On a monthly basis I will publish my reading recommendations which mainly focus on Information Security (InfoSec) and Outdoor Sports. All InfoSec Reading Lists can be found here.
Quotes from the Twitterverse
InfoSec
- Career Advice and Professional Development - [link]
- No, You Haven’t Forgotten Everything - [link]
- How much does access to corporate infrastructure cost? - [link]
- I’ve locked myself out of my digital life - [link]
- Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware - [link]
- The 10 Best Books on Productivity - [link]
- 0-days sold by Austrian firm used to hack Windows users, Microsoft says - [link]
- How mercenary hackers sway litigation battles - “Hacking is the easiest way to get results,” - [link]
- Knowing Your Place: The Implications Of GPS Spoofing And Jamming - [link]
- The hard truth about ransomware: we aren’t prepared, it’s a battle with new rules, and it hasn’t near reached peak impact. - this is an article from 2021, but still pretty much actual - “While these are and will remain very real problems, the reality is ransomware has become an operational materialized risk to entire communities — it isn’t a risk, it’s a reality in the early stages of playing out.“ - interesting perspective, basically a risk where the probability is 100% - „Security foundations, such as ensuring already purchased tools are actually implemented and maintained, are by far the most valuable steps any organization can take - but a trillion dollar security industry making noise is rarely about doing this.“ - this is sad but it’s true, too much money is spent before thinking how to actually operationalize it for gaining value-add and reducing risk - „To give an example, one ransomware group receiving a $40m payment for attacking a cybersecurity insurance company gives the attackers more budget to launch cyberattack than most medium to large organizations have to defend against attacks in total.“ - this is indeed a problem since we end up in a spiral that is hard to break: with more money, the bad guys can arm up in order to do more harm which leads to more money to invest etc. - „Customers have a responsibility to vet what they’re buying, and make operationalizing it a key buying factor (“how many people do I really need to run this?”).“ so true, still so much missing in the industry - „ If you want to be a security leader, it isn’t just about being a $10 billion company; it’s about leading.“ - problem: leading in our world is pretty often related to being successful and increase the profits - leading is considered to be a means to an end - [link]
Outdoor
- How to survive in the Thai jungle with nothing but bamboo (and an ex-soldier) - [link]
- The Science of Solo Time in the Wilderness - “The soul is such a compact and complex experience, which has so many different layers to it, that I have not come across one theory that could comprehend all the mechanisms of solitude in nature in a simple way.” - [link]