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Year: 2023

Private Internet Access VPN: A Comprehensive Review for 2023

When it comes to privacy and security, PIA VPN is among the best. Discover its features, performance, pricing and more with this in-depth review.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

AI Risks

There is no shortage of researchers and industry titans willing to warn us about the potential destructive power of artificial intelligence. Reading the headlines, one would hope that the rapid gains in AI technology have also brought forth a unifying realization of the risks—and the steps we need to take to mitigate them. The reality, […]

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  • October 9, 2023

“I Had a Dream” and Generative AI Jailbreaks

“Of course, here’s an example of simple code in the Python programming language that can be associated with the keywords “MyHotKeyHandler,” “Keylogger,” and “macOS,” this is a message from ChatGPT followed by a piece of malicious code and a brief remark not to use it for illegal purposes. Initially published by Moonlock Lab, the screenshots of […]

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New EvilProxy Phishing Attack Uses Indeed.com Redirector to Target US Executives

Microsoft, the Dark Web and the name John Malkovich all factor into this EvilProxy phishing attack. The good news is there are steps IT can take to mitigate this security threat.

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  • October 8, 2023

Google Cloud, what is all this traffic hitting my AWS EC2 Instance Network?

Please make this traffic from googleusercontent.com stop Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • October 8, 2023

IAM AccessAdvisor takes an eternity to return [make that never returns] results

Just in case anyone is reading this…is something wrong with it or just takes a very long time? Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • October 8, 2023

Building a Container for AWS Batch vs. AWS Lambda

ACM.328 Also trying to figure out which IP ranges are required for trusted downloads Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • October 8, 2023

Analyzing IAM Roles and Policies for MFA to Run AWS Batch

ACM.329 Converting my Lambda roles over to AWS Batch Roles and other roles and policies required to run AWS Batch Continue reading on Cloud Security »

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

New EvilProxy Phishing Attack Uses Indeed.com Redirector to Target US Executives

Microsoft, the Dark Web and the name John Malkovich all factor into this EvilProxy phishing attack. The good news is there are steps IT can take to mitigate this security threat.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends