The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2022

Major vulnerabilities left unpatched, as well as weakly configured system administration tools are sure to get discovered and manipulated, not just once, but many times over. Sophos’ report shares findings from four separate ransomware attacks which took place within days or weeks of each other, and, in one case, simultaneously.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2020

The researchers concluded that for many people involved, cybercrime amounts to little more than a boring office job sustaining the infrastructure on which these global markets rely, work that is little different in character from the activity of legitimate system administrators. So I just left and went on with life.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

If you are going to study the subject anyway, you might as well get a certification out of it.”. SSCP from (ISC)2 is a mid-level certification designed for IT administrators, managers, directors, and network security professionals responsible for the hands-on operational security of their organization’s critical assets.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Technically, you don’t need any cyber security experience to get started, though many people entering the field will come from jobs that have similar skillsets, such as systems administration or information analysis. You should try to take an internship or volunteer, but we understand this isn’t always possible.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

I was like living in our systems for years and I want to get in some trouble for that. Is hacking a crime? The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. Very thankful for the judges.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

In one case, an executive cut and pasted the firm's 2023 strategy document into ChatGPT and asked it to create a PowerPoint deck. In another case, a doctor input his patient's name and their medical condition and asked ChatGPT to craft a letter to the patient's insurance company. Be cautious of unexpected investment opportunities.

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