A reminder that security has a human side too - "Sleepless nights, PTSD and strokes: inside the human cost of ransomware": https://www.raconteur.net/technology/why-businesses-must-reckon-with-the-human-cost-of-ransomware
Raconteur
Sleepless nights, PTSD and strokes: inside the human cost of ransomware
A new report finds IT teams were overworked, stressed, suffered from PTSD-like symptoms and even hospitalised after ransomware attacks.
SANS DIFR (Digital forensics) summit: August 22-23:
https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/digital-forensics-summit-2024/?msc=summit-home
SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit: Sept 8-9
https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/ai-summit-2024/?msc=summit-home
https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/digital-forensics-summit-2024/?msc=summit-home
SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit: Sept 8-9
https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/ai-summit-2024/?msc=summit-home
TL;DR: SDM installed trojan infested mod for game which stole Slack info.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/culture/hackers-exploited-a-pc-driving-sim-to-pull-off-massive-disney-data-breach
https://www.thedrive.com/news/culture/hackers-exploited-a-pc-driving-sim-to-pull-off-massive-disney-data-breach
The Drive
Hackers Exploited a PC Driving Sim to Pull Off Massive Disney Data Breach
A Disney employee downloaded what they thought was a safe add-on for video game BeamNG.drive, but it was anything but.
This is why I prefer open source password managers:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/07/28/google-says-sorry-after-passwords-vanish-for-15-million-windows-users/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/07/28/google-says-sorry-after-passwords-vanish-for-15-million-windows-users/
Forbes
Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users
Google’s Chrome password manager makes security easier. Until a bug makes your passwords disappear, that is. Here’s what you need to know.
Random trivia: Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz was CTO at McAfee during the 2010 svchost outage. Time really is a flat circle https://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/04/mcafee-false-detection-locks-up-windows-xp/
Krebsonsecurity
McAfee False Detection Locks Up Windows XP
McAfee's anti-virus software is erroneously detecting legitimate Windows system files as malicious, causing reboot loops and serious stability problems for many Windows XP users, according to multiple reports.
Forwarded from Dr. Tenpenny
Im Sure You've Heard of DARPA But Have You Ever Heard of IARPA?
IARPA = Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
#IARPA Is Developing A Massive Face, Gait & Whole-Body Biometric Recognition Project on College Campuses
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202302/sprawling-us-intel-project-to-improve-long-distance-biometrics-on-college-campus
IARPA = Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
#IARPA Is Developing A Massive Face, Gait & Whole-Body Biometric Recognition Project on College Campuses
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202302/sprawling-us-intel-project-to-improve-long-distance-biometrics-on-college-campus
Biometric Update
Sprawling US intel project to improve long-distance biometrics on college campus
Research teams across the nation are working on better ways to more accurately identify subjects outdoors and from a distance.
The AI Hangover is Here – The End of the Beginning
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/the-ai-hangover-is-here-end-of-beginning.html?m=1
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/the-ai-hangover-is-here-end-of-beginning.html?m=1