Derek Krein
- 95 Posts
Cyber Threat Weekly – #92
The week of August 18th through August 24th, roughly 327 cyber news articles were reviewed. A very light amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been on vacation, so this is a short newsletter. Was ruthless on the trends and behaviors picked. Are shorter newsletters better?
Cyber Threat Weekly – #91
The week of August 11th through August 17th, roughly 323 cyber news articles were reviewed. A moderate amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about AI usage and the need for strong AI governance. The common governance pieces of the puzzle data access and
Cyber Threat Weekly – #90
The week of August 4th through August 10th, roughly 370 cyber news articles were reviewed. A moderate amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about adversarial behavior, it is the battle ground. Really, it’s been the battle ground for years, many just didn’
Cyber Threat Weekly – #89
The week of July 28th through August 3rd, around 386 cyber news articles were reviewed. A moderate amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about AI and its self-preservation tendencies. In an experiment, multiple models chose blackmail the majority of the time to save
Cyber Threat Weekly – #88
The week of July 21st through July 27th, roughly 355 cyber news articles were reviewed. A moderate amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about principal-based security. Zero trust, which is essentially principal based security, keeps coming up. The realization of GenAI and Agentic
Cyber Threat Weekly – #87
The week of July 14th through July 20th, about 367 cyber news articles were reviewed. A moderate amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about small businesses and cybersecurity. SMBs should not have to choose between affordability and effectiveness. Coveware’s Q1 2025 ransomware
Cyber Threat Weekly – #86
The week of July 7th through July 13th, about 340 cyber news articles were reviewed. A light amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about AI security amongst all the AI hype. GenAI and LLMs are powerful. In business context, a game changer, no
Cyber Threat Weekly – #85
The week of June 30th through July 6th, roughly 325 cyber news articles were reviewed. A light amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about brute force attacks and multi-factor authentication (MFA). So many attack campaigns could have been prevented with phishing resistant multi-factor
Cyber Threat Weekly – #84
The week of June 23rd through June 29th, roughly 381 cyber news articles were reviewed. A light-ish amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about social engineering and hacking the human. Once mainly abused by nation-state threat actors, social engineering has become the go
Cyber Threat Weekly – #83
The week of June 16th through June 22nd, roughly 361 cyber news articles were reviewed. A light amount of cyber threat trends and adversarial behavior news to share. Been thinkin about cybersecurity hygiene and security theater. Are we just going through the motions? A top priority should be identities, especially
