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A Trying Time for US Election Cybersecurity
With less than a year to go until America chooses its next president, its election security needs some work. Last week, Mick Baccio, the CISO for democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg, quit the campaign. He cited…
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Security.txt: A Standard Signpost For Ethical Hackers
[caption id="attachment_14399" align="alignleft" width="1140"] Courtesy kaet44 on Flickr[/caption] A proposal that makes it easier to submit bug reports is close to getting the final stamp of approval - but even when it does, there's still…
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Contest Solution Revealed
At SecTor 2019 we ran another exciting Capture the Flag (CTF) contest with something for everyone, from novices to experts alike. With a special thanks to Dolos Group for setting up and running the CTF,…
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SecTor 2020 Plans Begin!
When we founded SecTor, we did it because we were regular attendees of Black Hat, Defcon and several other US based events and we were frustrated that Canada had nothing of the sort. We started…
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How To Get The Most From Your First Cybersecurity Conference
When it comes to cybersecurity conferences, DEF CON is one of the most daunting. It's huge, busy, and filled with experts, many of whom already know each other. So when Laylee Olsen ventured there for…
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What Data Breaches and Climate Change Have in Common
If you feel powerless to protect your data—and other peoples’—against an onslaught of cyberattacks, you’re not alone. In March, Cisco’s 2019 CISO Benchmark Study surveyed 3,259 IT security pros around the world. It found that…
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Should You Pay An Online Ransom?
If you weren't convinced that data is one of your most valuable assets, just look at how often criminals are locking it up and holding it to ransom. Ransomware attacks have become an epidemic, hitting…
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Why Cloud Data Exposures Keep Happening
Finding online data exposures is like shooting fish in a barrel—assuming that you’re using an M65 cannon with a nuclear payload. New and horrific breaches emerge every week. In the last couple of weeks alone,…
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What Online Application Flaws Should You Be Worried About?
What application vulnerabilities should you be worried about when protecting your organization? Well, all of them, of course, but some more than others. Bug bounty company HackerOne recently analyzed the 120,000 vulnerabilities that researchers have…
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Help the Security Effort By Becoming an IoT Researcher
For UK users concerned about their connected devices leaking personal data, help may be on the way. Fed up with the Internet of things (IoT) industry’s failure to self regulate, the UK government is preparing…
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Here’s How We Know Exactly What Alexa Is Hearing
When you talk to Amazon’s Alexa, it isn’t only a cloud-based digital assistant that listens. This week, Bloomberg reported that humans are listening in on your Alexa recordings to better train the system. These workers…
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Why Hackers Love Lock Picking So Much
What is it with hackers and lock picking? Lock picking workshops have sprung up at various conferences including Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), DEF CON, and of course our own SecTor conference. For years now,…
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#Kali #Linux has gone non-root with version 2020.1. There's a rootless version of its mobile phone-based pen testin… https://t.co/uRVTb93Mte
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SecTor 2020 Call For Papers #CFP is now open! Head over to https://t.co/r1N6RXDlIw & submit your talk proposal toda… https://t.co/rdfSNDFQIG
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#Facebook says the #Bezos hack is down to Apple. Let the finger pointing begin! https://t.co/6HfOfUhFJk #malware… https://t.co/4FhdwZthns
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The State of Maryland wants to criminalize #malware possession, unless you're a researcher. Good luck enforcing any… https://t.co/jNQEj7QrGk
