Tag: jobs
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Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025
With 2024 seeing surges in security funding cuts, lay-offs and hiring freezes, 2025 brought some relief for cyber pros, but constrained budgets are leaving security teams short-staffed First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366635447/Constrained-budgets-left-security-teams-short-handed-in-2025
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Contractors with hacking records accused of wiping 96 govt databases
U.S. prosecutors have charged two Virginia brothers arrested on Wednesday with allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive information and destroy government databases after being fired from their jobs as federal contractors. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/contractors-with-hacking-records-accused-of-wiping-96-govt-databases/
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Coach or mentor: What you need depends on where you are as a cyber leader
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, government, jobs, network, programming, risk, risk-management, skills, technologyA good technical base can last decades: While mentees need the most help with aligning to the business, some argue that a technical baseline is equally as important to the role for managing technical staff and enabling business operations, particularly through innovative technologies like cloud and AI.One of those is Cynthia Madden, founder of Artemis…
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Record 29.7 Tbps DDoS Attack Linked to AISURU Botnet with up to 4 Million Infected Hosts
Cloudflare on Wednesday said it detected and mitigated the largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that measured at 29.7 terabits per second (Tbps).The activity, the web infrastructure and security company said, originated from a DDoS botnet-for-hire known as AISURU, which has been linked to a number of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks over the past year. The…
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NK Hackers Push 200 Malicious npm Packages with OtterCookie Malware
North Korean hackers escalated the “Contagious Interview” attack, flooding the npm registry with over 200 malicious packages to install OtterCookie malware. This attack targets blockchain and Web3 developers through fake job interviews and coding tests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nk-hackers-npm-packages-ottercookie-malware/
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NK Hackers Push 200 Malicious npm Packages with OtterCookie Malware
North Korean hackers escalated the “Contagious Interview” attack, flooding the npm registry with over 200 malicious packages to install OtterCookie malware. This attack targets blockchain and Web3 developers through fake job interviews and coding tests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nk-hackers-npm-packages-ottercookie-malware/
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NK Hackers Push 200 Malicious npm Packages with OtterCookie Malware
North Korean hackers escalated the “Contagious Interview” attack, flooding the npm registry with over 200 malicious packages to install OtterCookie malware. This attack targets blockchain and Web3 developers through fake job interviews and coding tests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nk-hackers-npm-packages-ottercookie-malware/
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NK Hackers Push 200 Malicious npm Packages with OtterCookie Malware
North Korean hackers escalated the “Contagious Interview” attack, flooding the npm registry with over 200 malicious packages to install OtterCookie malware. This attack targets blockchain and Web3 developers through fake job interviews and coding tests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nk-hackers-npm-packages-ottercookie-malware/
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CSO 30 Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in Cybersecurity
Tags: advisory, ai, automation, awareness, backup, business, ceo, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, finance, google, governance, healthcare, incident response, infosec, jobs, office, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, strategy, technology, threatUK CSO 30 2025 winner Greg Emmerson (right) with judge Andrew Barber (left) CSO UK / FoundryGreg Emmerson stood out for transforming both the culture and capability of Applegreen’s security organization. Emmerson established regional Centres of Excellence to strengthen collaboration and skill development across global teams, modernizing operations through Continuous Threat Exposure Management and enterprise-wide canary tooling. By unifying identities and embedding advanced…
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CSO 30 Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in Cybersecurity
Tags: advisory, ai, automation, awareness, backup, business, ceo, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, finance, google, governance, healthcare, incident response, infosec, jobs, office, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, strategy, technology, threatUK CSO 30 2025 winner Greg Emmerson (right) with judge Andrew Barber (left) CSO UK / FoundryGreg Emmerson stood out for transforming both the culture and capability of Applegreen’s security organization. Emmerson established regional Centres of Excellence to strengthen collaboration and skill development across global teams, modernizing operations through Continuous Threat Exposure Management and enterprise-wide canary tooling. By unifying identities and embedding advanced…
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The CISO’s paradox: Enabling innovation while managing risk
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, ciso, control, data, detection, firewall, governance, identity, infrastructure, jobs, mitigation, risk, service, threat, tool, vulnerability, waf, zero-daySet risk tolerances and guardrails: Teams slow down when they are unsure how to proceed. Take away some of the decision-making and ensure an integration of authentication, authorization and accounting into the development process. For authentication, establish and leverage enterprise identity management solutions rather than allowing the development of accounts written to databases that can…
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When Hackers Wear Suits: Protecting Your Team from Insider Cyber Threats
Hackers impersonate IT pros with deepfakes, fake resumes, and stolen identities, turning hiring pipelines into insider threats. Huntres sLabs explains how stronger vetting and access controls help stop these threats. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/when-hackers-wear-suits-protecting-your-team-from-insider-cyber-threats/
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Operation Hanoi Thief: Pseudo-Polyglot Payloads Targeting IT Professionals
SEQRITE Labs APT-Team has uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign dubbed >>Operation Hanoi Thief,
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Operation Hanoi Thief: Pseudo-Polyglot Payloads Targeting IT Professionals
SEQRITE Labs APT-Team has uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign dubbed >>Operation Hanoi Thief,
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12 signs the CISO-CIO relationship is broken, and steps to fix it
The CIO-CISO relationship matters: The CIO and CISO need to have a strong relationship for either of them to succeed, says MK Palmore, founder and principal adviser for advisory firm Apogee Global RMS and a former director in the Office of the CISO at Google Cloud.”It’s critical that those in these two positions get along…
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North Korea’s >>Contagious Interview<< Floods npm with 200 New Packages, Using Fake Crypto Jobs to Deploy OtterCookie Spyware
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North Korea’s >>Contagious Interview<< Floods npm with 200 New Packages, Using Fake Crypto Jobs to Deploy OtterCookie Spyware
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Because fraud detection deserves better than another AI-written SEO page
If you landed here after searching for something like “browser fingerprint test”, “bot detection API”, or “Kameleo anti-detect browser”, then welcome. The search engine did its job, and so did we. Let’s be honest. The internet is full of low-quality SEO pages First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/because-fraud-detection-deserves-better-than-another-ai-written-seo-page/
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Webinar: Learn to Spot Risks and Patch Safely with Community-Maintained Tools
If you’re using community tools like Chocolatey or Winget to keep systems updated, you’re not alone. These platforms are fast, flexible, and easy to work with”, making them favorites for IT teams. But there’s a catch…The very tools that make your job easier might also be the reason your systems are at risk.These tools are…
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Bossware booms as bots determine whether you’re doing a good job
A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren’t slacking off First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/bossware_monitor_remote_employees/
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CISOs Get Real About Hiring in the Age of AI
Dark Reading Confidential Episode 12: Experts help cyber job seekers get noticed, make an argument for a need to return to the hacker ethos of a bygone era, and have a stark conversation about keeping AI from breaking the sector’s talent pipeline for years to come. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ciscos-get-real-about-hiring-age-ai
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2026 CSO Hall of Fame call for nominations
Tags: ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cybersecurity, finance, google, group, infrastructure, international, jobs, risk, risk-management, sans, technology2025 CSO Hall of Fame Honorees Meg Anderson, VP & CISO (retired), Principal Financial Group Bob Bruns, CISO, Avanade Jonathan Chow, CISO, Genesys Mignona Cote, CISO, Infor Laura Deaner, Managing Director, CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System Michael Gordon, SVP & CISO, McDonald’s Ron Green, Cybersecurity Fellow/Former CSO, Mastercard Shawn Henry, CSO, CrowdStrike Todd Lukens,…
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2026 CSO Hall of Fame call for nominations
Tags: ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cybersecurity, finance, google, group, infrastructure, international, jobs, risk, risk-management, sans, technology2025 CSO Hall of Fame Honorees Meg Anderson, VP & CISO (retired), Principal Financial Group Bob Bruns, CISO, Avanade Jonathan Chow, CISO, Genesys Mignona Cote, CISO, Infor Laura Deaner, Managing Director, CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System Michael Gordon, SVP & CISO, McDonald’s Ron Green, Cybersecurity Fellow/Former CSO, Mastercard Shawn Henry, CSO, CrowdStrike Todd Lukens,…
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Invisible battles: How cybersecurity work erodes mental health in silence and what we can do about it
Always-on alertness Threats don’t wait. Neither does your pager. You’re expected to respond instantly, on holidays, birthdays, weekends and 2 a.m. system alerts. Even when nothing’s burning, your mind stays wired.That permanent readiness? It’s exhaustion disguised as dedication. Sleep suffers. Focus slips. And when your nervous system never gets to shut down, it starts to…
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Invisible battles: How cybersecurity work erodes mental health in silence and what we can do about it
Always-on alertness Threats don’t wait. Neither does your pager. You’re expected to respond instantly, on holidays, birthdays, weekends and 2 a.m. system alerts. Even when nothing’s burning, your mind stays wired.That permanent readiness? It’s exhaustion disguised as dedication. Sleep suffers. Focus slips. And when your nervous system never gets to shut down, it starts to…
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North Korean Scam Job Platform Targets U.S. AI Developers
A sophisticated new variant of the North Korean-linked Contagious Interview campaign has emerged, featuring an unprecedented level of polish and technical sophistication designed to compromise job-seeking AI developers, software engineers, and cryptocurrency professionals. Unlike typical DPRK IT worker infiltration schemes, this operation targets real individuals through an elaborate fake recruitment platform that mimics legitimate hiring…
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North Korean Scam Job Platform Targets U.S. AI Developers
A sophisticated new variant of the North Korean-linked Contagious Interview campaign has emerged, featuring an unprecedented level of polish and technical sophistication designed to compromise job-seeking AI developers, software engineers, and cryptocurrency professionals. Unlike typical DPRK IT worker infiltration schemes, this operation targets real individuals through an elaborate fake recruitment platform that mimics legitimate hiring…