John P. Mello Jr.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Washington warned: robotics tariffs could derail America's manufacturing revival and push up production costs. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/wash... #Tariffs #Manufacturing #Automation

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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
jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/corp...

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 ...

Think tank warns of China's strategic economic espionage targeting American innovation and security. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin... #ChinaTechThreat #NationalSecurity #ITIF #China

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...

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...

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,...

Enterprises are overestimating cloud reliability. Rethink needed. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/11/clou... #CloudReliability #EnterpriseIT #CloudComputing #CloudResilience #JuniperResearch

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...

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

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 ...

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

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, ...

Victims of identity crime are facing record-high losses — and growing emotional fallout. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/risi...
#IdentityTheft #IdentityCrime #ITRC

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Model Context Protocol credential weakness raises red flags MCP servers, which are important to the fast-developing AI stack, have a credentials problem. more

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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....

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 Postmark MCP server attack: 5 key takeaways The recent discovery of malicious MCP (Model Context Protocol) server code has some sobering ramifications for security teams. Here are le...

Plugin vulnerability exploited! Get the inside scoop on the Postmark MCP attack and what it means for supply chain security.#PostmarkMCP #npm #supplyChainSecurity
jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Security Leaders Turn to AI Amid Cyber Skills Shortage Security leaders facing workforce shortages are turning to artificial intelligence to close the skills gaps in their organizations, accord...

Security leaders are turning to AI to empower their short-staffed teams and close skills gaps. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/secu... #AIinSecurity #SecurityTeams #Fortinet #SkillsShortage

41% of Schools Face AI-Related Cyber Incidents, Study Finds Some 41% of schools in the United States and the United Kingdom have experienced AI-related cyber incidents, ranging from phishing campaig...

41% of schools in the US & UK have experienced AI-related cyber incidents, including phishing campaigns and deepfakes. #SchoolSecurity #EdTech #ArtificialIntelligence #AIinEducation
jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/41-o...

Real-Time AI Voice Cloning Powers Convincing Vishing Attacks Cybersecurity researchers revealed Tuesday how artificial intelligence can be used to clone a person’s voice in real time to mount voice p...

Researchers demonstrate how AI-powered real-time voice cloning can be used for convincing vishing attacks. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/10/real... #Vishing #DeepfakeVishingttacks #RealTimeVoiceCloning #NCC

OpenAI Adds Parental Monitoring Tools for Teen ChatGPT Users New parental controls for one of the most popular generative AI chatbots on the web were rolled out Monday by OpenAI. more

OpenAI drops new parental controls for teens on ChatGPT — link accounts, set quiet hours, and limit content. jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2025/09/open...
#ChatGPT #OpenAI #ParentalControls #TeenSafety