Tag: training
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Chinese firm tied to Uyghur rights abuses now training Tibet police on hacking techniques
The digital forensics company known as Meiya Pico won a contract in mid-2023 to build two labs at the Tibet Police College: one on offensive and defensive cyber techniques and the other on electronic evidence collection and analysis. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/chinese-firm-tied-to-uyghur-abuses-training-police-hacking-tibet
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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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Introducing Wyo Support ADAMnetworks LTP
Tags: attack, best-practice, business, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, email, endpoint, finance, GDPR, government, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, law, linkedin, PCI, phishing, radius, ransomware, regulation, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, zero-trustADAMnetworks is excited to announce Wyo Support to the family of Licensed Technology Partners. “After working with the various systems and technologies, there are few that compare with the protection that ADAMnetworks provides. It reduces the attack surface from the broad side of a barn down to the size of a keyhole. No other technology…
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Meta will use public EU user data to train its AI models
Meta announced that it will use public EU user data to train AI, resuming plans paused last year over Irish data protection concerns. Meta will start training its AI models using public data from adults in the EU, after pausing the plan last year over data protection concerns raised by Irish regulators. In June 2024,…
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Meta Resumes E.U. AI Training Using Public User Data After Regulator Approval
Meta has announced that it will begin to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models using public data shared by adults across its platforms in the European Union, nearly a year after it paused its efforts due to data protection concerns from Irish regulators.”This training will better support millions of people and businesses in Europe, by…
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Meta to resume AI training on content shared by Europeans
Meta announced today that it will soon start training its artificial intelligence models using content shared by European adult users on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/meta-to-resume-ai-training-on-content-shared-by-europeans/
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What boards want and don’t want to hear from cybersecurity leaders
Tags: access, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, email, malicious, metric, phishing, risk, security-incident, skills, strategy, technology, threat, training, update“It’s only when you report to someone not involved in technology that you realize you’re talking in jargon or not close to talking the language of the business,” says Bennett. Decoding what the board wants from security leaders: Cybersecurity leaders need regular contact with boards to foster familiarity and understanding. Without this, a lack of…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Integrating with AI for Agentic Applications
The emergence of Model Context Protocol for AI is gaining significant interest due to its standardization of connecting external data sources to large language models (LLMs). While these updates are good news for AI developers, they raise some security concerns. In this blog we address FAQs about MCP. Background Tenable Research has compiled this blog…
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Targeted phishing gets a new hook with real-time email validation
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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Top 16 OffSec, pen-testing, and ethical hacking certifications
Tags: access, android, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, blockchain, bug-bounty, business, cisco, cloud, computing, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, injection, iot, jobs, kali, linux, malware, microsoft, mitigation, mobile, network, penetration-testing, RedTeam, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-assessment, sap, skills, sql, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, windowsExperiential learning Offensive security can’t be fully mastered through lectures alone. Candidates need hands-on training in lab environments to develop practical skills. Ideally, certification exams should include a practical assessment, such as developing an exploit to compromise a system.Because individuals learn OffSec techniques, such as penetration testing, in different ways, the most effective certifications offer…
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Precision-validated phishing: The rise of sophisticated credential theft
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, theft, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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Is HR running your employee security training? Here’s why that’s not always the best idea
Tags: attack, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, ciso, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, guide, healthcare, privacy, resilience, risk, security-incident, service, threat, training, vulnerabilityHR doesn’t have specialized security knowledge: Another limitation is that an organization’s security training can be a component in maintaining certain certifications, compliance, contractual agreements, and customer expectations, according to Hughes.”If that’s important to your organization, then security, IT, and compliance teams will know the subjects to cover and help guide in the importance of…
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2025 SC Awards Finalists: Best IT Security-Related Training Program
Tags: trainingFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/2025-sc-awards-finalists-best-it-security-related-training-program
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UK SMEs losing over £3bn a year to cyber incidents
A lack of access to technology, little to no staff training, and competing priorities are losing UK SMEs up to £3.4bn to cyber incidents every year First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366622019/UK-SMEs-losing-over-3bn-a-year-to-cyber-incidents
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10 things you should include in your AI policy
Tags: access, ai, best-practice, breach, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, governance, incident response, insurance, law, monitoring, privacy, regulation, risk, software, strategy, switch, technology, tool, training, updateInput from all stakeholders: At Aflac, the security team took the initial lead on developing the company’s AI policy. But AI is not just a security concern. “And it’s not just a legal concern,” Ladner says. “It’s not just a privacy concern. It’s not just a compliance concern. You need to bring all the stakeholders…
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AI Outsmarts Human Red Teams in Phishing Tests
Hoxhunt Predicts Phishing-as-a-Service Will Adopt AI Spear Phishing Agents. AI surpassed human red teams in crafting phishing attacks, at scale and with alarming success, asserts research from cybersecurity training firm Hoxhunt. The company’s proprietary AI spear phishing agent, outperformed human counterparts by 24%, a turnaround from a31% deficit in 2023. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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The risks of entry-level developers over relying on AI
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, best-practice, cio, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, exploit, jobs, law, malicious, open-source, programming, resilience, risk, skills, software, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityThe risks of blind spots, compliance and license violation: As generative AI becomes more embedded in software development and security workflows, cybersecurity leaders are raising concerns about the blind spots it can potentially introduce. “AI can produce secure-looking code, but it lacks contextual awareness of the organization’s threat model, compliance needs, and adversarial risk environment,”…
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AI programming copilots are worsening code security and leaking more secrets
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, best-practice, breach, ceo, ciso, container, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, github, government, incident response, injection, least-privilege, LLM, monitoring, open-source, openai, password, programming, risk, skills, software, strategy, tool, training, vulnerabilityOverlooked security controls: Ellen Benaim, CISO at enterprise content mangement firm Templafy, said AI coding assistants often fail to adhere to the robust secret management practices typically observed in traditional systems.”For example, they may insert sensitive information in plain text within source code or configuration files,” Benaim said. “Furthermore, because large portions of code are…
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Veterans are an obvious fit for cybersecurity, but tailored support ensures they succeed
Security is built into just about any military role: “Veterans make great cybersecurity specialists, because they’ve had security-focused roles, whether physical or information security, no matter what branch of the service they were in,” says Bryan Radliff, a 31-year veteran of the US Army who now serves as the CyberVets program manager in the Onward…
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Sicherheitsbedenken nehmen zu – Arbeitnehmer brauchen Training bei Cyberrisiken
Tags: trainingFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/arbeitnehmer-brauchen-training-bei-cyberrisiken-a-036256a32b14852f21acfc9a3536e26c/
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CyberCatch Launches CAT: Cybersecurity Training for SMBs
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are continuously becoming prime targets for cybercriminals. Recent statistics reveal that 61% of SMBs were targeted by cyberattacks, with 46% of all cyber breaches affecting companies with fewer than 1,000 employees. The consequences of such… First seen on sensorstechforum.com Jump to article: sensorstechforum.com/cybercatch-cat-training-smbs/
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Infostealer malware poses potent threat despite recent takedowns
How CISOs can defend against infostealers: To defend against these threats, CISOs should rely on multi-factor authentication MFA and least privilege access to prevent their incursion into the corporate network, as well as endpoint detection and response (EDR) and anti-malware to detect and quarantine infostealers that manage to trick users into running the malware. Regular…
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6 hard-earned tips for leading through a cyberattack, from CSOs who’ve been there
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, business, cisco, ciso, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, lessons-learned, military, open-source, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, threat, training, updateDevelop muscle memory, and patience, through simulations: Authority under crisis is meaningless if you can’t establish followership. And this goes beyond the incident response team: CISOs must communicate with the entire organization, a commonly misunderstood imperative, says Pablo Riboldi, CISO of nearshore talent provider BairesDev.”I find that employee involvement tends to be overlooked during cyberattacks.…
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Understanding Privacy Changes: eBay’s AI Policy and The Future of Data Privacy
In this episode, host Tom Eston discusses recent privacy changes on eBay related to AI training and the implications for user data. He highlights the hidden opt-out feature for AI data usage and questions the transparency of such policies, especially in regions without strict privacy laws like the United States. The host also explores how……
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Student-Powered SOCs Train Security’s Next Generation
University security operations centers that hire and train students are a boon to state and local governments while giving much-needed Tier 1 cybersecurity training to undergraduates. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/student-powered-socs-train-security-next-generation
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G2 Names INE 2025 Cybersecurity Training Leader
Cary, North Carolina, 27th March 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/g2-names-ine-2025-cybersecurity-training-leader/