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Regulation, Spend, and the Illusion of Security

Why flat budgets, heavy regulation, and shallow incentives are keeping us one step behind attackers — and how smarter, market-driven standards could change that.
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This Week in Cybersecurity #27
State actors at the edge, identity abuse in the middle, OT safety at risk—here’s what to fix first
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James Azar
19:06
Hyundai Breach Exposes Driver Data, UPenn Confirms Massive Donor Theft, and The Louvre's Password Was... "Louvre"
From Auto Industry Supply Chain Breaches to Museum-Grade Password Failures: Identity Theft, Nation-State Attacks, and AI-Powered Malware Dominate the…
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James Azar
13:42
Global Software Breaches Expose Millions as Cybercrime Gangs Consolidate Power
From Slack Compromises to Chinese Car Recalls: Identity Theft Hits Sweden Hard While Major Threat Actor Groups Merge Operations
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18:07
$120M DeFi Heist, AI Tools Weaponized, and Cybersecurity Professionals Face Federal Charges
$120M DeFi heist, AI tools exploited for cyberattacks, and new waves of OT and supply chain breaches shake critical infrastructure
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16:22
Nation-State Attacks Escalate as FCC Reverses Telecom Security Rules, UPenn Hack, BadCandy Attacks Haunt Australia
U.S. telecom hit by nation-state hackers, China exploits firewall zero-days, Japan boosts OT defenses, and the FCC reverses telecom cyber mandates
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The Coming Cybersecurity Job Market Crisis: Layoffs, Offshoring, and the New National Risk
We’ve spent the last decade talking about the “cyber talent shortage.” Every conference, every board meeting, every government strategy paper, but now…
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This Week in Cybersecurity #26
OT safety scares, supply-chain sprawl, cloud hiccups, and patch-now priorities, what actually matters and why
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James Azar
15:47
Safety Over Security: Canadian Water & Energy Facilities Breached, 10M Healthcare Records Exposed, and Why Cloud DNS Failures Smell Fishy
Canadian Critical Infrastructure Breached by Hacktivists, 10 Million Impacted in Healthcare Data Breach, Microsoft DNS Outage Sparks Cloud Reliability…
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18:02
When Critical Infrastructure Suppliers Get Hit – Schneider Electric Ransomware, Apache Tomcat RCE Under Attack, and CISA's Urgent Call to…
Dentsu data breach fallout, Schneider Electric and Emerson named in Oracle hack, Apache Tomcat RCE flaw, and CISA’s active exploit warnings
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The latest news and topics from a cybersecurity practitioners discussing Cybersecurity, Privacy, Technology & Geo-Politics. I am a two times Founder and Chief Information Security Officer. All opinions are my own
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