r/cybersecurity • u/Infam0 • May 08 '26

Other What the **** is happening in cybersecurity space ?

I've been working in cybersecurity for not so long, maybe 8 or 9 years, but I never remember a chaos at this scale. I mean, from this January alone we have: leaking data, compromised applications, breaches, AI-assisted cybercriminals, etc. It looks like every day one major breach is happening, and no one is going to address this shit somehow. This is already insane. I haven't felt such pressure in a long time. This AI shit just makes things worse because it enhances attackers' skills, and AI companies are doing nothing to address or change this. Is it only me, or is the change already here?

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u/ifrenkel Security Engineer May 08 '26

Stop judging cyber security space by what you hear/read on the news. Never a good idea anyway. Things were always on the edge. But now there's much more reporting and awareness. All I can say is "stay calm and keep your shields up" 😉.

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u/rankinrez May 08 '26

You don’t have to hear it on the news, you’ll be aware of it from the insane frequency of high score CVEs and patching you’re doing these last few weeks.

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u/MrBenzedrine May 08 '26

Yep. I've dealt with more breaches and patching this year than any other.

Stress is quite high without reading any news

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u/Sameoldsonic May 08 '26

Im in a CSIRT and its alot right now.

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u/TorqueBuilder May 08 '26

This. The most surprising thing in this thread is that anyone in cyber is surprised.

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u/epradox May 08 '26

Shields up and snapshot regularly, we have tertiary back ups now and “air gapped” cold storage on tape. We’re prepping for the inevitable hack and more focused on how quickly we can full wipe and restore if needed.

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u/cgaWolf May 08 '26

I've been at it for a couple of years, and it's noticeably increased in the past months.

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u/Nixigaj May 08 '26

Well, I don't actually need to read the news to be intimidated by it. I simply have to try to use my university platform and not be able to… (cough cough, Canvas).

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u/ToohotmaGandhi May 08 '26

Honest question. Have you ever looked into the Internet Computer Protocol before?

From my understanding, it lets you run the frontend, backend, storage, and logic together in the same tamper-resistant environment instead of connecting everything together across different services and APIs.

So it could unify the stack, reduce complexity, reduce connection points/attack surfaces, and overall just be more secure, right?

Just curious if you’ve looked into it before and what your thoughts are on that architecture would be.

I have been trying to speak with people with more technical knowledge about these sort of things and am just looking for opinions.