Mat Kordell | Chief Operating Officer

Handing Cyber Keys to the Enemy

Mat Kordell | Chief Operating Officer | CyberStreams

Published on: 06/10/2025

Let’s unpack this like a leaked blueprint, in plain English. Microsoft’s Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) was designed with good intentions: give trusted security partners, like antivirus vendors, early access to intel on software vulnerabilities, so they can prepare defenses before attackers can exploit them. The goal? Shrink the so-called “zero-day” vulnerability window from months to mere minutes.

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The Pentagon Dodges a Bullet and Microsoft Leaves The Gun Loaded

Mat Kordell | Chief Operating Officer | CyberStreams

Published on: 05/10/2025

In May 2025, under the fluorescent lights of a Berlin conference hall, the world’s top ethical hackers gathered for Pwn2Own, an annual competition that often forecasts tomorrow’s cyber threats. Among them, a researcher from Viettel made headlines by breaching Microsoft's on-premises SharePoint server, a legacy system still widely used by businesses for internal file sharing.

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Allianz Life's Massive Data Breach

Mat Kordell | Chief Operating Officer | CyberStreams

Published on: 03/10/2025

Imagine your personal data as a vault of family heirlooms, precious, irreplaceable, and meant to be under tight lock and key. Now, picture that vault sitting in a third-party warehouse secured with a flimsy lock. That’s essentially what just happened to 1.4 million Allianz Life Insurance customers in the United States. A massive data breach has exposed sensitive information, and it’s sounding alarms far beyond the insurance world.

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Warfare Has Gone Cyber

Mat Kordell | Chief Operating Officer | CyberStreams

Published on: 01/10/2025

Bullets and bombs are so last century. Today’s battles are fought with code, clicks, and cunning hacks that can paralyze nations, without a single shot being fired.

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