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Why Predator is the ultimate CISO movie

Javvad Malik

I was reminded of this by Phil Cracknell who posted on linkedin that in his opinion the Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston classic, Bodyguard was the best infosec movie. When in haste we often make mistakes, fall for scams, or execute commands in production without checking them. It’s why it’s important to have backups.

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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. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020

Spinone

An aware employee is less likely to fall for a phishing scam. Infosec Infosec offers more than 700 training resources to help your organization to prepare for phishing and other cyber threats. Infosec provides 1000+ phishing email templates to represent various approaches and tactics used by hackers.

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Scattered Spider x RansomHub: A New Partnership

Digital Shadows

This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. In February 2024, ALPHV conducted an exit scam against its affiliates and disbanded, leaving them searching for new partners. They further targeted the organization’s backup solutions, encrypting on-premises backups and deleting cloud backups.

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Scattered Spider x RansomHub: A New Partnership

Digital Shadows

This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. In February 2024, ALPHV conducted an exit scam against its affiliates and disbanded, leaving them searching for new partners. They further targeted the organization’s backup solutions, encrypting on-premises backups and deleting cloud backups.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of it all -- you know, the classic CIA triad in infosec. Casinos don’t want to be scammed so the gaming commission is constantly auditing systems. These might begin to solve problems with individual voting machines, but what about the larger problem? The difference?

Hacking 52
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of it all -- you know, the classic CIA triad in infosec. Casinos don’t want to be scammed so the gaming commission is constantly auditing systems. These might begin to solve problems with individual voting machines, but what about the larger problem? The difference?

Hacking 52