids, and demand-side flexibility. mo...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Shoppers are putting trust in product content over brand names, reshaping consumer purchasing decisions. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/bran... #ECommerce #RetailTrends #ProductContent #BrandLoyalty #Syndigo
Brand Loyalty Eroding as Product Content Gains Power
More than four out of five consumers agree that high-value content — detailed descriptions, multiple images and videos, and customer review...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A major update to the OWASP Top 10 spotlights software supply chain risks, systemic vulnerabilities, and shifting boundaries for modern AppSec. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/owas... #OWASP #AppSec #SupplyChainSecurity #SecurityRisk #InfoSec
OWASP Top 10 takes on software supply chain risk
A proposed new version of the global standard for application security — a key tool for raising awareness and educating developers about t...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Washington warned: robotics tariffs could derail America's manufacturing revival and push up production costs. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/wash... #Tariffs #Manufacturing #Automation
Washington Warned Robotics Tariffs Could Stall US Manufacturing
As the Trump Administration mulls slapping tariffs on foreign robotics, it’s being warned that such a move could disrupt efforts to revive...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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AI browsers are convenient, but they can create huge security risks. Experts call it "one click away from chaos." jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/hidd... #AIBrowsers #AISecurity #PromptInjection
Hidden Dangers Inside AI Browsers
AI browsers, like Perplexity’s Comet and Brave’s Leo, can offer conveniences not found in conventional browsers, but they also pose potent...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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New tool from Cloud Security Alliance grades AI models by security, privacy and reliability, helping organizations choose trustworthy LLMs. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-... #AISecurity #RiskRubric #CloudSecurityAlliance
#LLM #AIGovernance
New AI security tool lays out key exposures
A new tool that allows AI builders and users to assess the risk posed by large language models (LLMs) has been announced by the Cloud Secu...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Corporate real estate AI pilots explode from 5% to 92% in just 3 years, but only 5% achieve all program goals. #AI #CommercialRealEstate #PropTech #JLL #CRE
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Corporate Real Estate AI Pilots Surge, ROI Still Elusive
Corporate real estate firms are enthusiastically embracing artificial intelligence, but few are achieving the goals they expected from the...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Think tank warns of China's strategic economic espionage targeting American innovation and security. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin... #ChinaTechThreat #NationalSecurity #ITIF #China
Think Tank Waves Red Flag Over Chinese Economic Espionage
A call to disrupt the People’s Republic of China’s economic espionage campaign against the United States was sounded in a new report by a ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Legacy vul management is out. Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is in. Discover how it brings risk prioritization to security teams. #CTEM #Zafran #Gartner #VulnerabilityManagement jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/gart...
Gartner's CTEM advances vulnerability management
Legacy approaches to vulnerability management (VM) are failing to keep organizations secure. However, a new approach, called Continuous Th...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Enterprises are overestimating cloud reliability. Rethink needed. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/clou... #CloudReliability #EnterpriseIT #CloudComputing #CloudResilience #JuniperResearch
Cloud Reliability Requires Rethinking Dependencies
Enterprises are overestimating the reliability of their cloud providers and need to rethink their cloud strategy, according to Sam Barker,...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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BCG warns retailers: shoppers plan to use GenAI assistants this holiday season, shift to "Agent Engine Optimization" needed jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/reta...
#GenAI #Retail #AIShopping #Ecommerce #BCG
Retailers Risk Losing Visibility as GenAI Guides Holiday Shoppers
Shoppers will be looking for year-end deals like they always do as the holidays approach, but more of them will be using artificial intell...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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AI is helping dev teams move up to 4x faster, but it’s also introducing 10x more AppSec vulnerabilities. Dive into the details: jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/ai-i... #AICoding #AppSec #SoftwareRisk #Apiiro #CodingWithAI #CodeVelocity
AI is ramping up coding velocity — and risk
Developers using AI coding assistants are producing code as much as four times faster than their unassisted peers, but that code contains ...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Victims of identity crime are facing record-high losses — and growing emotional fallout. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/risi...
#IdentityTheft #IdentityCrime #ITRC
Rising ID Crime Losses Take a Growing Emotional Toll
Criminals are monetizing stolen identities at higher rates and stealing larger sums, while more victims report severe emotional distress, ...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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IBM has run a critical error-correction algorithm on off-the-shelf chips, pushing quantum computing closer to real-world use! jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/ibm-...
#QuantumComputing #IBM #AMD #ErrorCorrection
IBM Makes Quantum Breakthrough With Off-the-Shelf AMD Chips
IBM has run a critical error-correction algorithm on off-the-shelf chips, pushing quantum computing closer to real-world use. more
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October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The EV market is bracing for a "recalibration" in 2026 as surging depreciation and the end of key U.S. subsidies reset the industry. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/ev-m... #EVMarket #Recalibration #ElectricVehicles #EVs
EV Market Recalibration Ahead as Prices Plunge, Subsidies End
The EV market is bracing for a "recalibration" in 2026 as surging depreciation and the end of key U.S. subsidies reset the industry. more
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October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The EV market is bracing for a "recalibration" in 2026 as surging depreciation and the end of key U.S. subsidies reset the industry. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/ev-m... #EVMarket #Recalibration #ElectricVehicles #EVs
EV Market Recalibration Ahead as Prices Plunge, Subsidies End
The EV market is bracing for a "recalibration" in 2026 as surging depreciation and the end of key U.S. subsidies reset the industry. more
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October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 can be prompted to generate false claim videos 80% of the time, according to NewsGuard. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/sora... #Sora2 #OpenAI #Deepfakes #Disinformation #NewsGuard
Sora 2 Generates False Videos 80% of the Time, Study Finds
New research by NewsGuard has revealed that the latest version of OpenAI’s video creation tool Sora 2 can be prompted to advance false or ...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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AI MCP servers have a glaring security hole: long-lived, static credentials are putting data, code, and production systems at risk. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/mode... #AIsecurity #CredentialSecurity #MCP #APISecurity #SecretsManagement #Astrix
Model Context Protocol credential weakness raises red flags
MCP servers, which are important to the fast-developing AI stack, have a credentials problem. more
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October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Vibe coding is fast—but is it secure? Here are 5 critical lessons for AppSec teams navigating AI-generated code in production. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/vibe...
#VibeCoding #AppSec #AIgeneratedCode #DevSecOps #LLMcoding #CodeReview #SoftwareSecurity
Vibe coding in production: 5 security lessons
Vibe-coded apps that make it to production can be a minefield for security teams. Here are key takeaways for your AppSec team. more
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October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Q3 digital ad spend saw mixed growth. Instagram (+21% YoY) and YouTube (+12% YoY) delivered strong increases. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/q3-a...
#DigitalAdSpend #Tunuiti #AdvertisingTrends #ecommerce
Q3 Ad Spend on Largest Digital Platforms Showed Mixed Growth
Ad spending growth trends were mixed across the largest U.S. digital ad platforms in Q3, while pricing growth was weak, according to a rep...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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ID breaches are on the rise, with help desks being targeted! Check out the latest report from RSA jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/iden... #IdentityBreach #HelpDesk #RSA #InfoSec #SecurityThreats
Identity Breaches Surge as Help Desks Face New Threats
Identity-related system breaches are on the rise, and organizational help desks are emerging as a popular target for threat actors more
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October 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Your digital perimeter isn’t what it used to be. ReversingLabs lays out 10 must-do moves to defang your attack surface before it bites back. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #AttackSurface #RiskManagement #ASM - #SecurityStrategy #AppSec
The attack surface is expanding: 10 ways to bolster risk management
Attack surface management (ASM) isn’t just another buzzword. It represents a fundamental shift in security strategy with risk on the rise....
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October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM