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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016. In 2016, while the U.S.

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Introducing Behavioral Information Security

The Falcon's View

For those unfamiliar with Fogg's work, he started out doing research on Persuasive Technology back in the 90s, which has become the basis for most modern uses of technology to influence people (for example, use of Facebook user data to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election). Well, low-and-behold, it already exists!

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The weirdest security stories of 2022

Malwarebytes

To be more precise, 2010, 2016, and now 2022 with a whole new astronaut to recover. Whether those compromises specifically were via some additional form of social engineering, we’ll likely never know. So yes, it’s weird…but it’s just a one off. See you in 2026? Invisible ads for thee but not for me.

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Top 5 Cybersecurity and Computer Threats of 2017

NopSec

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. For a preview, read on. Malware linked to the U.S.

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Top Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2016, the Rishon LeZion-based vendor specializes in breach and attack simulation and security posture verification. DXC Technology has over 40 years of infosec experience, most of which as HPE’s Enterprise Services. XM Cyber is a Tel Aviv-based cyber risk analytics and cloud security vendor launched in 2016.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version. Writing exploits or developing infosec tools is no exception, they often need to have access to the latest libraries. We did not want to step on any other projects toes in infosec realm, or even IT in general. As soon as Kali 2.0

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

How to screen for natural infosec talent: Ask for a worst case scenario for any common situation. Street is an industry-respected speaker and analyst and currently is the VP of InfoSec for SphereNY. Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 17, 2016.