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Cybersecurity Event Cancelled After Being Hit By Cybercriminals

Joseph Steinberg

An online cybersecurity event with 2,500 people already logged in had to be cancelled after suspected cybercriminals launched a social engineering attack in the event’s chat window. Shortly after such messages appeared, the AICD, in order to protect attendees, cancelled the event, and contacted local law enforcement.

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Weekly Update 395

Troy Hunt

Data breach verification: that seems like a good place to start given the discussion in this week's video about Accor. I couldn't confirm the authenticity of the data either and I wrote a short thread about it during the week: I'm not convinced this data is from Accor.

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Weekly Update 375

Troy Hunt

For a weekly update with no real agenda, we sure did spend a lot of time talking about the ridiculous approach Harvey Norman took to dealing with heavy traffic on Black Friday. It was just. unfathomable.

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“Cybersecurity For Dummies” Second Edition Now Available

Joseph Steinberg

The second edition of Cybersecurity For Dummies , Joseph Steinberg’s best-selling introductory-level book about cybersecurity, is now available. And, of course, all versions of CyberSecurity For Dummies will also help guide you in the event that your information has already been compromised. Topics covered in the book include: ?

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AIs as Computer Hackers

Schneier on Security

These days, dozens of teams from around the world compete in weekend-long marathon events held all over the world. In 2016, DARPA ran a similarly styled event for artificial intelligence (AI). There was a traditional human–team capture-the-flag event at DEFCON that same year. I guessed that it would take about a decade.

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Kicking off NIST's Cybersecurity Awareness Month Celebration & Our Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 Blog Series

NSTIC

October is always an exciting time for us as we celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month and some of NIST’s greatest accomplishments, resources, guidance, and latest news in the cybersecurity space. What is NIST Up to in October?

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Software supply chain attacks are on the rise — are you at risk?

Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Sysdig. Attacks targeting the software supply chain are on the rise and splashed across the news. SolarWinds raised awareness about the risk. Thanks to the great team there for their support!