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Kelly Shortridge

@swagitda_
8 posts
2024-07-20
and this is why we need to stop absolving *commercial* cybersecurity vendors of software quality concerns. there should be multiple checks preventing this type of broken content in an update. how did they allow it to ship to so many machines all at once?
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Bloomberg

CrowdStrike and other endpoint security tools require access to the core of OSes, giving them the ability to disrupt the very systems they're trying to protect

cybersecurity leaders say there's no easy fix PYMNTS.com : Businesses Scramble for Backup After CrowdStrike Update Hobbles IT Networks Dave McQuilling / SlashGear : 5 Of The Top Cr...

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listen, if you're worried about “correlated risk” in open source software, you need to take security of commercial security software even more seriously most OSS libs aren't kernel modules and rootkits. much of security software, by design, can harm systems far worse.
2024-07-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A profile of CrowdStrike, founded in 2011 and used by 300 companies in the Fortune 500; Gartner: CrowdStrike has ~15% of the global security software market

The little-known company is very popular in Corporate America, contributing to the severity of the global IT outage

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and this is why we need to stop absolving *commercial* cybersecurity vendors of software quality concerns. there should be multiple checks preventing this type of broken content in an update. how did they allow it to ship to so many machines all at once?
2024-07-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A profile of CrowdStrike, founded in 2011 and used by 300 companies in the Fortune 500; Gartner: CrowdStrike has ~15% of the global security software market

The little-known company is very popular in Corporate America, contributing to the severity of the global IT outage

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listen, if you're worried about “correlated risk” in open source software, you need to take security of commercial security software even more seriously most OSS libs aren't kernel modules and rootkits. much of security software, by design, can harm systems far worse.
2024-07-20 View on X
Bloomberg

CrowdStrike and other endpoint security tools require access to the core of OSes, giving them the ability to disrupt the very systems they're trying to protect

cybersecurity leaders say there's no easy fix PYMNTS.com : Businesses Scramble for Backup After CrowdStrike Update Hobbles IT Networks Dave McQuilling / SlashGear : 5 Of The Top Cr...

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2023-03-12
uhhh.. is everything ok over there? genuinely baffled https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-12 View on X
Politico

Worried that cloud giants offer concentrated targets, the US plans to regulate the security practices of cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google

Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants …

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2022-11-02
Ok so U.S. banks processed ~$1.2bn in ransomware payments in 2021. How much did they process in payments to anti-ransomware vendors? What about pen test payments? Ransomware is the big, scary threat invoked by infosec to fund and reify the panopticon and... only $1.2bn? Ok. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-02 View on X
CNBC

FinCEN: US financial firms processed ~$1.2B in likely ransomware payments in 2021, up almost 3x YoY; ~75% of H2 2021 ransomware incidents were linked to Russia

- U.S. banks and financial institutions processed more than $1 billion in potential ransomware-related payments in 2021.

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2020-12-26
Reminder: the temporary high engendered by “gotcha” phishing tests pales in comparison to the resentment and distrust sewn by tactless lures. Infosec must foster safe habits, not foist callous pop quizzes. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. https://coppercourier.com/...
2020-12-26 View on X
The Copper Courier

Some GoDaddy employees are upset after the company sent a phishing email scam to test its employees, with the email promising a $650 one-time holiday bonus

only to tell the ones who clicked through they failed a phishing test. so gross. if you use GoDaddy you should change that. https://coppercourier.com/... Shon / @gayblackvet : Imag...

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2020-12-25
Reminder: the temporary high engendered by “gotcha” phishing tests pales in comparison to the resentment and distrust sewn by tactless lures. Infosec must foster safe habits, not foist callous pop quizzes. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. https://coppercourier.com/...
2020-12-25 View on X
The Copper Courier

Some GoDaddy employees are upset after the company sent a phishing email scam to test its employees, with the email promising a $650 one-time holiday bonus

GoDaddy surpassed 20 million customers this year and laid off or reassigned hundreds of employees during the coronavirus pandemic in Arizona, Iowa, and Texas.

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