A Day in the Life of a Vulnerability Manager, Stranger-Detecting Glasses, The Ultimate Security Remediation Toolkit...and a Couple Giveaways

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And now, onwards to some tasty cyber treats to dig into—regret-free!

In the Hot Seat with Daniel Miessler

Daniel Miessler ?? is a writer, cybersecurity professional, influencer, mind behind the Unsupervised Learning content hub…and now he’s in the Hot Seat! We’ll dig into his take on vulnerability management and prioritization, his most interesting projects right now, which of the books on the Worst Books of All Time list he’s read, and if he’d rather fight one bear or 500 chickens. Watch now.?

Financial Firms Need to Focus on Cyber Risks Posed by AI, New York Regulator Says

The New York State Department of Financial Services offers guidance on monitoring new threats from AI tools. Take a look -->

Drill down into remediation process fixes

Finding vulnerabilities is easy. But fixing them has proven to be hard. All the tools detecting security issues are firing alerts left and right—and security teams and developers find themselves bombarded by the noise and unable to properly prioritize. Time for some remediation remedies—and we’ve got them all boxed up in this kit! Crack it open →

This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats

A group of security researchers revealed a new attack that secretly commands an LLM to gather your personal information—including names, ID numbers, payment card details, email addresses, mailing addresses, and more—from chats and send it directly to a hacker. *Shudder?* Learn more -->

A Day in the Life of a Vulnerability Manager?

Thousands of CVEs. False positives vs true positives. Scan times, and re-scan times. This is only a glimpse into the daily life of a vulnerability manager. Get some first-hand advice on how to solve vulnerability data integrity issues, keep up with new CVEs, false positives, and ghost vulnerabilities, and learn new strategies for remediation. Watch the video →

These are a few of our favorite things

• Some Harvard students have glasses that can tell who you are: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/02/meta-smart-glasses-facial-recognition/?
• Meanwhile, another young adult has made his parents super proud becoming the first person to reach mythical "rebirth" in Tetris : https://www.ign.com/articles/teen-becomes-first-tetris-nes-player-to-clear-level-255-and-achieve-the-mythical-rebirth?
• PSA: Your brain is affected by things you did two weeks ago: https://www.newsweek.com/brain-changes-neuroscience-exercise-sleep-health-two-weeks-1965107?utm_source=danielmiessler.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ul-no-454-the-first-ai-breaches&_bhlid=9a5095f302ed115e6bd2e0c09ccb38df7b9e6f06?

Shameless Dazz plug(s) of the month

Gartner? Peer Insights? Voice of the Customer Report for Application Security Posture Management Tools

Security teams are rapidly mobilizing to put ASPM solutions in place that will transform how they prioritize and eliminate exposures. One of the best ways to short list and investigate vendors for current and future needs is peer reviews! We’re grateful (and amped!) to share what our customers have concluded in the Gartner? Peer Insights? Voice of the Customer Report for Application Security Posture Management Tools! Read the report -->

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