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The patching race hasn&apos;t disappeared. It just changed speed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cybercom</category><category>Cybercom</category><category>Threat Intelligence</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item><item><title>The Model That Got Too Good at Hacking</title><link>https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/toogood/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/toogood/</guid><description>A model does not need malicious intent to become dangerous. 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Not by Humans, By AI</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cybercom</category><category>AI &amp; Frontier</category><category>Cybercom</category><category>Threat Intelligence</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item><item><title>This week, AI became the Hacker</title><link>https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/hacker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/hacker/</guid><description>What happened between OpenAI and HuggingFace is a wakeup call for every technology leader</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cybercom</category><category>CISO Perspectives</category><category>Cybercom</category><category>Threat Intelligence</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item><item><title>The Cloud Is Thirsty. And We Know How to Quench It Responsibly.</title><link>https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/cloud/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/cloud/</guid><description>Why the answer to water pressure is smarter expansion, not slower digital growth ?</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Bytes</category><category>Cloud and Infrastructure</category><category>Future Tech &amp; Trends</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item><item><title>The Job Title Nobody Had a Year Ago</title><link>https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/jobtitle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/jobtitle/</guid><description>How do you let something act on your behalf without ever fully trusting it? An entire career now exists to answer that question.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cybercom</category><category>Cybercom</category><category>Featured</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item><item><title>What is Shadow AI ?</title><link>https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/shadowai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/shadowai/</guid><description>The biggest AI risk in your organization may not be a hacker. 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Ferrari’s electric chapter is a lesson in restraint for everyone building with software.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI &amp; Frontier</category><category>AI &amp; Frontier</category><category>Bytes</category><category>Featured</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item><item><title>Cybersecurity in Modern Conflict: A Strategic Framework for Organisational Resilience</title><link>https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/modernconflict/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bytesandbeyond.blog/posts/modernconflict/</guid><description>A cyber defence doctrine tailored for modern asymmetric conflict, from war room protocols to critical infrastructure hardening.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Bytes</category><category>LinkedIn Republications</category><category>AI &amp; Frontier</category><category>Gear Lab</category><author>PM Ramdas</author></item></channel></rss>