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Maya Nair

Cybersecurity reporter

Maya Nair covers vulnerabilities, privacy enforcement, ransomware, and the practical security decisions facing teams and consumers.

CybersecurityPrivacyIncident response

Recent stories by Maya Nair

CVE-2026-50751 VPN Flaw Puts Check Point on Clock
SecurityVulnerabilities and Patching
CISA added CVE-2026-50751 to KEV after Check Point reported active exploitation of a VPN authentication bypass tied to deprecated IKEv1.
Maya NairJun 14, 202612 min read
Risk, resilience, and the systems companies rely on.Read story
Data Broker Privacy Rules Move Past Notice Pages
SecurityPrivacy Regulation
Data broker privacy rules now focus on consent, deletion, location limits, and vendor proof as regulators tighten sensitive-data controls.
Maya NairJun 2, 202612 min read
Risk, resilience, and the systems companies rely on.Read story
Canvas Breach Agreement Puts Student Privacy on Watch
SecurityRansomware and Breaches
The Canvas breach agreement may have reduced one leak threat, but schools still face hard questions about exposed messages, account controls and vendor risk.
Maya NairMay 24, 202612 min read
Risk, resilience, and the systems companies rely on.Read story
Social Media Scams 2026 Put Consumer Security On Notice
SecurityConsumer Security
FTC and FBI data show social platforms, impersonation calls, crypto pitches and older-adult targeting are now central consumer-security risks.
Maya NairMay 19, 202612 min read
Risk, resilience, and the systems companies rely on.Read story
Identity Security Breaches Put AI Agents in the Risk Ledger
SecurityIdentity Security
Sophos identity-security data shows repeat breaches, ransomware cost and weak non-human identity controls colliding with the fast spread of AI agents.
Maya NairMay 17, 202612 min read
Risk, resilience, and the systems companies rely on.Read story
OpenAI Daybreak Cybersecurity Moves AI Into Patch Work
SecurityIdentity Security
OpenAI Daybreak puts frontier AI into vulnerability discovery, patch validation and trusted-access security work, raising the bar for how defenders govern cyber-capable models.
Maya NairMay 14, 202613 min read
Risk, resilience, and the systems companies rely on.Read story