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Fire Doesn't Innovate by Kip Boyle (Book Review)

Adam Shostack

An unexpected book review. I hate reviewing books by people I know, because I am a picky reader, and if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. I also tend to hate management books, because they often substitute jargon for crisp thinking. It is not a book for the CSO. Fire" doesn't do that.

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“Fire Doesn’t Innovate” by Kip Boyle (Book Review)

Adam Shostack

I hate reviewing books by people I know, because I am a picky reader, and if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. I also tend to hate management books, because they often substitute jargon for crisp thinking. It is not a book for the CSO. The book is organized into two major parts.

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FBI arrests social engineer who allegedly stole unpublished manuscripts from authors

CSO Magazine

With the arrest of Bernardini, the DoJ unsealed a grand jury indictment dated July 14, 2021, of Bernardini that revealed a “multi-year scheme to impersonate individuals involved in the publishing industry in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of prepublication manuscripts of novel and other forthcoming books.”

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10 of the hottest new cybersecurity startups at RSA 2022

CSO Magazine

Back to being an in-person event after going virtual last year because of the pandemic, RSAC 2022 has booked a formidable mix of security startup debuts, featuring technology and approaches to security that include devsecops , identity and access management (IAM), threat management, and cloud security.

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AI-automated malware campaigns coming soon, says Mikko Hyppönen

CSO Magazine

He has also recently published a book, If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable , where he explains how the growth of internet connectivity has fueled cyber threats. Since then, he has defused global viruses, searched for the first virus authors in a Pakistani conflict zone, and traveled the globe advising law enforcement and governments on cybercrime.

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What is Shodan? The search engine for everything on the internet

CSO Magazine

The best way to understand what Shodan does is to read founder John Matherly's book on the subject. Google and other search engines, by comparison, index only the web. The basic algorithm is short and sweet: 1. Generate a random IPv4 address 2. Generate a random port to test from the list of ports that Shodan understands 3.

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BrandPost: Retail Data Needs Better Security in a Contextual World

CSO Magazine

In his book The Context Marketing Revolution : How to Motivate Buyers in the Age of Infinite Media , author Mathew Sweezey (who also heads up market strategy at Salesforce) argues that the key to breaking through the infinite media noise and reaching customers is context. Sounds amazing! To read this article in full, please click here

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