Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

What follows is a set of basic security hygiene steps that will significantly reduce your risk online. Turn on automatic updates, install updates from the operating system when you’re asked to, and make a regular habit of updating everything in your technology ecosystem. So, I decided to update the advice myself. Everything.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Amy Zegart has a new book: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence. The third challenge posed by emerging technologies strikes at the heart of espionage: secrecy. I have not yet read the book. Wired has an excerpt : In short, data volume and accessibility are revolutionizing sensemaking.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The Huawei and Snowden Questions , by Olav Lysne is a deep dive into what happens when an untrusted vendor builds your trusted computing base, and more importantly, why a great many of the “obvious” ways to address those risks are subject to easy work-arounds. Cult of the Dead Cow , Joseph Menn. How to design games.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A malfunctioning robot he went to inspect killed him when he obstructed its path, according to Gabriel Hallevy in his 2013 book, When Robots Kill: Artificial Intelligence Under Criminal Law. Fatalities in the first decades of aviation forced regulation, which required new developments in both law and technology.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

AWS customers visiting AWS re:Invent 2024 in Las Vegas can book a meeting to learn more here. Vulnerability management enriched with runtime insights, reducing CVEs by 99% and putting only the critical risks in front of security personnel.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 5, 2025

This terribly unfortunate event is a good example of how cybersecurity matters to every company that depends on digital technology - even if it is to run your books or manage your logistics. It is a dynamic adversarial endeavor where risk must be continually managed. The other point is that cybersecurity is not binary.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Book a meeting with Sweet Security at AWS re:Invent 2024 in Las Vegas here. Its GenAI-infused technology cuts through the noise and delivers actionable recommendations on critical, real-time cloud risks. For too long we’ve been content with mediocre visibility into our most important assets.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Researchers from vpnMentor security firm have recently discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way. . Researchers at vpnMentor discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way as part of a web-mapping project. . ” reads the analysis published by the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The IACP is the publisher of The Police Chief magazine, the leading periodical for law enforcement executives, and the host of the IACP Annual Conference, the largest police educational and technology exposition in the world. The IACP is a not-for-profit 501c(3) organization, and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. patent filings.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A paradigm shift in technology is hurtling towards us, and it could change everything we know about cybersecurity. When ChatGPT was unveiled to the public in late 2022, security experts looked on with cautious optimism, excited about the new technology but concerned about its use in cyberattacks. Uhh, again, that is.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Here’s the latest: a training-time attack that forces the model to exhibit a point of view: Spinning Language Models: Risks of Propaganda-As-A-Service and Countermeasures.” They would participate in small forums around the Internet: hobbyist groups, book groups, whatever. These are chatbots on a very small scale.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 31, 2018

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm giving a book talk on Click Here to Kill Everybody at the Ford Foundation in New York City, on September 5, 2018. The Aspen Institute's Cybersecurity & Technology Program is holding a book launch for Click Here to Kill Everybody on September 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2021

This list is not in any particular order, nor is it even remotely comprehensive (I am personally aware of well over 100 privately-held Israeli cybersecurity companies) – it is, however, illustrative of some of the areas of risk and of innovation that are presently on my mind.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The risks are about to get worse, because computers are being embedded into physical devices and will affect lives, not just our data. But the nature of how we use computers is changing, and that comes with greater security risks. The solution is complicated, and it's one I devoted my latest book to answering.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

Securing Success: The Crucial Role of a Cybersecurity Specialist in a Growing Business Human society is increasingly dependent on computer systems and the data housed and utilized within IT (information technology) infrastructure. In none of the aforementioned three cases would any rational person try to “wing it” alone.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We have moved beyond traditional compliance-driven security models to risk-based approaches, integrating cybersecurity into enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks. This led to a reactive approach where organizations were more focused on regulatory adherence than on actual security risk management.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2024

A close friend of mine, Jay Morrow, has just authored a book titled “Hospital Survival.” Related: Ransomware plagues healthcare Jay’s book is very personal.

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Anton on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Think about it, a book library is a collection of content for people to read while a use case library is a collection of use case content for the detection tools to run. To me, the more interesting part of your question is a question about risks of threat hunting.

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Daniel Miessler

JUNE 28, 2020

THIS WEEK’S TOPICS: Chinese diplomats stealing secrets, COVID flying risk, RT interviewing US cops, Army Ignite future predictors, China launches its GPS network, Russians paid bounties to kill US troops, Technology News, Human News, Ideas Trends & Analysis, Discovery, Recommendations, and the Weekly Aphorism…. Show Notes.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 24, 2024

There's always a risk calculation when investing in redundant off-site data storage, or extra fire suppression equipment, or battery backup size. But most consumers have little or no real choice when booking tickets. But a bad software update is hardly a Black Swan event. Then there's the problem of training.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. LW: Anything else?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Identify assets and their associated risks. The best asset management software sets up a stock of your organization’s assets, phases of their entire life cycles, most recent software upgrades, the risks they could face, and the approaches to ensure their security. . . Handle the threats’ possible risks. .

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There is little you can do in the event we experience widespread DDoS attacks, but one tip is to buy a good book series or a few board games since it might take a while to get the internet working again. Here are five things you should do today to decrease the risk of a cyberattack affecting your life or your company directly.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The Difference Between Threats and Risks. The problem we have as humans is that opportunity is usually coupled with risk, so the question is one of which opportunities should you take and which should you pass on. And If you want to take a certain risk, which controls should you put in place to keep the risk at an acceptable level?

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

Sonrai is bringing graph database technology to bear on cloud security at a time when the migration from on-premises company data centers to the cloud is in full swing. What this allows decision makers to do is visualize risk,” Kedrosky says. And graph analytics allows them to map out their risk.”.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 21, 2023

As information technology continues to evolve, more and more people are penetrating cyberspace. Can the risks be reduced with the help of virtual reality? How Does Immersive Technology Affect Cybersecurity? Immersive technology can greatly help in this problem since it can train staff and spread cybersecurity awareness.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 12, 2018

But even with 20 years' worth of experience and claims data in cyberinsurance, underwriters still struggle with how to model and quantify a unique type of risk. In my new book -- out in September -- I write: There are challenges to creating these new insurance products. There are two basic models for insurance. BoingBoing article.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

It turns out there is a natural opening for this technology: microlegislation. While the idea of monied interests incorporating AI assistive technologies into their lobbying remains hypothetical, specific machine-learning technologies exist today that would enable them to do so. Political scientist Amy McKay coined the term.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

trillion in global value will be at risk from cyberattacks. When Accenture analysed 9 cutting-edge technologies that are helping to reduce cybercrime, and calculated their net savings: the total potential savings minus the required investment in each type of technology or tool, they found the figure amounted to almost USD 2.3

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2019

Founded in 2016 by cryptography experts from the Israeli Intelligence Corps’ elite 8200 cyber unit, Silverfort is backed by leading investors in cybersecurity technologies. If it is low risk, it will let the user through. It is designed to request additional authentication only in high-risk situations, but not in low-risk situations.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Identity-based cyberattacks are a challenge across all organizations, regardless of size, industry or technology. Some of the solutions are easy policy changes that organizations can turn on immediately, like Duo’s Risk-Based Authentication (RBA). Recently, attackers have targeted multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

custody in exchange for Marc Fogel North Korea-linked APT Emerald Sleet is using a new tactic U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2022

Jeff Bezos solved data sprawl for selling books and gave us Amazon. To accomplish this, he says, it crawls data with advanced analysis technologies and brings “ deep learning ” data analytics to bear. For a full drill down of our discussion, please give the accompanying podcast a listen. Here are a few key takeaways.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 18, 2022

We speak with Mikko Hyppönen on the sidelines of the DEF CON Conference in Las Vegas to talk about his new book, “If its Smart it Vulnerable.". We speak with Mikko Hyppönen on the sidelines of the DEF CON Conference in Las Vegas to talk about his new book, “If its Smart it Vulnerable." Click the icon below to listen.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

With fast advancements in computer technology, it has become possible to crack static passwords using, in essence, brute force. However, password managers introduce the problem of risk concentration, or putting all of one’s eggs in a single basket. The larger point is that any static password can be cracked by the brute force method.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Crypto Locker Virus is suspected to be behind the incident and almost all booking systems were hit by a ransom demanding malware. Therefore, the collaboration is said to use artificial intelligence to better detect network intrusions in an automated way that will improve cyber risk management of critical infra such as power utilities.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. A Google-translated snippet of the hacked ChronoPay Confluence installation. Click to enlarge.

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