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VentureBeat contributor on cybersecurity; husband & dad; writer and speaker on AI, cybersecurity, ERP, and zero trust. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/louiscolumbus VentureBeat: venturebeat.com/author/louis-columb…

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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Top Ten Insights from Forrester’s 2026 Cybersecurity Budget Benchmarks linkedin.com/pulse/top-te... #CyberSecurity #GenerativeAI #SecurityBudgets #RiskManagement #ZeroTrust #QuantumSecurity #Deepfakes #Forrester #CISO #CyberResilience
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Top Ten Insights from Forrester’s 2026 Cybersecurity Budget Benchmarks
"With volatility now the norm, security and risk leaders need practical guidance on managing existing spending and new budgetary necessities," states Forrester's 2026 Budget Planning Guide. The resear...
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Why 60% of CISOs are betting big on generative AI, despite early challenges www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-60... #Cybersecurity #GenerativeAI #CISO #ThreatIntelligence #GartnerResearch #AI #NIST #RiskManagement
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Why 60% of CISOs are betting big on generative AI, despite early challenges
The global threatscape is becoming dominated by all forms of weaponized LLMs, AI, and conversational agents, all aimed at launching lethal attacks that cripple companies and entire supply chains in mi...
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Ninja Owl @ninjaowl.ai · 26/10/2025
Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy
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Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
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Rachel Courtland @rachelcourtland.com · 31/07/2025
Interested in writing for MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com)? Here's our pitch guide. Now with 2026 magazine themes! www.technologyreview.com/how-to-pitch...
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How to pitch MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review welcomes pitches from freelance writers across a broad range of topics. We encourage writers of all skill levels, and from all backgrounds, to pitch us. We are especially interes...
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Security leaders lose visibility as consultants deploy shadow AI copilots to stay employed venturebeat.com/security/sha... #ai #genai #shadowAI
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Security leaders lose visibility as consultants deploy shadow AI copilots to stay employed
Fearing sweeping layoffs driven by AI and automation, elite consultants and high performers are turning to shadow AI for a competitive edge.
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OpsMatters @opsmatters.com · 23/05/2025
The latest update for #Tines includes "Is the future of the SOC autonomous? A Q&A with #Forrester's Allie Mellen" and "RegScale's Travis Howerton on taking the pain out of #compliance in highly-regulated industries". #cybersecurity #nocodesecurity #appsec opsmtrs.com/3LFedhc
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Tines
The world’s best companies – from startups to the Fortune 10 – trust Tines with their mission-critical security workflows.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Shrink exploit windows, slash MTTP: Why ring deployment is now a must for enterprise defense venturebeat.com/security/rin... #AI #cybersecurity #patching #SOC #CISO
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Shrink exploit windows, slash MTTP: Why ring deployment is now a must for enterprise defense
Ring deployment slashes MTTP and legacy CVE risk. Learn how Ivanti and Southstar Bank are modernizing patch strategy with real-time intel.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The walled garden cracks: Nadella bets Microsoft’s Copilots—and Azure’s next act—on A2A/MCP interoperability venturebeat.com/ai/the-walle... $MSFT #Azure #AgenticAI #agenticautomation
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The walled garden cracks: Nadella bets Microsoft’s Copilots—and Azure’s next act—on A2A/MCP interoperability
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s endorsement of Google DeepMind‘s A2A open protocol and Anthropic's MCP is huge sign the industry is moving to an open garden.
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Marco Casassa Mont @marcocasassamont.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Insightful article and insights from RSA2025 and SVP Report about state of cybersecurity, agentic AI and AI/ML model protection ... venturebeat.com/security/rsa... #cybersecurity #AI #AIagents #AIMLmodelProtection #CISO
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RSAC 2025: Why the AI agent era means more demand for CISOS
RSAC 2025 made one thing clear: AI agents are entering security workflows, but boards want proof they work.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
RSAC 2025: Why the AI agent era means more demand for CISOS venturebeat.com/security/rsa... #AI #CISO #cybersecurity #RSAC2025
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RSAC 2025: Why the AI agent era means more demand for CISOS
RSAC 2025 made one thing clear: AI agents are entering security workflows, but boards want proof they work.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
#Manufacturers have had a bumpy ride this year, give them credit for navigating turbulence while continuing to manage and grow revenue. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ma...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is riveting
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#RSAC2025 Starter Pack. Red Bull? check. Party invites? check. Best booth giveaways including whack-the-attack? check. #cybersecurity #humor
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
From friction to flow: Why Swissport scrapped its VPN maze for Cato’s SASE fabric venturebeat.com/security/swi... #CatoNetworks, #DigitalTransformation #NetworkSecurity #SASE #SecureAccess #Swissport #ZeroTrust
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From friction to flow: Why Swissport scrapped its VPN maze for Cato’s SASE fabric
Swissport ditches legacy tech, deploying a global, Zero Trust SASE architecture with Cato Networks securing 26,000 users, unlocking real-time control.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Amex GBT’s CISO Builds an AI-driven threat detection engine that slashes response latency linkedin.com/posts/louisc... #Cybersecurity #AIsecurity #MachineSpeed #CISO #ThreatManagement
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Amex GBT puts AI at the center of SOC automation, threat modeling… | Louis C.
𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐱 𝐆𝐁𝐓’𝐬 𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐎 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 🥷 Adversaries are relentless in the pace at which they’re weaponizing AI and launching machine-to-machine at...
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Identity as the new perimeter: National Oilwell Varco’s approach to stopping the 79% of attacks that are malware-free #CISO #cybersecurity #zerotrust www.linkedin.com/posts/louisc...
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Identity as the new perimeter: National Oilwell Varco’s approach to… | Louis C.
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐈𝐎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝟑𝟓𝐗   Cyber threats continue to evolve faster than legacy security platforms can respond, especially when 79% of attacks no...
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The Shadowserver Foundation @shadowserver.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Attention! Check your Compromised Website Report for critical events tagged “fortinet-compromised” and follow Fortinet's mitigation advice on compromised devices: fortinet.com/blog/psirt-b... Data available from 2025-04-11+ shadowserver.org/what-we-do/n...
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Amex GBT puts AI at the center of SOC automation, threat modeling, incident response venturebeat.com/security/ame... $AXP #amexgbt #CISO #CyberSecurity
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Amex GBT puts AI at the center of SOC automation, threat modeling, incident response
Amex GBT CISO David Levin is accelerating AI security, cutting false positives and speeding SOC response to anticipate and shut down threats.
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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Louis Columbus looks at how easy it is to extract proprietary data and do crimes with weaponized large language models (LLMs). @louiscolumbus.bsky.social venturebeat.com/ai/cisco-war...
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Cisco: Fine-tuned LLMs are now threat multipliers—22x more likely to go rogue
Cisco warns LLMs fine-tuned for business are now being weaponized. Guardrails aren't failing. They're being engineered around.
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Taryn Plumb @tarynplumb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Devs and non-devs can use the cloud-based, Gemini-powered platform to build, launch, iterate and monitor apps, APIs, backends and frontends. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GoogleCloudNext venturebeat.com/ai/google-in...
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Google introduces Firebase Studio, an end-to-end platform that builds custom apps in-browser, in minutes
Devs and non-devs can use the cloud-based, Gemini-powered platform to build, launch, iterate and monitor apps, APIs, backends and frontends.
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 31/03/2025
Oracle Cloud security SNAFU latest: IT giant accused of pedantry as evidence vanishes
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Oracle plays coy on reported Cloud, Health security breaches
: 1990s incident response in 2025
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Gartner’s 1Q25 Cybersecurity Forecast: Where CISOs are betting big through 2029 www.linkedin.com/pulse/gartne... #AI, #CISO #CloudSecurity, #AIsecurity #ZeroTrust #CNAPP
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PIVOTcon @pivotcon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We are excited to present our #PIVOTcon25 #Keynote speaker: Jackie Burns Koven! She is Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence at @chainalysis.bsky.social where her team tracks the wallets of those who scam, steal, and extort for cryptocurrency 💰💸🦹 #CTI #ThreatIntel (1/4)
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Bob Carver @cybersecboardrm.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
www.businessinsider.... #cybersecurity #ChatGPT #LLMs #malware #infostealer
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How do you get ChatGPT to create malware strong enough to breach Google's password manager? Just play pretend.
Cybersecurity researchers were able to bypass security features on ChatGPT by roleplaying with it, getting the bot to write password-stealing malware.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Speed is King: How Google’s $32B Wiz play rewrites DevOps security rules venturebeat.com/security/goo... #AI #CNAPP #cybersecurity #devops $GOOG
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Speed is King: How Google’s $32B Wiz play rewrites DevOps security rules
The real story behind Google acquiring Wiz is how the need for speed and better cloud security dominates every enterprise’s devops cycles.
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
When everything is evidence. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
AI vs. AI: 6 ways enterprises are automating cybersecurity to counter AI-powered attacks venturebeat.com/security/ai-... #AI #genAI #cybersecurity #cyberattacks
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AI vs. AI: 6 ways enterprises are automating cybersecurity to counter AI-powered attacks
AI-powered cybersecurity threats include deepfakes, automating breaches, and morphing malware in real time, challenging cyberdefenses.
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martechnewser @cheinyeanlim.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
2024: 79% of cyber intrusions were malware-free, up from 40% in 2019. Voice phishing has overtaken phishing as the top first access method. #CyberSecurity #CrowdStrike #VoicePhishing #MalwareFree #Phishing #CyberTrends #DataSecurity #ThreatDetection #TechNews
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Wireless Bottleneck – Why Enterprises Must Rethink Network Strategies www.linkedin.com/pulse/wirele... #AI #DigitalTransformation #EnterpriseNetworking #GenerativeAI #IndustrialAutomation #Industry40 #NetworkSecurity #Private5G #WirelessInnovation $ADR
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The Wireless Bottleneck – Why Enterprises Must Rethink Network Strategies
The growing demands on enterprise networks from AI, generative AI (gen AI), and machine learning are outpacing what traditional Wi-Fi can support. High-density AI modeling environments, mission-critic...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/02/2025
Quantum computing is struggling to reach its silicon moment | Opinion www.ft.com/content/bfe5fff4-3d78-4b…
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Quantum computing is struggling to reach its silicon moment | Opinion
Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, the industry is still a long way from building practical machines
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
NEW: Hacked crypto exchange Bybit is offering $140 million in bounties to anyone who can help locate and freeze the stolen ethereum. Bybit also disclosed preliminary results of investigations, which reveal hackers breached a developer’s device at a wallet platform Safe Wallet.
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Hacked crypto exchange Bybit offers $140 million bounty to trace stolen funds | TechCrunch
Bybit has already paid more than $4 million to bounty hunters who helped trace and freeze some of the stolen funds.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The Cost of Downtime: Why Businesses Can No Longer Afford Network Instability www.linkedin.com/pulse/cost-d... #AI #AIInfrastructure #AIOperations #genAI #NetworkResilience #PredictiveMaintenance #Private5G
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The Cost of Downtime: Why Businesses Can No Longer Afford Network Instability
Every minute of network downtime is burning cash, killing productivity, and driving customers straight to your competitors. In today’s always-on economy, unstab
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Cyber threats in industrial operations: Why smart factories need smarter security www.linkedin.com/pulse/cyber-... #cybersecurity #zerotrust
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Cyber threats in industrial operations: Why smart factories need smarter security
Manufacturers are under siege, with adversaries looking to disrupt supply chains, production, and logistics operations so their ransomware demands get paid fast. In manufacturing, speed and the abilit...
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
CrowdStrike just killed 40 hours of SOC pain: Here’s how they did it venturebeat.com/security/cro... #AI $CRWD #cybersecurity #SOC
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CrowdStrike just killed 40 hours of SOC pain: Here’s how they did it
CrowdStrike is launching Charlotte AI Detection Triage, saving SOC teams over 40 hours a week and delivering over 98% accuracy.
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VQV @vqv.app · 09/02/2025
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Flashes, a Bluesky-Based Instagram Alternative, Starts Beta Testing
The app will provide an Instagram-like experience built on Bluesky, which recently topped 31 million users.
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SentinelOne @sentinelone.com · 05/02/2025
To learn more, read the full article by @louiscolumbus.bsky.social: s1.ai/VB-DeepSk
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DeepSeek helps speed up threat detection while raising national security concerns
DeepSeek and its R1 model aren't wasting any time rewriting the rules of cybersecurity AI in real-time. Enterprises can't ignore this risk.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Super Bowl LIX cybersecurity playbook: How the NFL’s CISO fights AI threats and digital attacks venturebeat.com/security/sup... #AI #CISO #cybersecurity #NFL
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Super Bowl LIX cybersecurity playbook: How the NFL’s CISO fights AI threats and digital attacks
Maldonado shares how the NFL integrates cyber and physical security, collaborating with the FBI and Secret Services to protect the big game.
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Robert Siciliano CSP, CSI, CITRMS @robertsiciliano.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
How to protect your valuables when you’re being screened at the airport #RobertSiciliano is a #securityawareness expert. #protectnow #protectnowllct #security #securityawarenesstraining #securityawarenessexpert #cybersecuritytraining #cybersecurityawarenessmonth www.elliott.org/safe-travels...
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How to protect your valuables when you're being screened at the airport
In our hurry to catch the plane, travelers leave so much behind. Here's how to protect your valuables when you're being screened.
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Ninja Owl @ninjaowl.ai · 30/01/2025
Police take down two large cybercrime forums, arrest suspects #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy therecord.media/cybe...
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Police take down two large cybercrime forums, arrest suspects
The cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled have been seized by international law enforcement, Europol said. Police in Spain announced related arrests.
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
DeepSeek helps speed up threat detection while raising national security concerns venturebeat.com/security/dee... #AI #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #NationalSecurity, #OpenSource
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DeepSeek helps speed up threat detection while raising national security concerns
DeepSeek and its R1 model aren't wasting any time rewriting the rules of cybersecurity AI in real-time. Enterprises can't ignore this risk.
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Dawisco @dawisco.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Almost as funny as it is disturbing #ai #cybersecurity #database www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/d...
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DeepSeek database left open, exposing sensitive info
Oh someone's in DeepShi...
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Louis Columbus @louiscolumbus.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Key Insights from Forrester’s The Future of the CISO Report www.linkedin.com/pulse/key-in... #CISO #cybersecurity
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Key Insights from Forrester’s The Future of the CISO Report
“The role of the CISO evolved over the past decade from an ignored, underappreciated manager to, in many cases, an involved, vital member of the executive team—at least in words and aspiration,” write...
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🛡️ Ron Kulik 🖥️ @ronkulik.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
15k Fortinet device configs leaked on the dark web. A serious reminder to secure your devices. #CyberSecurity #Fortinet #TechNews zurl.co/NguCt
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15K Fortinet Device Configs Leaked to the Dark Web
The stolen firewall data is thorough but more than 2 years old now, meaning that most organizations following even basic security practices face minimal risk, hopefully.
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Rod Trent @rodtrent.com · 20/01/2025
Hunt for identity-based threats with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel techcommunity.micros... #CopilotforSecurity #SecurityCopilot #Cybersecurity #MicrosoftSecurity #Security #GenerativeAI #MicrosoftSentinel #DefenderXDR
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Hunt for identity-based threats with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Community Hub
      Enter Microsoft Sentinel and Security Copilot, a powerful duo that brings great value to your security operations. Microsoft Sentinel's...
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Shira Rubinoff @shirarubinoff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Great discussion with Monica White, #CMO at @Broadcom We discussed #marketing #trends as it relates to #cybersecurity. 🔴FULL episode here 👇👇👇 youtu.be/F1PWfL9hSOo #CISO #analyst #thoughtleader #influencer
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Gradient Flow @gradientflow.com · 20/01/2025
🆕 Red Teaming AI: What You Need To Know - Inside the High-Stakes World of Generative AI Red Teaming #AI #security #cybersecurity #infosec #LLM gradientflow.com/red-teaming-...
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Red Teaming AI: Why Rigorous Testing is Non-Negotiable - Gradient Flow
Inside the High-Stakes World of Generative AI Red Teaming We’re at a pivotal moment for GenAI: these systems are evolving at an astonishing pace, integrating seamlessly into our daily routines, yet br...
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decrypt.lol @decrypt.lol · 20/01/2025
Discover how retrainable firewalls are reshaping network protection in adaptive #cybersecurity. These innovative tools continuously learn from threats, enhancing defense mechanisms. Explore more on experimental projects through arXivLabs to strengthen community-driven solutions. #threat #networksecu
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Adaptive Cybersecurity: Retrainable Firewalls for Network Protection
arXivLabs is an initiative that allows individuals and organizations to create and share experimental projects to enhance the arXiv platform while prioritizing openness, community, and user data privacy.
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