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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

One program, for instance, puts on workshops for Congressional staffers and other federal employees on how to recognize and avoid nation-state backed hackers looking to interfere in elections. So we’ve boiled the NIST framework down into a very focused workshop exercise. A large retailer may spend millions on cyber security.

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Troy Hunt

Mind you, a heap of them were asking questions already addressed in the blog post, but that's just the nature of the internet. What I will say is that if you're interested in more details on this incident, do read the comments. That 733M record breach (oh boy, this thing was a mammoth processing job!)

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

Can you hack an airplane? Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. So, given that we can now hack into cars remotely, could we hack into other systems as well?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

That’s why Tennisha Martin founded Black Girls Hack , an organization designed to help the next generation receive the skills and experience they need to land jobs in the C-suites, and perhaps begin to address the acute shortage of infosec professionals with qualified people of color. For many, though, that isn’t true.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

That’s why Tennisha Martin founded Black Girls Hack , an organization designed to help the next generation receive the skills and experience they need to land jobs in the C-suites, and perhaps begin to address the acute shortage of infosec professionals with qualified people of color. For many, though, that isn’t true.

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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Internet network is vulnerable as cybercriminals are lurking online, waiting to intercept loopholes for hacking systems. Therefore, you need to invest in your employees by conducting cybersecurity workshops and training regularly. With an Internet connection in place, the software becomes vulnerable to online threats.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Learn Competitive Hacking with picoCTF

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind, and original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. And that's useful when you're hacking, that's what hackers need to be right they need to be creative. And they attack the problem differently. That said, hackers will be hackers.

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