Tag: training
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Data Leak Outs Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy
A school for the Iranian state hackers of tomorrow has itself, ironically, been hacked. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-leak-students-iran-mois-training-academy
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Data Leak Outs Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy
A school for the Iranian state hackers of tomorrow has itself, ironically, been hacked. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-leak-students-iran-mois-training-academy
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From Power Users to Protective Stewards: How to Tune Security Training for Specialized Employees
How the best security training programs build strong security culture by focusing on high-risk groups like developers, executives, finance pros and more. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/power-users-protective-stewards-how-tune-security-training-specialized-employees
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Security Training Just Became Your Biggest Security Risk
Traditional security awareness training is now undermining enterprise security and productivity. As AI-generated phishing eliminates familiar “red flags,” organizations must move beyond vigilance culture toward AI-assisted trust calibration”, combining cognitive science and machine intelligence to rebuild trust, reduce false positives, and enhance real security outcomes. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/security-training-just-became-your-biggest-security-risk/
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PyTorch tensors, neural networks and Autograd: an introduction
This guide is designed to demystify PyTorch’s core components, providing you with a solid understanding of how it empowers the creation and training of sophisticated machine learning models. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/pytorch-tensors-neural-networks-and-autograd-an-introduction/
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Preventing training data leakage in AI systems
Training data leakage can significantly undermine the validity of AI models. It can also pose a critical privacy risk. Read on to understand two divergent definitions of a key term in AI model training. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/preventing-training-data-leakage-in-ai-systems/
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Security for AI: A Practical Guide to Enforcing Your AI Acceptable Use Policy
Tags: access, ai, awareness, best-practice, business, chatgpt, compliance, control, corporate, data, data-breach, disinformation, finance, governance, government, guide, intelligence, LLM, malicious, monitoring, openai, privacy, regulation, risk, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityAn AI acceptable use policy can help your organization mitigate the risk of employees accidentally exposing sensitive data to public AI tools. Benchmark your organization’s policy against our best practices and discover how prompt-level visibility from Tenable AI Exposure eases policy enforcement. Key takeaways: An AI acceptable use policy governs the appropriate use of generative…
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Do CISOs need to rethink service provider risk?
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, group, guide, incident, incident response, ISO-27001, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityShould risk assessment be about questionnaires or conversation?: David Stockdale, director of cybersecurity at the University of Queensland (UQ), needs services providers to understand the make-up and complexity of a higher education institution.”Because of the size and research intensity of the university, we tend to build a lot in-house. Where we do use service providers,…
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Do CISOs need to rethink service provider risk?
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, group, guide, incident, incident response, ISO-27001, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityShould risk assessment be about questionnaires or conversation?: David Stockdale, director of cybersecurity at the University of Queensland (UQ), needs services providers to understand the make-up and complexity of a higher education institution.”Because of the size and research intensity of the university, we tend to build a lot in-house. Where we do use service providers,…
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Building Tomorrow’s Security Team: The Skills Crisis No One Talks About
Cybersecurity teams face burnout, talent shortages, and widening skills gaps despite growing certifications. Learn why traditional training fails, how to audit your team’s real capabilities, and what steps to take to build practical, high-performance security operations that can actually defend your organization. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/building-tomorrows-security-team-the-skills-crisis-no-one-talks-about/
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You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/
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Vom Training zur Sicherheitskultur – Cybersicherheitskultur statt Pflichttraining
Tags: trainingFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cybersicherheitskultur-training-awareness-a-ac3ac15ed393f5fed58968c88b74419b/
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The 10 biggest issues CISOs and cyber teams face today
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computing, crime, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, governance, group, hacker, international, mitigation, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, scam, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability2. Escalating, and accelerating, AI-enabled attacks: A 2025 survey from Boston Consulting Group found that 80% of CISOs worldwide cited AI-powered cyberattacks as their top concern, a 19-point increase from the previous year. A 2025 survey from Darktrace, a security technology firm, found that 78% of CISOs reported a significant impact from AI-driven threats, up…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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AI browsers can be abused by malicious AI sidebar extensions: Report
‘Dumpster fires’: David Shipley, head of Canadian employee security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, agrees.”I think if CISOs are bored and want to spice up their lives with an incident, they should roll out these AI-powered hot messes to their users,” he said .”But, if they’re like most CISOs and they have lots of problems,…
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The Best End User Security Awareness Programs Aren’t About Awareness Anymore
The goal is to apply psychology principles to security training to change behaviors and security outcomes. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/best-end-user-security-awareness-programs-arent-about-awareness-anymore
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The Best End User Security Awareness Programs Aren’t About Awareness Anymore
The goal is to apply psychology principles to security training to change behaviors and security outcomes. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/best-end-user-security-awareness-programs-arent-about-awareness-anymore
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Turning Experience Into Impact: Careers in Cyber Education
Cyber Professionals Can Follow 2 Different Careers Paths to Training and Education When I first began working in cybersecurity education, my background was in teaching, not security operations. Over time, I came to appreciate that this field attracts professionals from both directions – those who begin in education and learn cybersecurity, and those who bring…
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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‘I am not a robot’: Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA lures to deploy espionage tools
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, captcha, ceo, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, incident response, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, russia, strategy, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustEvolving tactics and strategies: Analysts said ColdRiver, which for years focused on credential theft and email account compromise, is shifting toward multi-stage intrusions that rely on users to execute malicious code.By using ClickFix pages that mimic CAPTCHA verification screens, the group can bypass email security filters and deliver malware directly to victims’ devices, increasing the…
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Grand Canyon: RimRim 1 of n
I hadn’t intended to drive for 16 hours. It’s around midnight and my friend and I are about two hours away from Bright Angel Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I pull over for gas, to stretch my legs, and wake myself up. “Can you drive for a couple hours?” I ask.…
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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Simple to Ask: Is Your SOC AI Ready? Not Simple to Answer!
Gemini made blog illustration In early 1900s, factory owners bolted the new electric dynamo onto their old, central-shaft-and-pulley systems. They thought they were modernizing, but they were just doing a “retrofit.” The massive productivity boom didn’t arrive until they completely re-architected the factory around the new unit-drive motor (metaphor source). Today’s AI agent slapped onto…
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Grand Canyon: RimRim 1 of n
I hadn’t intended to drive for 16 hours. It’s around midnight and my friend and I are about two hours away from Bright Angel Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I pull over for gas, to stretch my legs, and wake myself up. “Can you drive for a couple hours?” I ask.…
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(g+) Die besten Tools: Pentesting lernen und einüben
Wer seine Systeme auf Sicherheitslücken abklopfen möchte, benötigt passende Werkzeuge und viel Erfahrung. Letztere erhalten angehende Pentester durch wiederholte Einbrüche in vorgefertigte Trainings-VMs. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/die-besten-tools-pentesting-lernen-und-einueben-2510-199261.html
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Why security awareness training doesn’t work, and how to fix it
Companies have built their security strategies around phishing simulations and educational webinars, tactics that research shows are ineffective. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cybersecurity-awareness-training-research-flaws/803201/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: F5 Breach Prompts Urgent U.S. Gov’t Warning, as OpenAI Details Disrupted ChatGPT Abuses
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, china, cisa, cloud, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, fraud, governance, government, group, hacker, incident, infrastructure, Internet, iran, law, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, openai, organized, phishing, privacy, resilience, risk, russia, scam, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityF5’s breach triggers a CISA emergency directive, as Tenable calls it “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent action. Meanwhile, OpenAI details how attackers try to misuse ChatGPT. Plus, boards are increasing AI and cyber disclosures. And much more! Key takeaways A critical breach at cybersecurity firm F5, attributed to a nation-state, has triggered an urgent…
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…