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Deep dives, expert analysis, and practical guidance on exposure management, adversarial validation, and the future of AI-driven exposure management.

Data Breaches

The Worst Data Breaches of March 2026

Nine confirmed data breaches across the US and Europe in March 2026, from a 200,000-device wipe at Stryker to 15.8 million patient records stolen at Cegedim Sante. Here is what happened, breach by breach, and what the pattern tells defenders.

Apr 2, 20269 min

How Strobes AI Turns a Supply Chain Zero-Day into Full Exposure Assessment

CTEMCybersecurity

How Strobes AI Turns a Supply Chain Zero-Day into a Full Exposure Assessment in Under 30 Minutes

When the axios npm package was compromised on March 31, 2026, Strobes AI agents autonomously performed incident response, identified every exposed repository across the attack surface, and generated a complete exposure assessment with remediation tasks in under 30 minutes.

Mar 31, 202610 min

CTEMVulnerability Intelligence

Axios npm Supply Chain Attack: 83M Weekly Downloads Compromised by Cross-Platform RAT

On March 31, 2026, attackers compromised the axios npm maintainer account and published backdoored versions deploying a cross-platform RAT to macOS, Windows, and Linux. Full incident breakdown with IOCs, detection guidance, and real-time AI-driven response.

Mar 31, 20269 min

How to Write an Effective AI Agent Skill Four-Layer Architecture

engineeringOffensive Security

How to Write an Effective AI Agent Skill: The Four-Layer Architecture

Most teams building AI agents get the ratio wrong: 90% code, 10% methodology. Here is the four-layer architecture Strobes uses to build skills that run complete security assessments autonomously.

Mar 31, 20267 min

Offensive SecurityCTEM

Strobes AI: The Agent Stack Specialized for Offensive Security

A deep-dive into the multi-agent architecture behind Strobes AI — 12 purpose-built offensive security agents, the Skills system, Human in the Loop governance, and the architectural properties that make continuous exposure management viable at scale.

Mar 27, 20268 min

A Poisoned PyPI Package Hit 36 Percent of Cloud Environments

LLM SecurityCybersecurity

A Poisoned PyPI Package Quietly Hit 36 Percent of Cloud Environments Through LiteLLM

LiteLLM 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 silently swept AWS credentials, Kubernetes configs, and SSH keys from 3.4 million daily installs. Here is exactly what the payload did and how Strobes AI detects and shuts it down.

Mar 26, 202612 min

What is an Exposure Assessment Platform - Strobes CTEM Guide

CTEMVulnerability Management

What is an Exposure Assessment Platform? The Complete Guide for Security Leaders

An Exposure Assessment Platform (EAP) is the connective tissue that unifies, normalizes, prioritizes, and mobilizes remediation across your entire attack surface. This guide covers how EAPs work, why they replace traditional vulnerability management, and how to evaluate one for your CTEM program.

Mar 25, 202613 min

Offensive SecurityPenetration Testing

Agentic Pentesting with Strobes AI

What happens when you point Strobes AI at a real web app and let it run a full OWASP WSTG assessment with zero hand-holding? 32 tasks, 21 phases, 42 confirmed vulnerabilities — all autonomous.

Mar 25, 20269 min

AI Harness for Offensive Security - Strobes blog cover showing multi-agent architecture concept

Offensive SecurityPenetration Testing

Building an AI Harness for Offensive Security: What It Takes to Turn LLMs Into Reliable Pentest and Validation Operators

The model is 20% of the problem. Here is the engineering story behind the orchestration, tooling, middleware, and infrastructure that turns a capable LLM into a reliable penetration testing operator.

Mar 22, 202614 min

Application SecurityVulnerability Management

Threat Modeling Explained: STRIDE and Methodology

Threat modeling finds design flaws on a whiteboard, before code exists. A worked STRIDE pass on a login system, attack trees, and why DREAD lost favor.

Mar 21, 20269 min

Three-angle crawl strategy: static analysis, swarm crawling, browser handover into Strobes orchestrator

Penetration TestingOffensive Security

Why Crawling Is the Hardest Part of AI-Powered Pen Testing (And How We Fixed It)

AI agents are brilliant at reading code but terrible at navigating browsers. Here's how Strobes combines static analysis, CDP-based swarm crawling, and human browser handover to build a complete attack surface map before testing begins.

Mar 20, 202612 min

Application Security

Secure Code Review: A Complete Guide

A senior reviewer's guide to secure code review: trace taint from source to sink, write real Semgrep and CodeQL rules, and gate findings at PR time.

Mar 6, 20268 min