Dark Reading Confidential

This Threat Hunter Helped Cops Bust Up An African Cybercrime Syndicate

Interpol relied on Will Thomas and team to help break up a sprawling cybercrime ring, leading to the arrest of 574 suspects, the recovery of more than $3 million, and the decryption of six malware variants. Here's his story. 

Reviving the Hacker Ethos That Built Cybersecurity

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 14: This episode features teen hackers who grew up to become cybersecurity executives Michael Coates and Tal Kollender who discuss how curious, ethical problem solving can continue to serve as a guiding principle for an evolving cybersecurity sector.

Stop Secrets Creep Across Developer Platforms

Developers are exposing their organizations' most sensitive information; our guests explain why it's happening and how to stop it.

CISOs Get Real About Hiring in the Age of AI

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 12: Experts Fred Kwong and Jessica Sica help cyber job seekers get noticed; make an argument for a need to return to the hacker ethos of a bygone era; and have a stark conversation about keeping AI from breaking the sector's talent pipeline for years to come. 

Cyber's Role in the Rapid Rise of Digital Authoritarianism

Enterprise cyber teams are in prime position to push back against our current "Golden Age of Surveillance," according to our guests Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab and David Greene from the EFF. 

Battle Space: Cyber Pros Land on the Front Lines of Protecting US Critical Infrastructure

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 10: It’s past time for a cohesive plan to protect vital US systems from nation-state cyberattacks, and increasingly, that responsibility is falling to cybersecurity professionals and asset owners across a vast swath of organizations, who likely never bargained for a full-blown international conflict landing in their environments. But here we are. And here’s what comes next, according to Frank Cilluffo from the McCrary Institute and Booz Allen’s Dave Forbes.

A Guided Tour of Today's Dark Web

Join us for a look around today's Dark Web, and find out how law enforcement, AI, nation-state activities, and more are reshaping the way cybercriminals conduct their dirty business online. Keith Jarvis, senior security researcher at Sophos' Counter Threat Unit joins Dark Reading's Alex Culafi for a conversation you don't want to miss. 

Funding the CVE Program of the Future

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 8: Federal funding for the CVE Program expires in April and a trio of experts agree the industry isn't doing enough to deal with the looming crisis. Bugcrowd's Trey Ford, expert Adam Shostack, and vulnerability historian Brian Martin sit down with Dark Reading to help us figure out what a "good" future of the CVE Program would look like, and how to get there. 

CISA is Shrinking: What Does it Mean for Cyber?

Dark Reading Confidential sits down with two cybersecurity leaders to find out what cuts at CISA mean for the business of cyber.
 
Featuring: Tom Parker, CEO of Hubble Technology
Jake Williams, aka "@malwarejake", VP of R&D at Hunter Strategy
 
In today’s episode, we’ll cover…
The impact of CISA's workforce reduction
How the private sector can fill the gap left by shrinking CISA
Advice for cybersecurity professionals affected by CISA cuts
and more!
References:
What is the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)?
How CISA Cuts Impact Election Security
As CISA Downsizes, Where Can Enterprises Get Support?
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The Day I Found an APT Group In the Most Unlikely Place

Cyber researchers Ismael Valenzuela and Vitor Ventura share riveting stories about the creative tricks they used to track down advanced persistent threat groups, and the surprises they discovered along the way.