📊 CORTEX Protocol Intelligence: Honeypots Suricata threat detection — Pen Test Partners reveal deception-based early warning system.

Methodology: Deploy honeypots mimicking vulnerable services, capture attacker TTPs, feed Suricata rules for production network hardening.
Implication: Converts reconnaissance into actionable intel before adversaries reach production systems.

📊 CORTEX Protocol Intelligence: MailItemsAccessed BEC investigation — NVISO method reveals what attackers read in M365 compromises.

Forensic logs show specific emails accessed: financial comms, HR records, contracts. Enables precise breach scoping vs. worst-case assumptions.
Implication: Transforms BEC response from binary access detection to intelligence-driven impact assessment.

⚠️ CORTEX Protocol Threat Intel: Oracle E-Business Suite extortion — Clop/FIN11 pivot to executive-level data extortion.

Stolen ERP credentials used to access financial records, contracts & communications. "Boardroom extortion" bypasses traditional defenses.

Critical risk for enterprises. Audit Oracle EBS access controls immediately.

🚨 Red Hat GitHub breach claim: 28,000 repos allegedly stolen by Crimson Collective—CI/CD secrets, blueprints & playbooks from banks, telecoms & U.S. Senate exposed.

CORTEX Analysis: High-impact supply chain exposure. Targeted intrusions imminent.

🚨 CORTEX Protocol Alert: Renault UK data breach — customer VINs, contact details & vehicle registration data stolen via third-party provider.

3rd automotive supply chain breach in 2025. No financial data exposed, but phishing/scam risk elevated.

Vehicle owners: Watch for fake recall & warranty scam attempts.

📰 CORTEX Protocol: RFC 9794 post-quantum standard — NCSC & IETF publish unified PQC terminology for hybrid cryptography.

Defines terms for ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA implementations. Referenced in 20+ draft RFCs (TLS, IPsec, SSH).

Industry impact: Eliminates terminology confusion, accelerates quantum-safe migration coordination globally.

⚠️ TOTOLINK X6000R vulnerabilities disclosed: 3 critical CVEs including CVE-2025-52906 (CVSS 9.3) enable unauthenticated RCE.

Botnet exploitation highly likely.

CORTEX: Patch to firmware V9.4.0cu.1498 immediately. Mass scanning expected.