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My Hacker Story: A Cautionary Tale of Intern Antics and Cultural Learnings

My hacker story does not paint me in the best light, and it is not intended to. I am a firm believer in sharing one's mistakes and being open to learning from them. My incident taught me so much, and many years later, I am still benefiting from the learning opportunities. As the wise quote goes, "We have met the enemy, and they are us" — a sentiment that perfectly sums up my experience.

Cloud Unfiltered with Carlos Santana - The World of Kubernetes and Platform Engineering - Episode 17

Welcome to another edition of Cloud Unfiltered! In this episode, your host Michael Chenetz dives deep into the world of Kubernetes and platform engineering with special guest Carlos Santana, a specialist solutions architect at AWS. In this episode, we discuss: Outshift is Cisco’s incubation engine, innovating what's next and new for Cisco products and sharing our expertise on emerging technologies. Discover the latest on cloud native applications, cloud application security, generative AI, quantum networking and security, future-forward tech research, our latest open source projects and more.

Configuring Policies | JumpCloud University Tutorial (2024)

In this tutorial, we'll go over how to configure policies for your JumpCloud managed devices. You can use JumpCloud policies to remotely manage devices in your organization. To discover more resources checkout JumpCloud University where you’ll find courses, tutorial videos, engaging guided simulations, and end user content.

How Cloudflare accelerates digital modernization efforts

You need to accelerate digital modernization to stay competitive, but complex tech stacks limit your modernization initiatives. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud simplifies management and new tech adoption across networks, web apps, security, and development, making it easier to embrace a wide range of digital services.

Creating symbolic links - Like shortcuts but better

The create symbolic links user right determines the users ability to create a symbolic link within Windows from the device they’re logged on to. These links point to other files or folders, just like regular shortcuts, but works in a more advanced way. Symbolic links help maintain organization and flexibility while minimizing potential security risks by giving the ability to create a link in one folder that points to a file in a different folder, making it seem like the file exists in both places.

CDK Global Cyber Incident Affects Automotive Dealers Across the US

On June 19, 2024, CDK Global notified customers that a cyber incident had led to a shutdown of its systems, significantly impacting car dealerships across the United States. CDK Global serves nearly 15,000 dealership locations, and the incident caused substantial disruption, forcing car dealerships to halt operations and revert to manual processes. Dealerships were initially notified about the incident around 2AM Eastern time on June 19, 2024, with an update at 8AM confirming the incident.

What's New With Lookout: Simplifying SSE

Organizations continue to endure the challenges that come along with the rapid migration to the cloud, like securing and managing data that is now spread across multiple networks, clouds, and apps. Outdated technologies have led to disjointed, hard-to-manage solutions that struggle to keep up with evolving security threats. But fear not! Lookout is here to help.

Emerging Rust Malware Uses PowerShell to Evade UAC and Steal Data

A new Rust-based information-stealing malware named Fickle Stealer has been identified, using multiple attack vectors to compromise systems and extract sensitive information. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, Fickle Stealer is being distributed through four different methods: VBA dropper, VBA downloader, link downloader, and executable downloader. Some of these methods employ a PowerShell script to bypass User Account Control (UAC) and execute the malware.

Stop Phishing Attacks with Next-Gen SIEM and SOAR

Phishing is the weapon of choice for many adversaries. And it’s easy to understand why: Users fall victim to attacks in under 60 seconds on average, novice cybercriminals can launch effective phishing campaigns thanks to off-the-shelf phishing kits and generative AI, and above all, it works — 71% of organizations reported at least one successful attack in 2023.