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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the World Ethical Data Forum, online, October 26-28, 2022. I’m speaking at the 24th International Information Security Conference in Madrid, Spain, on November 17, 2022. The list is maintained on this page.

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Mirai Botnet Targeted Wynncraft Minecraft Server, Cloudflare Reports

The multi-vector, 2.5Tbps attack consisted of UDP and TCP floods

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Shein Holding Company Fined $1.9m For Not Disclosing Data Breach

The data breach saw Zoetop allegedly trying to keep the real impact of the leak quiet

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Protect your digital life with SplashID Pro password manager

The SplashID Pro password manager helps you securely store and manage your important digital data. Get it for more than 70% off today. The post Protect your digital life with SplashID Pro password manager appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Regulating DAOs

In August, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash, a virtual currency “mixer” designed to make it harder to trace cryptocurrency transactions—and a worldwide favorite money-laundering platform. Americans are now forbidden from using it. According to the US government, Tornado Cash was sanctioned because it allegedly laundered […]

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  • October 14, 2022

New Chinese Cyberespionage Group Targeting IT Service Providers and Telcos

Telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia are being targeted by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat group dubbed WIP19. The espionage-related attacks are characterized by the use of a stolen digital certificate issued by a Korean company called DEEPSoft to sign malicious artifacts deployed during the infection chain to evade detection. […]

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Google Next ’22: A new era of built-in cloud services

At this week’s event, Google presented its latest solutions as it tries to overtake Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud market. The post Google Next ’22: A new era of built-in cloud services appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Education Sector Experienced 44% Increase in Cyber-Attacks Over Last Year

An average of 2297 attacks against organizations were recorded every week

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  • October 14, 2022

AWS Nitro Enclaves and TPMs

ACM.80 Protecting data and encryption keys in memory and in use This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Enclaves, Trusted Execution Environments, and Trusted Platform Modules “I can put whatever I want in that box and you won’t even know.” One of the product managers at a company I used to […]

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