2025-12-19
I love how the cybersecurity community consensus on this story is generally that the company deserved getting compromised for being so abusive and intrusive to their workers. www.tomshardware.com/tech-ind... Monitoring keystroke latency is an ADA complaint waiting to happen.
Bloomberg
Amazon CSO Stephen Schmidt says subtle keystroke data lag, measuring 110ms instead of the expected tens of milliseconds, helped catch a North Korean IT worker
110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location Ken Underhill / eSecurity Planet : Amazon Detects North Korean IT Infiltrator via Latency Clues Deeba Ahmed / Hackread : K...
2025-08-31
I don't think I'm ready for the $25,000 cybersecurity cosplay tbh. — Meanwhile 50% of DHS passwords now contain “August 25” in perpetuity
Nextgov/FCW
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem fires 24 FEMA IT staffers, including the CIO and CISO; DHS says they failed security protocols and let hackers access FEMA networks
I thought the whole point of DOGE was to expose our data to everyone. Just paying customers then? — Fuck these amateurs. — www.nextgov.com/people/2025/ ... @snacking.dev : The...
2025-08-30
I don't think I'm ready for the $25,000 cybersecurity cosplay tbh. — Meanwhile 50% of DHS passwords now contain “August 25” in perpetuity
Nextgov/FCW
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem fires 24 FEMA IT staffers, including the CIO and CISO; DHS says they failed security protocols and let hackers access FEMA networks
An internal FEMA email obtained by Nextgov/FCW ordered all agency employees to change their passwords “due to recent cybersecurity incidents and threats.”
2025-01-05
Terrible news today about the loss of Amit Yoran. He was a larger than life figure in cybersecurity and we will be lesser without him. May his family and friends find peace.
TechCrunch
Amit Yoran, the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable, passed away after a battle with cancer; he previously held a number of roles, including president of RSA
Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran passed away Friday after a battle with cancer.