Tag: jobs
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Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI
The latest development has thrown scholars for a curveball, and has some worried about being “left out to dry” when it comes to job positions. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/sfs-scholarship-program-trump-administration-ai-shift/
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Ten years later, has the GDPR fulfilled its purpose?
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, china, cio, compliance, data, data-breach, dora, finance, flaw, framework, GDPR, governance, government, international, jobs, law, mobile, office, privacy, regulation, risk, service, technology, tool, trainingFernando Maldonado, technology advisor at Foundry. MuleSoft. Gray areas remain: Still, if anything has been demonstrated in the decade since its entry into force, it’s that the GDPR still has a long way to go.Miguel Recio, president of APEP.IA (Spanish Professional Association for Privacy), argues that some of the limitations that have been exposed about the…
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The Winter Games effect: When gold meets DDoS
Tags: attack, botnet, cctv, ddos, defense, detection, dns, government, group, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, jobs, lockbit, network, penetration-testing, ransomware, router, service, strategy, threat, windowsAttack volumes 610x historical levels during the Winter Games period (February 623, 2026)Peak attack count reached more than 2,200 attacks on February 23NoName057(16) dominated public DDoS hacktivist claims with 47, although ransomware groups (Qilin, LockBit 5.0) also claimed success in various attacksTactical shift from pre-Winter Games high-bandwidth attacks (412.89Gbps peak) to Winter Games-period high-throughput attacksGeographic…
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Darkhub HackingHire Portal Promotes Crypto Fraud and Spyware Services
A newly identified dark web platform, Darkhub, is advertising a wide range of hacking-for-hire services, including account compromise, surveillance, and financial manipulation. The service, accessible via the Tor network, presents itself as a centralized hub for offensive cyber capabilities targeting both individuals and organizations. Many similar services historically function as advance-fee scams rather than delivering…
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LinkedIn job scams push most pros to verify roles before applying
Questioning whether a job posting is genuine has become part of the application routine for most professionals. 72% stop to consider the legitimacy of a role at least … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/06/linkedin-job-scams-hit-hard/
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CISOs step up to the security workforce challenge
Tags: ai, attack, automation, ciso, conference, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, jobs, malicious, risk, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingGomez-Sanchez and Turpin are speaking at the CSO Cybersecurity Awards & Conference, May 11-13. Reserve your place. And then there’s AI. When it comes to security, AI may help partially offset cyber skills shortages by automating certain tasks, but it also ramps up cyberattack volumes and expands the organizational attack surface, without fixing CISOs’ ongoing talent…
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Defining AI-First Engineers and AI-Native Engineers: The New Talent Blueprint [Hiring in the AI Era (Part 2)]
From Understanding the Shift to Defining the Talent In Part 1, we established a foundational shift: Work is moving from execution to orchestration. Humans are…Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/05/defining-ai-first-engineers-and-ai-native-engineers-the-new-talent-blueprint-hiring-in-the-ai-era-part-2/
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Botnet Hijacks ADB-Exposed Android Devices to Target Minecraft Servers
New research has uncovered a Mirai-derived botnet called xlabs_v1 that turns Android devices with exposed Android Debug Bridge (ADB) into a distributed attack platform for knocking Minecraft servers and other game hosts offline. By abusing TCP port 5555 on poorly secured Android-based hardware, the operators are quietly building a rentable DDoS-for-hire service aimed at the gaming ecosystem.…
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The fake IT worker problem CISOs can’t ignore
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, captcha, cio, ciso, compliance, computer, control, credentials, crowdstrike, data, detection, edr, endpoint, fedramp, fraud, gartner, iam, identity, jobs, linkedin, mitigation, monitoring, network, north-korea, office, phone, risk, skills, tool, training, zero-trustWhat to do if you suspect a fake IT worker: When a CIO suspects a fake IT worker, next steps are important as the issue shifts from recruitment to insider risk management.During his time at MongoDB, George Gerchow, IANS faculty advisor and Bedrock Data CSO, oversaw the investigation after the company detected it had unknowingly…
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Job’s a good ‘un: Bank of England tech project wins watchdog praise
PAC: Now why can’t everybody else in public sector do it like this? First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/05/03/bank_of_england_tech_migration/
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Week in review: High-severity LPE vulnerability in the Linux kernel, cPanel 0-day exploited for months
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The AI criminal mastermind is already hiring on gig platforms Labor-hire … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/03/week-in-review-high-severity-lpe-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernel-cpanel-0-day-exploited-for-months/
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Week in review: High-severity LPE vulnerability in the Linux kernel, cPanel 0-day exploited for months
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The AI criminal mastermind is already hiring on gig platforms Labor-hire … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/03/week-in-review-high-severity-lpe-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernel-cpanel-0-day-exploited-for-months/
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Just 34% of cyber pros plan to stick with their current employer
Skills development: Richard Demeny, founder and CTO at Canary Wharfian, an online finance career platform, says that graduates and early professionals know they are calling the shots because even at the entry level talent is scarce.”[New entrants] are prioritizing opportunity and learnings, as pay is pretty much standard across the board, except for maybe high-finance…
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Nearly half of UK businesses pwned last year as phishing keeps doing the job like it’s 2005
Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from ‘IT support’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/almost_half_of_uk_firms/
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Nearly half of UK businesses pwned last year as phishing keeps doing the job like it’s 2005
Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from ‘IT support’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/almost_half_of_uk_firms/
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Nearly half of UK businesses pwned last year as phishing keeps doing the job like it’s 2005
Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from ‘IT support’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/almost_half_of_uk_firms/
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Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs
Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 is a maintenance and feature update built on Debian 13.4 >>Trixie<< that adds S3-compatible object storage as a supported backend and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/proxmox-backup-server-4-2-released/
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul
While tech leaders think about how to strategically deploy AI tools to support human intelligence needs, rank and filers express concerns about their livelihoods. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/national-geospatial-intelligence-ai-agency-leaders-say-job-loss-safety-top-concerns/
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What CISOs need to get right as identity enters the agentic era
Tags: access, ai, ciso, conference, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, governance, identity, jobs, least-privilege, malicious, mfa, monitoring, phishing, risk, technology, toolWilcox and Adams are speaking at the CSO Cybersecurity Awards & Conference, May 1113. Reserve your place.As a result, Adams says CISOs will increasingly need to adopt an identity-centric security architecture and there are several key tenets to consider.Build a strong foundation before layering on complexity. The instinct when modernizing an identity program, says Adams, is…
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From Task Execution to AI-Orchestrated Work: Why Hiring Process Must Be Rebuilt
This Is Not a Hiring Adjustment. It Is a Reset Most hiring strategies today are built for a structure of work that is already changing….Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/04/from-task-execution-to-ai-orchestrated-work-why-hiring-process-must-be-rebuilt/
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Cybersec is a thankless job: expanding workload and shrinking pay packet
Global recruitment giant says 71% of human firewalls saw wages stagnate last year as threats and responsibilities grew First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/from_a_massive_skills_gap/
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Most Cybersecurity Professionals Feel Undervalued and Underpaid
A new report by global technology recruitment firm, Harvey Nash, found that three quarters of cybersecurity staff are pessimistic on pay and half are looking for a new job First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-pros-feel/
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ICO chief John Edwards steps back as workplace probe quietly unfolds
UK’s data watchdog confirms its boss has been off the job since February while an HR investigation runs First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/ico_chief_john_edwards_steps/
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The ‘manager of agents’: How AI evolves the SOC analyst role
Tags: ai, automation, business, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, detection, intelligence, jobs, risk, skills, soc, technology, threat, toolFrom doing the work to directing it: What agentic AI introduces into the SOC is the ability to delegate.Instead of analysts manually gathering evidence and stitching together context, AI agents can now autonomously execute investigative steps: Querying systems, correlating signals and building evidence chains in real time. It doesn’t remove the human from the process.…
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The AI criminal mastermind is already hiring on gig platforms
Labor-hire platforms let anyone with a credit card post a task and pay a stranger to complete it. The RentAHuman platform extends that model to AI agents through a Model … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/27/ai-criminal-mastermind-gig-platforms/