Threat Intelligence

New Webinar: How to Tell If a New Vulnerability Can Actually Be Used Against You

The Hacker News · 17 Sept 2026

Key Takeaway Don't rely on severity scores alone: regularly test whether new vulnerabilities can actually be exploited against your specific systems and controls.

When a new security vulnerability (CVE) is disclosed, a high severity score can look alarming, but it does not tell you whether that flaw can actually be exploited against your specific systems. According to the source article, attackers are increasingly using AI to speed up the time between a vulnerability being disclosed and it being actively exploited, while many businesses still only check their exposure on a weekly or monthly basis. This growing gap between how fast threats move and how slowly defences are tested is becoming a serious risk.

To address this, an upcoming webinar titled 'How to Prove You're Ready for Mythos-Class Attacks' will demonstrate a practical approach to validation. Rather than running risky live exploit tests on production systems, the session will show how to map a vulnerability to the real attack techniques behind it and test whether existing security controls can actually stop them. This gives defenders solid evidence about their real exposure, even when direct testing isn't safe or practical.

The webinar is presented by Ishak Celikkanat, a Solutions Architect Lead at security firm Picus, and a recording will be made available for those who cannot attend live.

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