ToxSec - AI and Cybersecurity
ToxSec, Erich Winkler, Mohib Ur Rehman, AI Wide Open, Michael QuocSecurity for a world run by machines that lie.
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The One Person APT
How AI agent orchestration, local models, and frontier-model escalation let one operator scale offensive security work.
Humans can only do so much.
Advanced Persistent Threat. When we hear those words, we think of resources. People reconi...
AI Didn’t Break Security. It Just Stopped Forgiving Bad Fundamentals.
Hey everyone! Erich Winkler from Decoded Security is back on ToxSec, and this one hits something I see constantly in AI security: teams buying new tools while their agents still have the keys to everything.
breaks down seven security funda...
The Agent Made the Call. Who Owns the Outcome?
There is a moment in the deployment of an AI agent that is easy to overlook. The permissions have been reviewed, access boundaries are defined, runtime controls are in place, and human approval is required for certain actions. The agent is...
Let It Run: Agent Loops You Can Walk Away From
Today we’re welcoming to ToxSec for his first guest piece. Michael runs agent loops at Product.ai, so he brings the view from actually putting them to work. We teamed up to look at how to get useful results from long-running agents while k...
AI-Powered Phishing: Why Traditional Email Security Is No Longer Enough [Guest Post]
Hello everyone! First, thanks for all your patience. I’ve been moving across the country, and more articles will be on the way again soon. For today, a familiar voice is back on ToxSec.
This is Mohib’s third piece here, and this time they’...
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Security Engineer | M.S. Cybersecurity, CISSP | AWS, NSA, USMC.
Cybersecurity Manager | CISSP Certified | Helping people land their first cybersecurity role without a degree or career reset
I write about technology the way I wish someone had written it for me.
How AI is changing work, workflows, and organizations in the real world.
Founder & CEO, Product.ai. $20M+ ARR, 20 people, zero VC, 9 US patents. We build the verification layer between AI and commerce - ground truth that models can't generate by averaging the internet. I write about what we're building and why.
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