August 2024 Newsletter

Achieve Better Cybersecurity Another month comes to a close. For parents, it's back-to-school season. For sports fans, it's football season. For the cyber folks, it's recover-from-hacker-summer-camp season.    Now, let's look at this last month in the news. The U.S. presidential campaign continues to be a source of news but, this month, it made it's way to into our world after Iran hacked Trump's campaign. And if U.S. citizens wanted more to worry about, another National Public Data data broker is in hot water after publishing admin credentials. You'll recall that every Social Security number was revealed to have been stolen in April. Meanwhile, a Kentucky man faked his own death to avoid paying child support. Fun stuff all around.   In this edition: “Help” Desk More 1337 skills in the house Local outings As always, thank you for your support, your feedback, and your camaraderie! RECENT POST Sometimes, the help desk is not so helpful. Just ask MGM. By design, the help desk has more access than most with more responsibility to help than most. In a new blog post, Ross Jaffe explores why the help desk can be a double-edged sword for organizations. SEVN-X is growing Ryan Bakalyar Senior Security Consultant in the community August is known for Black Hat and DEFCON in the cybersecurity world. But you've heard about it every way from Sunday at this point. So, today, we're highlighting some local events.   Conference Schedule ICYMI Read Last Month's Newsletter 2011 Renaissance Blvd | Suite 210 King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA Unsubscribe or Manage Preferences