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Security News Update for April 14, 2023

Tech Industry Pain Good for NSA Rob Joyce, NSA’s cyber director, says that they are seeing a boost in recruitment following waves of layoffs in the tech sector. While he is not giving numbers, any help with mid and high level recruiting would be good for the good guys. Remember that due to the clearance […]

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This is Why the Feds are Very Scared About Supply Chain Attacks

Last week it was revealed that VoIP communications company 3CX was compromised and was distributing a malicious version of their desktop software to hundreds of thousands of paying customers. This is not an attack where users go to find sketchy websites and download “free” software that should be paid for. Rather, this is licensed software […]

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Security News for the Week Ending July 29, 2022

TSA Updates Cybersecurity Guidelines for Pipeline Operators After the Colonial Pipeline meltdown last year, TSA, who regulates pipeline cybersecurity (don’t ask), issued a set of regulations for pipeline operators to follow. Given that TSA had less than a dozen people in their cybersecurity department and zero industrial IoT expertise, it is not a surprise that […]

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Security News for the Week Ending April 8, 2022

Hackers Hack Russia’s Largest State Owned Media Corporation Hackers stole 20 years of communications including almost a million emails from the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). Those emails were published by DDoSecrets. VGTRK runs 5 national TV stations, 5 radio stations and numerous propaganda outlets. The data is available for download as […]

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Cybersecurity News for the Week Ending April 1, 2022

How Many Times Do I Need to Say – Crypto is Software, Software Has Bugs, Your Money is at Risk Decentralized Finance platform (DeFi) Revest Finance said that it lost $2 million due to a software bug and, oh yeah, (a) the can’t recover the funds, (b) they do not have the money to cover […]

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