Tag: jobs
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CISO vs CFO: why are the conversations difficult?
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, finance, insurance, jobs, metric, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, saas, strategy, technology, threat, toolmight happen, which often means the best outcome is nothing happens. That’s a tough sell.”Although a single cyberattack can wipe out millions of dollars, CFOs and CISOs often approach cybersecurity from fundamentally different perspectives. Bridging this divide requires more than just better communication, it demands, as Argyle put it, a shift in mindset. The disconnect…
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Open source AI hiring bots favor men, leave women hanging by the phone
Easy fix: Telling LLMs to cosplay Lenin makes ’em more gender blind First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/open_source_ai_models_gender_bias/
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AI Narrows the Cyber Gap Between Attackers and Defenders
NightDragon CEO Dave DeWalt Sees Cautious Optimism With Agentic AI. Advances in scalable AI and agentic technologies are creating a long-awaited shift in the defender-offender dynamic. With autonomy and agentic capabilities entering production, CISOs may soon deploy 100,000 autonomous agents instead of hiring more staff, said Dave DeWalt, CEO of NightDragon. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Planned CISA Cuts Face Political Delays and Growing Backlash
CISA Staff Told to Prepare for Cuts and Crowded Work Locations Amid Growing Turmoil. Top officials at the nation’s cyber defense agency want to give President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency time to assess major restructuring plans – a move that is reportedly delaying the timeline for reductions in force while causing growing…
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Waltz’ letzter Tanz: Signal-Leak kostet Trump-Berater den Job
Mike Waltz, nationaler Sicherheitsberater von US-Präsident Donald Trump, hat seinen Posten verloren. Waltz und sein Vertreter müssen ihre Ämter abgeben. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/waltz-letzter-tanz-signal-leak-kostet-trump-berater-den-job-2505-195847.html
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M&S unable to take on new workers as disruptions continue after cyber-attack
Retailer pulls all job postings from its website after attack as experts try to restore services<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/may/01/tesla-elon-musk-successor-trump-tariffs-growth-gdp-bank-of-japan-microsoft-rolls-royce-ftse-100-sterling-business-live”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>Marks & Spencer is unable to hire new workers as the retailer continues to suffer disruption to its operations caused by a <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/m-and-s-cyber-attack-crisis-orders-data-marks-spencer-website-apps-refund”>cyber-attack.The company confirmed on Thursday that it had pulled all online job postings…
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The 14 most valuable cybersecurity certifications
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, best-practice, blockchain, blueteam, china, cisa, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, conference, control, country, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, governance, government, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, Internet, jobs, kali, law, linux, malware, metric, microsoft, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, privacy, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, skills, threat, training, vulnerability, windowsIndustry recognition Who’s to say one certification is more respected than another? Such criteria can be very subjective, so we turned to the most direct and unbiased source to cut through the ambiguity: job listings. In addition to education, skills, and qualifications, employers often specify certs they seek in their ideal candidate. These mentions carry…
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North Korea Stole Your Job
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious”, and effective”, than ever. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/north-korea-stole-your-tech-job-ai-interviews/
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Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim
‘When we look at the outcomes, it really has not moved the needle’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/generative_ai_no_effect_jobs_wages/
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Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists
‘When we look at the economic outcomes, it really has not moved the needle’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/generative_ai_no_effect_jobs_wages/
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Cybersecurity leaders decry ‘political persecution’ of Chris Krebs in a letter to the President
Demand for immediate action: The letter concluded with a specific petition for the Trump Administration to immediately take two actions: reinstate the security clearances of SentinelOne employees and rescind the order to the Department of Justice investigating Krebs.”An independent infosec community is fundamental to protecting our democracy, and to the profession itself,” the letter asserted.…
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Exposure Management Works When the CIO and CSO Are in Sync
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, finance, infrastructure, jobs, office, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayEach Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In this post, Tenable CIO Patricia Grant looks at how the CIO/CSO relationship is key to a successful exposure management program. You can read the entire Exposure Management Academy series here. When I…
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New Intel boss is all about ‘de-laborating’ the x86 giant aka job cuts
Tags: jobsThousands face ax, more given RTO orders in quest to suck less First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/intel_jobs_cuts/
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CISA gets a deputy director as it braces for major layoffs
Madhu Gottumukkala, a state CIO, lacks the homeland security experience of his two predecessors. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-deputy-director-madhu-gottumukkala/746371/
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North Korean Hackers Spread Malware via Fake Crypto Firms and Job Interview Lures
North Korea-linked threat actors behind the Contagious Interview have set up front companies as a way to distribute malware during the fake hiring process.”In this new campaign, the threat actor group is using three front companies in the cryptocurrency consulting industry”, BlockNovas LLC (blocknovas[.] com), Angeloper Agency (angeloper[.]com), and SoftGlide LLC (softglide[.]co)”, to spread First…
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North Korean Hackers Use Fake Crypto Firms in Job Malware Scam
Silent Push reveals a complex scheme where North Korean hackers posed as crypto companies, using AI and fake… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/north-korean-hackers-fake-crypto-firms-job-malware-scam/
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Beyond the Inbox: ThreatLabz 2025 Phishing Report Reveals How Phishing Is Evolving in the Age of GenAI
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, captcha, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, dmarc, email, exploit, finance, google, identity, jobs, login, malicious, malware, mfa, phishing, radius, risk, scam, spam, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustGone are the days of mass phishing campaigns. Today’s attackers are leveraging generative AI (GenAI) to deliver hyper-targeted scams, transforming every email, text, or call into a calculated act of manipulation. With flawless lures and tactics designed to outsmart AI defenses, cybercriminals are zeroing in on HR, payroll, and finance teams”, exploiting human vulnerabilities with…
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North Korean IT workers seen using AI tools to scam firms into hiring them
North Korean IT workers illicitly gaining employment at U.S. and European tech companies are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence in a variety of ways to assist them throughout the job application and interview process. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korean-it-workers-seen-using-ai-recruitment-scams
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ATLSecCon 2025: Security Readiness Means Human Readiness
LLMs won’t fix a broken SOC, but apprenticeship might. ATLSecCon 2025 revealed how outdated hiring and cultural gatekeeping are breaking cybersecurity from the inside out. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/atlseccon-2025-security-readiness-means-human-readiness/
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Targeted by Trump, Chris Krebs Resigns Job to Fight Probe
Cybersecurity Expert Sees Retribution for Stating 2020 Election Results Legitimate. Chris Krebs, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during President Donald Trump’s first administration, resigned from his private-sector job to fight what he characterized as a retaliatory probe, designed to punish dissent, ordered by his former boss. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Mit der Firmenübernahme steigt das Angriffsrisiko
Übernahmeaktivitäten bergen auch mit Blick auf die Security Risiken.Im Rahmen ihrer Arbeit an dem kürzlich veröffentlichten Report ‘2025 Data Security Incidcent Response” (PDF) haben Security-Experten der US-Anwaltskanzlei BakerHostetler den gefährlichsten Zeitraum für die Unternehmenssicherheit ermittelt. Demnach ist der Zeitabschnitt unmittelbar nach Abschluss einer Übernahme besonders erfolgversprechend für Cyberangriffe. Dafür gibt es mehrere Gründe: Angst vor…
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MITRE funding still in up in the air, say experts
‘Shouldn’t be begging’: “MITRE leaders have been begging for more private funding for years,” said Roger Grimes, data driven defense evangelist at KnowBe4, in an email.”This isn’t a type of program where the program leaders should be begging for funding. It should be fully funded, correctly resourced, and able to do a superb job for…
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CISA launches new wave of job cuts
Critics warn that drastic downsizing of the DHS unit will threaten the nation’s ability to counter cyber adversaries. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-job-cuts/745483/
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CISOs rethink hiring to emphasize skills over degrees and experience
‘Hire differently’: France and ISC2 are among the 37% of leaders and organizations who have put in the work to make skills-based hiring an effective strategy, not just an empty promise.To improve outcomes, France works with the HR team to review job descriptions for open positions and then crafts them based on the organization’s current…
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WhatsApp Job Offer Scam Targets Job Seekers in New Phishing Attack
A new form of phishing attack is making waves among job seekers, as cybercriminals exploit WhatsApp and Meta’s trusted branding to lure victims into sophisticated job offer scams. Security experts warn that these attacks are not only increasing in frequency but have also become more elaborate, bypassing many traditional security layers and preying on those…
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The most dangerous time for enterprise security? One month after an acquisition
Fear of upgrading or purchasing any new security tech. Managers are hesitant to invest because they don’t know what the new parent company will decide, and they don’t want to waste money.Talented security people leave, along with the best people in every business unit. They are worried about being laid off, so they take whatever…