Declan Moss

Security Editor, Lonic

Declan spent a decade in security operations, including four years running incident response for a multinational bank, before writing about the field full time.

Cybersecurity
Incident response
Threat intelligence

Reporting by Declan Moss

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Technology

Anthropic Says AI Orchestrated a Real Cyberattack. Here Is What That Actually Means

The disclosure describes a model executing most of an intrusion campaign with limited human direction. Separating the genuinely new part from the familiar part matters.

1 Aug 2026 9 min read

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Technology

Defending at Machine Speed: How Security Teams Have to Change

If attackers automate the middle of the kill chain, defenders who keep a human in every loop will simply be outrun. A practical framework for what to automate first.

31 Jul 2026 8 min read