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IHG suffered a cyberattack that severely impacted its booking process

Security Affairs

The company announced that the Holiday Inn Hotel subsidiary of IHG suffered a cyberattack, attackers has access to parts of the company’s technology systems. The attack significantly disrupted IHG’s booking channels and other applicationsì, a circumstance that suggests that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack.

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Books Worth Your Time (Q4)

Adam Shostack

This is unhappy news for Huawei, but more importantly, as cyber is now treated as a “fifth domain” and there are no norms of conflict, bad news for technology in general. It’s bad news for the makers of important technology, who are now subject to attacks by nation states. Cult of the Dead Cow , Joseph Menn.

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Booklist Review of A Hacker’s Mind

Schneier on Security

Booklist reviews A Hacker’s Mind : Author and public-interest security technologist Schneier ( Data and Goliath , 2015) defines a “hack” as an activity allowed by a system “that subverts the rules or norms of the system […] at the expense of someone else affected by the system.” The book will be published on February 7.

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Technology and Policymakers

Schneier on Security

Technology is now deeply intertwined with policy. It's all changing fast; technology is literally creating the world we all live in, and policymakers can't keep up. It can be hacked in new ways, giving attackers from criminals and nation states new capabilities to disrupt and harm. Today, it's a crisis.

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Hacking IoT Security with Aaron Guzman

Security Boulevard

Today on sources and sinks, we talk to IoT hacker Aaron Guzman about his work in IoT security, his experience hacking Subaru cars, and how we can improve IoT security through regulation, policies, and education. Aaron Guzman is a published author and a technical reviewer for several security books. with a security twist.

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SHARED INTEL: New book on cyber warfare foreshadows attacks on elections, remote workers

The Last Watchdog

Related: The Golden Age of cyber spying A new book by Dr. Chase Cunningham — Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies — accomplishes this in a compelling, accessible way. If you look at the way your IPhone and a Surface Book sign in works that’s where we are going.

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ERI’s “The Insecurity of Everything” Book Climbs to #1 Best Seller Spot on Amazon

CyberSecurity Insiders

The book was written by several members of ERI’s leadership team, Aaron Blum, Kevin Dillon, Brendan Egan, John Shegerian and Tammy Shegerian and is available for purchase via Amazon Prime as a physical copy or digitally on Amazon. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy.