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https://cybercanon.substack.com/p/cybercanon-april-2026-part-2
๐ก๏ธ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐! ๐งฑ
This week, our #CyberCanon Committee provides you with Debra Baker's ๐ผ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
Read Jack Freund, Ph.D.'s assessment ๐ https://cybercanon.org/a-ciso-guide-to-cyber-resilience/
โ๏ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช
We have back-to-back reviews from Larry Pesce. Today, Larry offers his insights on Chris Miller's widely well-regarded book, ๐พ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง, from a cyber pro's perspective:
๐ You'll want to read this review https://cybercanon.org/chip-war-the-quest-to-dominate-the-worlds-most-critical-technology/
๐๏ธ Reminder: Our review pages contain links to purchase via Amazon or your local bookstore via Bookshop(dot)org. Doing so supports the #CyberCanon, a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit. ๐
Heads up - only a few days remain for this fantastic Wiley #CybersecurityBooks Humble Bundle.
๐https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cybersecurity-wiley-books-2025
Five are in the #CyberCanon library:
๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐: https://cybercanon.org/security-engineering/
๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ: https://cybercanon.org/secrets-and-lies-digital-security-in-a-networked-world/
๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ: https://cybercanon.org/tribe-of-hackers/
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ: https://cybercanon.org/how-i-rob-banks-and-other-such-places/
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: https://cybercanon.org/the-language-of-deception-weaponizing-next-generation-ai/
๐ฏ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฏ
It started quietly, days before the holiday rush. Shoppers were filling stores, credit cards were swiping nonstop, and behind the scenes, a small foothold inside Targetโs network was about to become one of the most infamous breaches in retail history.
๐ Attackers slipped in through a third-party HVAC vendor
๐ชฒ Malware moved silently across point-of-sale systems
๐ณ 40 million payment cards skimmed
๐ 70 million customers' data exposed
While many are (sadly) becoming numb to breach news nowadays, this disclosure, announced 12 years ago today, shook the industry. Boardrooms across the globe were confronted with the fact that cybersecurity wasnโt just an IT problem, but a critical business-wide issue.
The incident is covered very nicely in this Huntress article: https://www.huntress.com/threat-library/data-breach/target-data-breach
Many books in the #CyberCanon address themes related to the breach. Here are two recos to get you started:
๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ผ๐๐ discusses cyber risk at the board/executive level and uses high-profile cases to illustrate governance, risk oversight, and leadership implications. Our review๐: https://cybercanon.org/navigating-the-digital-age-the-definitive-cybersecurity-guide-for-directors-and-officers/
๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ค๐ is your go-to for structured guidance on integrating 3rd party risk into enterprise security strategy. Our review๐: https://cybercanon.org/the-ciso-playbook/
๐๏ธ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ!๐
It's already a couple of weeks into December, but we'd be remiss not to share our monthly review recap for November...
๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ: https://cybercanon.org/understand-the-cyber-attacker-mindset-build-a-strategic-security-programme-to-counteract-threats/
๐ ๐พ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ: https://cybercanon.org/crypto-dictionary-500-tasty-tidbits-for-the-curious-cryptographer/
๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ: https://cybercanon.org/listening-in-cybersecurity-in-an-insecure-age/
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ: https://cybercanon.org/the-lazarus-heist-from-hollywood-to-high-finance-inside-north-koreas-global-cyber-war/
Each review page on our site now includes affiliate links to purchase the books (and other Amazon purchases), which provides a small portion of the proceeds to the Canon. ๐
Authors: Sarah Armstrong-Smith, Jean-Philippe (JP) Aumasson (@veorq), Susan Landau, and Geoff White
Reviewers: Kevin Magee, Sandip Dholakia (@iSandipD), Jeny Teheran, and Jeff Schiemann
๐๏ธ #CyberMonday is in full swing. Here is a reminder on how you can contribute to the Canon. We have something special for you: the #CyberCanon is now an Amazon affiliate!
Hereโs what that means:
1. Every book review on https://CyberCanon.org contains a link that takes you directly to Amazon to purchase the book of your choice.
2. Each time you use one of these links, a % of your purchase will be contributed back to the CyberCanon.
3. This benefit applies to anything you buy on Amazon within the following 24 hours, not just books.
๐ Books make fantastic gifts for family, friends, colleagues, and teammates, really, everyone. Support us by beginning your Amazon shopping on https://CyberCanon.org and help continue our mission to curate cybersecurity content for the greater good of the cyber community.
๐๏ธ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ!๐
In case you missed any of our reviews for the month of October, we are here for you...
๐งโ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง: https://tinyurl.com/94z7ujsu
๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ: https://tinyurl.com/2s3jk4cn
๐ค ๐ผ๐-๐ฟ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐: https://tinyurl.com/4k263a9c
๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ: https://tinyurl.com/yc4r5r4r
๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐!
On November 2, 1988, the Morris Worm became the first major computer virus to spread across the Internet. What began as a graduate studentโs โexperimentโ quickly spiraled out of control, taking down much of the early Internet and costing millions in cleanup. It also gave rise to one of cybersecurityโs most important realizations: even well-intentioned code can cause catastrophic damage in a connected world.
To learn more, ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ by Scott Shapiro, a #CyberCanonHoFCandidate, covers the #MorrisWorm as one of its five infamous hacks. See our review โก๏ธ https://tinyurl.com/r2b3zc2u
๐ฅAnd as a bonus, many may not be aware that ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ช๐๐ ๐ค๐ค'๐จ ๐๐๐ also contains an interesting perspective on the Morris Worm. A year after astronomer Cliff Stoll's spy tracking journey, he was one of many admins around the country who were investigating the Morris Worm live as it was spreading through the night. Cliff writes about this experience in the book's epilogue, where he discovers that the author of the worm was actually the son of NSA's Chief Scientist, Robert Morris, whom Cliff worked with in relation to his international hacker sleuthing a year earlier.
#CyberCanonHoF review โก๏ธ https://tinyurl.com/3rywf7zw
๐It's Halloween. But forget ghost stories, the scariest stories are true.
In ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ข, @agreenberg unravels a real-life cyber-thriller. A Russian hacking unit unleashes chaos around the world, turning code into a weapon and critical infrastructure into targets. No jump scares. Just power grids going dark, global companies paralyzed, and governments scrambling in the shadows.
At #CyberCanon, we honor books that reveal how close the digital and physical worlds really are and how fragile our sense of safety can be when the next exploit lurks unseen.
๐ https://tinyurl.com/mu9aht95
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