Say it louder for the people in the back.

Six password takeaways from the updated NIST cybersecurity framework Updated NIST guidelines reject outdated password security practices in favor of more effective protections. Learn from Specops Software about 6 takeaways from NIST's new guidance that help create stro...

Password security is a constantly evolving environment. We have to consider user behavior in the ways we teach people to construct and protect passwords.

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Today is National Buy Your Sysadmin a Coffee Day. This is a very serious responsibility, if you don't install Java in the admin, all the things could crash.

Also, I made all of that up, but don't tell the people who don't know.

Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight?

Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you

Me: Not now Dad

Dad: Not asking for a #Linux sysadmin to help, are they?

Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now

Dad: Go and see if “sudo reboot" helps.

That forcing password changes every 90 days would lead to better passwords.

Letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris: November 25, 2024 Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris,

To summarize what will obviously become another conspiracy theory before long... no, no one is alleging a hack of the election results. In fact, such a hack is nearly absolute in it's failure. It's asking for an audit of other irregularities.

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Food for thought. Do alerts become wallpaper in the background, and how do we make them more meaningful, separating the noise from the static?

Hacking group claims to have cracked Microsoft's software licensing security on a massive scale Massgrave is a prominent group within the piracy scene, known for creating highly effective scripts designed to activate Microsoft software. These tools have gained significant popularity and...

When a hacker group cracks the Windows licensing, it inevitably leads to home users using it, and also inevitably leads to malware being added to software designed to automate the crack.

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Russian Hacker With $10 Million Bounty on His Head Reportedly Arrested Russian authorities have reportedly arrested Mikhail Matveev, who is wanted by the US for ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure.

That's a big fish caught. But we're still using poles instead of nets.

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Governments. Governments have access to them.

If you're one of those people who believe both parties are the same, the next four years is not only going to be one hell of an education for you, you about to earn a degree.

Top senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’ The severity of the Chinese breach highlights the need for more telecommunications regulation, lawmakers say.

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A third of Americans are served by insecure water systems More than 100M rely on gear rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG

It's honestly a miracle that cyberterrorists haven't targeted utility systems more.

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Oh, if only it weren't so true.

If you are trying to help grow Bluesky, and engagement, remember, liking a post does not a while lot. Bluesky isn't developed on a popularity algorithm like other platforms.

Re-sharing a post helps a ton. Give your favorite content creators and news services a share, and watch them grow.

Fostering an early interest in STEM programs is not only the future of Tech, but quite possibly the future of our entire planet.

One of these youngsters may become the scientist that one day learns how to safely removed megatons of carbon from our air.

The DOJ's request to have Google sell off Chrome, and to potentially not allow the Play Store to be installed on Android phones by default, is a massive concern for Cybersecurity.

Think back to the days when Flash was so widely used, and most people didn't know how to install it.

Chinese scientists claim they broke RSA encryption with a quantum computer — but there's a catch Researchers claim to have broken RSA encryption using a quantum computer, but what really happened?

This news story is now confirmed A quantum computer has broken RSA encryption. We need new encryption ciphers like yesterday.

www.livescience.com/technology/c...

I see a lot of celebs being impersonated on BlueSky and asking people not to follow the fakes.

You can be "verified" on the platform by changing your handle to include your registered domain. It helps people know it's really you.

I once built a Slackware server in a pizza box, and for kicks, mounted a 7" screen into a KFC bucket to serve as a monitor.

I think I found a serverless data center that developers use to create serverless apps. 😅🤣

And after 19 years, you get new shoes.

Studies show that frequent password change requirements actually hurt cybersecurity efforts. It's not long before Password1234 and Password2345 and Password3456 become the norm.

Focus on teach good quality password habits, and less on frequent changes.

76% of Cybersecurity Professionals Believe AI Should Be Heavily Regulated, New Study by StrongDM Finds As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries, the cybersecurity field faces a dual-edged sword of opportunities and threats. StrongDM's latest report, "The State of AI in Cybe...

Count me among them. AI is incredibly good at mutating attacks and finding new exploits. Security companies can't keep up with the pace of attacks.

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