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Black Hat insights: Getting bombarded by multiple ransomware attacks has become commonplace

The Last Watchdog

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. In one of Sophos’ case studies, three prominent ransomware gangs — Hive, LockBit and BlackCat — attacked the same network, one after the other.

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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

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.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects. It requires completion of three individual courses: Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics; Cyber Threat Intelligence; and Cybersecurity Capstone: Breach Response Case Studies.

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How to start your career in cyber security

IT Governance

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. Is delivered by an experienced ISO 27001 practitioner, who will guide you through everything you need to know.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears

KnowBe4

Blog post with links: [link] [CASE STUDY] Gamifying the Way to Phishing Resilience at Whitbread Multinational hospitality provider Whitbread understands just how vital knowledge of phishing email tactics is to organizational security. link] Let's stay safe out there. Warm Regards, Stu Sjouwerman, SACP Founder and CEO KnowBe4, Inc.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

And correct me if I'm wrong here again, this is going off of a 25 year old memory here is something but uh yeah, it was a really interesting case study. I've often advised people to pursue that path that really get a solid foundation on the legacy technology or legacy concepts of coding, networking and system administration type stuff.

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