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Book Review: Cult of the Dead Cow

Cybersecurity Canon Candidate Book Review: "Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World,” by Joseph Menn (Published June 4, 2019)

Book Reviewed by: Rick Howard, October 2019...

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Jan 30, 2020

By Rick Howard

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Cybersecurity, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Adversaries and Their Motivations (Part 2)

This post is the second in a blog series describing adversaries and their motivations. In part two of the series, we’ll explore the following top-level actor motivations: Cyber Espionage, Cyber Crime, and Cyber...

Nov 12, 2015

By Rob Downs

Cybersecurity, Interview

Watch: Sharat Sinha Talks Hacktivism and Cybersecurity With Channel NewsAsi...

Earlier this week Sharat Sinha, Vice President of APAC Sales, spoke with Channel NewsAsia in Singapore about the significance of hacktivism and continuing challenges with cybersecu...

Aug 27, 2014

By Chad Berndtson

CSO Perspective, Cybersecurity, Unit 42

How Well Do You Understand Your Cyber Adversary? – Part 3

This is the third and final installment of my blog series differentiating the various kinds of cyber adversaries who are looking to gain access to enterprise and government networks. Follow these links to get t...

May 21, 2014

By Rick Howard

CSO Perspective, Cybersecurity, Unit 42

How Well Do You Understand Your Cyber Adversary? – Part 2

In my previous post, I wrote of my distaste for how loosely the cybersecurity community uses terms like cyber terrorism and cyber crime. There are different motivations driving those who would try to gain unau...

May 20, 2014

By Rick Howard

CSO Perspective, Cybersecurity, Unit 42

How Well Do You Understand Your Cyber Adversary? - Part 1

This is a pet peeve of mine, but when I hear somebody from the cybersecurity community refer to a web-defacement as cyber warfare, my soul dies a little. Really? A hacktivist converts the corporate logo on a co...

May 19, 2014

By Rick Howard

Cybersecurity, Ignite, Interview

Android to Wearables: The Big Challenges In Mobile Security

During Ignite 2014 we celebrated Parmy Olson as the first honoree in our Cybersecurity Canon project, recognizing her work for Forbes and her 2012 boo...

Apr 22, 2014

By Chad Berndtson

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Canon

Announcing Cybersecurity Canon Honors At Ignite 2014

Today at Ignite 2014 we’re celebrating an exciting milestone: the first official honoree in our Cybersecurity Canon project.

Apr 02, 2014

By Rick Howard

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Canon

The Cybersecurity Canon: The CERT Guide To Insider Threats

For the past decade, I have had this notion that there must be a Cybersecurity Canon: a list of must-read books where the content is timeless, genuine...

Dec 26, 2013

By Rick Howard

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Canon

The Cybersecurity Canon: The Cuckoo’s Egg

For the past decade, I have had this notion that there must be a Cybersecurity Canon: a list of must-read books where the content is timeless, genuinely represents an aspect of the community that is true and pr...

Dec 24, 2013

By Rick Howard

Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity Canon: We Are Anonymous

For the past decade, I have had this notion that there must be a cybersecurity canon: a list of must-read books where the content is timeless, genuinely represents an aspect of the community that is true and pr...

Dec 17, 2013

By Rick Howard

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Canon

Introducing The Cybersecurity Canon: Books You Should Have Read

1. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field: "the durable canon of American short fiction" (William Styron).

Dec 17, 2013

By Rick Howard

Cybersecurity

Anonymous Targeting Asian Government Sites

Guy Fawkes Day is Tuesday, and a variety of loosely affiliated movements from Occupy to Anonymous are joining to commemorate the day with a Million Mask March. However, it seems that Anonymous or at least Anony...

Nov 04, 2013

By Palo Alto Networks

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