Senior Information Security Engineer

Scott Altiparmak

I'm a Senior Information Security Engineer and cybersecurity researcher with over eight years of experience across financial services, legal, and education. My work focuses on identity, cloud security, and automation. I currently research how humans detect AI-generated phishing, and I write about security topics that interest me along the way. Miami-based, Australian by origin. I also spend time mentoring early-career engineers breaking into the field.

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How Vulnerability Research Has Changed in 2026: Slop, Signal, and CVE-2026-7787

Vulnerability research has changed. An AI sweep produces leads by the pile, and the line between automated slop and a useful report is blurry. What separates them is the verification and judgment applied afterward, which is how one lead became CVE-2026-7787 in Langflow.

·18 min read

The Action Pause: A 10-Second Habit for AI-Era Impersonation

A behavioral framework for AI-era impersonation across email, voice, video, chat, and in-person asks. Empirically grounded in 2,511 classifications from the Threat Terminal study. Trigger on the action request, not on the content.

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