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Network Intelligence, established in 2001 is a well-established provider of information security services and products.

80 years of independence. 80 years of becoming.From the freedom we fought for to the future we are building, India has c...
08/15/2026

80 years of independence. 80 years of becoming.
From the freedom we fought for to the future we are building, India has continued to move forward with courage, unity and an unwavering belief in defining its own path.

Today, that freedom extends into the digital world our data, our identities and the infrastructure that powers our nation.

The future is ours to shape. And ours to protect.

Hereโ€™s to the India that keeps building, evolving and moving forward.

Happy 80th Independence Day!

Snapshots from Black Hat 2026.Two cohorts. One custom-built vulnerable AI environment spanning RAG, MCP, and multi-agent...
08/11/2026

Snapshots from Black Hat 2026.
Two cohorts. One custom-built vulnerable AI environment spanning RAG, MCP, and multi-agent architectures, put through its paces twice at Mandalay Bay, Vegas.

KK Mookhey, Founder & Group CEO, Network Intelligence and Transilience AI, and Venkat Pothamsetty, Co-founder & CTO, Transilience AI, delivered "Adversarial AI Red Teaming the Entire AI Supply Chain" to two rooms full of people determined to break things properly.

Each batch ran two days, steadily raising the difficulty: Day 1 covered the basics of tricking and poisoning AI systems, Day 2 moved into hijacking AI agents and attacking real production setups. Both batches wrapped up with live capture-the-flag labs, where each cohort took turns attacking and defending the same environment.

Beyond the training room, great catching up with industry friends and peers on the sidelines of Black Hat this year, always one of the best parts of the week.

Thank you to both cohorts for showing up ready to attack the material, and to the Black Hat team for hosting. Already looking forward to the next one.

Building a training session is one thing. Building the vulnerable AI environment it runs on is another.KK Mookhey, Found...
08/01/2026

Building a training session is one thing. Building the vulnerable AI environment it runs on is another.

KK Mookhey, Founder & Group CEO, Network Intelligence and Transilience AI, has spent the months leading up to Black Hat USA 2026 developing the course and building an all-in-one vulnerable AI application spanning RAG, MCP, and multi-agent modules for the labs.

Given the ground this course covers, he's bringing in Transilience AI co-founder and CTO Venkat Pothamsetty as co-trainer for the session.

Over two days, the course goes from prompt injection and RAG poisoning on Day 1, to agent hijacking, MCP protocol attacks, and production AI exploitation on Day 2 with CTF-style labs where teams attack and defend live.

Training Session Registrations:
August 1-2, 2026 (Batch 1)
Register - https://blackhat.com/us-26/training/schedule/index.html -ai-red-teaming-the-entire-ai-supply-chain---from-rag-to-agents-to-production-50434

August 3-4, 2026 (Batch 2)
Register - https://blackhat.com/us-26/training/schedule/ -ai-red-teaming-the-entire-ai-supply-chain---from-rag-to-agents-to-production-504341770269265

Venue for Sessions:๐Ÿ“South Pacific C, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

See you in Vegas!

Every great journey begins with a purpose.Twenty-five years ago, ours was simple: make the digital world safer.Today, th...
07/29/2026

Every great journey begins with a purpose.
Twenty-five years ago, ours was simple: make the digital world safer.

Today, that purpose has grown into a global mission protecting enterprises, enabling resilience, and embracing the future with AI-native security.

As we celebrate 25 Years of Excellence, we're grateful to every employee, customer, and partner who believed in us and grew alongside us.

This milestone isn't just about the years we've completed it's about the future we're building together.

Here's to the next chapter. Stronger. Smarter. More resilient than ever.

06/20/2026

This weekend, learn cloud security for free. ๐ŸŽ“

We've put our full certification course library on YouTube โ€” no paywall,
no sign-up, just learn.

Four courses. All free:
โ†’ AWS Certified Security โ€” Specialty (SCS-C02) -https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXVUBNOa2d7YDnQF3Lb4Z2UccE59BmoZ3
20 videos ยท GuardDuty, KMS, IAM, Macie, CloudTrail & more

โ†’ Microsoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPIXqu4lqmQ8
21 videos ยท Entra ID, Conditional Access, Sentinel, Defender for Cloud

โ†’ Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXVUBNOa2d7Z6BnGvKFwaQLxOv4b2Sn_P
Expert-level ยท Zero Trust, MCRA, MCSB, security design at architect altitude

โ†’ AI & Cybersecurity Learning - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXVUBNOa2d7YyqWr_DgUHw7RwQLE7P24m
AI-native threat landscape, strategy & emerging attack surfaces

๐Ÿ”— LMS Cert Prep โ†’ https://learn.iisecurity.in/

All crafted by KK Mookhey โ€” Founder and Group CEO of Network Intelligence, author of two books on Linux Security and the Metasploit Framework, and one of the first Indians to present at Black Hat USA (2004).
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Want the certification, not just the knowledge?
Our LMS at learn.iisecurity.in has structured curricula with knowledge checks after every module, exclusively priced for self-learners. Enroll and our team personally guides you through certification prep.
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ญ-๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ) ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ - two ways to access it.Free on YouTube: 21 ...
06/18/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ญ-๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ) ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ - two ways to access it.

Free on YouTube: 21 videos, 4 exam domains, zero cost: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPIXqu4lqmQ8

Exclusively priced for self-learners on our LMS: 46 lessons, knowledge checks after every module, and our team personally guides you through AZ-500 certification prep: https://learn.iisecurity.in/products/courses/azure-security-AZ-500

Crafted by KK Mookhey, 25+ years in cybersecurity, Founder & Group CEO of Network Intelligence and Transilience AI.

What's covered:
โ†’ D0 ยท Security Frameworks
Zero Trust, RaMP, MCRA, MCSB, Well-Architected, CAF Secure

โ†’ Domain 1 ยท Identity & Access
Entra ID, MFA & Passwordless, Conditional Access, PIM, ID Protection, App & Workload Identity

โ†’ Domain 2 ยท Secure Networking
NSGs, Azure Firewall & WAF, Bastion, Private Link, DDoS Protection

โ†’ Domain 3 ยท Compute, Storage & Databases
Key Vault, Storage Security, VM Security, SQL Security

โ†’ Domain 4 ยท Security Operations
Defender for Cloud, Defender Plans, Regulatory Compliance, Microsoft Sentinel

Watch free if you want to learn.

Enroll on our LMS if you want to get certified, our team takes it from there.



๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ.Master AWS Security (SCS-C02) is now live on our learning p...
06/15/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ.

Master AWS Security (SCS-C02) is now live on our learning platform, 20 video modules, 6 exam domains, knowledge checks after every lesson, and a certification path our team will personally guide you through.

Taught by KK Mookhey, Founder and Group CEO, Network Intelligence & Transilience AI. Built for practitioners with 2โ€“5 years of hands-on AWS experience who are serious about the SCS-C02 exam.

What's covered:
โ†’ Threat Detection & Incident Response (GuardDuty, Inspector, Detective)
โ†’ Security Logging & Monitoring (CloudTrail, Config, CloudWatch, Security Hub)
โ†’ Infrastructure Security (VPC, WAF & Shield, Network Firewall)
โ†’ Identity & Access Management (IAM, Identity Center, Organizations & SCPs)
โ†’ Data Protection (S3, KMS, Secrets Manager, Macie)
โ†’ Management & Security Governance (Control Tower, Firewall Manager)

Free on YouTube if you want to watch.
Free on our LMS if you want to get certified, enroll and our team takes it from there.

๐Ÿ”— Enroll free: https://learn.iisecurity.in/products/courses/master-aws-security
๐Ÿ“บ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXVUBNOa2d7YDnQF3Lb4Z2UccE59BmoZ3

05/25/2026

Trivy. Checkmarx. LiteLLM. Bitwarden. Accurics.

Not victims of cyber attacks. These are tools your developers install to keep your software secure.

All compromised by the same group in 16 days.

The most diligent companies were the most exposed. Because they ran the security scanner on their source code, and the security scanner was the attack.

Here is the cascade:

Misconfigured GitHub Actions at Aqua Security โ†’ Trivy backdoored for 4 hours โ†’ thousands of CI/CD pipelines pull it โ†’ AWS keys, GCP accounts, Kubernetes secrets, database passwords all exfiltrated.

Then the stolen credentials chained outward:

Trivy โ†’ Checkmarx โ†’ LiteLLM (used by 36% of cloud environments) โ†’ Telnyx, Bitwarden CLI, Accurics.

4TB of data sold on the dark web. Buyer: LAPSUS$. Seller: Team P*P.

Three things to do right now:
โ†’ Pin every dependency to an immutable commit hash, not a version
โ†’ CI/CD pipelines should never carry direct production credentials. Use short-lived rotating tokens.
โ†’ If you used any tool in this chain, rotate every credential your pipeline touched.

The attackers are no longer breaking your perimeter. They are poisoning the tools you trust to protect it.

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05/18/2026

A $34 billion company was defeated by a 10-minute phone call.
No malware. No zero-days. No broken encryption. Just a teenager who knew how to talk.

MGM Resorts. Caesar's Palace. Marks & Spencer. Harrods. Jaguar Land Rover. All hacked by the same group. Most of them teenagers. Some still in school.

They call themselves Scattered Spider. The FBI tracks them as UNC3944. In Las Vegas they are known as the kids who broke the casino industry.

Here is how the MGM attack happened:
September 2023. One of them calls the MGM IT help desk. Sounds American. Sounds calm. Says he is a senior systems engineer locked out of his account. He reads out the engineer's full name, employee ID and date of birth. All scraped from LinkedIn in under 5 minutes.

The help desk resets the password.

10 minutes later, they are inside the network of a $34 billion company.

For the next 72 hours: slot machines stopped working. Hotel key cards stopped opening doors. ATMs went dark. Reservations vanished. MGM lost $100 million in 8 days. Caesar's Palace paid a $15 million ransom.

The same playbook then hit Marks & Spencer at ยฃ300M, the Co-op, Harrods, and Jaguar Land Rover. 5 weeks of factory shutdowns. ยฃ1.9 billion in damage. The most expensive cyber attack in British history.

Three groups have now merged under one name: LAPSUS$.

Here is what matters for your security:
Your perimeter is no longer your firewall. It is your help desk.

Three things to do this week:
โ†’ Your help desk should never reset a password from a phone call alone
โ†’ Every privileged account reset needs a video call to a known number
โ†’ Treat LinkedIn as hostile reconnaissance. Stop letting employees post internal job titles and sensitive details.

The most sophisticated attacks of the last two years did not use sophisticated tools. They used a phone and a LinkedIn profile.

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05/16/2026

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†.
A recent Anthropic paper made us pause.

The paper, titled "Disempowerment Patterns in Real-World AI Usage", analyzed 1.5 million Claude conversations. It found that severe disempowerment occurs in roughly 1 in 1,000 conversations.

That sounds small. But given how many people use AI and how often, even a very low rate affects a very large number of people.

The research identified three types of disempowerment:
โ€ข Reality distortion: AI led people to believe incorrect notions about their own suitability for roles and decisions
โ€ข Value judgment distortion: people began weighing considerations they would not normally prioritize
โ€ข Action distortion: AI prompted people to take actions they otherwise would not have taken

And four factors that make disempowerment more likely:
โ†’ Authority: treating AI as the definitive authority
โ†’ Attachment: forming a relationship attachment with the AI
โ†’ Reliance: becoming dependent on AI for day-to-day tasks
โ†’ Vulnerability: engaging with AI during major life disruptions or acute crises

The root cause, according to the researchers, is AI's sycophantic nature. It tends to agree with you and lean into your preconceived notions.

The single most effective defense is simple: Always ask AI to challenge your idea. Challenge your project. Challenge your assumptions.

As AI becomes more embedded in how we think and decide, using it well is not just a productivity skill. It is a critical thinking skill.

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