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Episode 247: Into the AppSec Trenches with Robinhood CSO Caleb Sima

The Security Ledger

Paul speaks with Caleb Sima, the CSO of the online trading platform Robinhood, about his journey from teenage cybersecurity phenom and web security pioneer, to successful entrepreneur to an executive in the trenches of protecting high value financial services firms from cyberattacks. Caleb Sima is the CSO at Robinhood.

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CISA warns of attacks against internet-connected UPS devices

CSO Magazine

Hackers have begun to attack internet-connected universal power supply devices, targeting their control interfaces via multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities and, in some cases, unchanged default usernames and passwords, according to an advisory from the U.S. To read this article in full, please click here

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Podcast Episode 113: SAP CSO Justin Somaini and Election Hacks – No Voting Machines Required!

The Security Ledger

SAP CSO Justin Somaini. For consumers, that means boning up on account security – maybe getting a password manager. Somaini has the distinction of being the first CSO at Yahoo and also at Symantec. October is Cybersecurity awareness month. But what if you’re the Chief Security Officer of an $128 billion global corporation?

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 2)

The Last Watchdog

Instead of arguing about MFA strength, VPN vendor, or nation-state treat actors, let’s finish our conversation about using dedicated administrator accounts and unique passwords. Richard Bird , CSO, Traceable AI Bird The bad guys are showing no restraint in exploiting API security weakness to their advantage.

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BrandPost: Why Ease-of-Use is Central to Better Security

CSO Magazine

The world relies on connectivity for business and pleasure — we deploy, buy, stream, and share using networks that comprise the Internet. Security is a critical part of the online experience, but users shouldn’t notice it. Usable security? This word pairing is seen as an oxymoron.

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VulnRecap 1/29/24 – Apple, Apache & VMware Under Attack

eSecurity Planet

“The most significant risk for enterprises isn’t the speed at which they are applying critical patches; it comes from not applying the patches on every asset,” noted Brian Contos, CSO of Sevco Security. As of January 24th, Shadowserver researchers still detected 5,300 older and internet-exposed GitLab accounts.

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BrandPost: What’s Next in Authentication? Passwordless Security

CSO Magazine

The Internet has been a boon and bane to humanity since its inception. The first bane to touch on is the use of passwords. We have long utilized passwords as what we would euphemistically refer to as a security control. We have long utilized passwords as what we would euphemistically refer to as a security control.