📜 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 | 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵

Seven years ago today, Troy Hunt ( @troyhunt ) disclosed Collection #1, one of the largest known aggregations of breached credentials at the time.

👉 See Troy's original write-up on this finding: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

Collection #1 showed how old breaches become new threats at scale when data is reused, automated, and repackaged. For deeper context on why this happens, we recommend two #CyberCanonHoF books published years before this incident.

𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙢 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 - the economics of stolen data ( @briankrebs )
📝 Review: https://cybercanon.org/spam-nation/
🛍️ Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4o0m5wz

𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙥𝙞𝙣 - how cybercrime gets monetized ( @Kpoulsen )
📝 Review: https://cybercanon.org/kingpin-how-a-hacker-took-over-the-billion-dollar-cybercrime-underground/
🛍️ Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4nWQCv4

#CybersecurityHistory #CybersecurityBooks #DataBreach

#CybersecurityHistory #CybersecurityBooks #DataBreach

This weekend is brought to you by this quote from Mark Bowden, author of 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙢: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙧, a 2017 CyberCanon Hall of Fame winner.

Check out Rick's review if you have never read it, as it is an entertaining read in itself 👉 https://cybercanon.org/worm-the-first-digital-world-war/

If you want your own copy, this affiliate link helps support the Canon: https://amzn.to/47Xfr3Q

#Cybersecurity #CyberCanonHoF #CybersecurityBooks #CyberWar

@raceBannon99 @TheAtlantic

📅𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆!

On November 2, 1988, the Morris Worm became the first major computer virus to spread across the Internet. What began as a graduate student’s “experiment” quickly spiraled out of control, taking down much of the early Internet and costing millions in cleanup. It also gave rise to one of cybersecurity’s most important realizations: even well-intentioned code can cause catastrophic damage in a connected world.

To learn more, 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 by Scott Shapiro, a #CyberCanonHoFCandidate, covers the #MorrisWorm as one of its five infamous hacks. See our review ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/r2b3zc2u

💥And as a bonus, many may not be aware that 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙤'𝙨 𝙀𝙜𝙜 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 ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3rywf7zw

#CyberCanon #CybersecurityHistory #CybersecurityBooks

🎃It's Halloween. But forget ghost stories, the scariest stories are true.

In 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢, @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.

💀 https://tinyurl.com/mu9aht95

#Cybersecurity #CybersecurityBooks #CyberCanonHoF #Halloween

This #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, remember security awareness isn’t about information. It’s about 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 🐛->🦋

At CyberCanon, we celebrate books that go beyond technical defense to 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 our understanding of security.

Perry Carpenter’s 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 reframes awareness as a human challenge, not a compliance task 👉https://tinyurl.com/u6kr7dzz

Read about this Hall of Famer and more CyberCanon-approved books that shape the culture of security.

#CyberCanonHoF #CybersecurityBooks #SecurityAwareness #SecurityCulture

🗞️Did you miss our October Newsletter?

🔦https://tinyurl.com/33n4y4w9

Be sure to read and subscribe over on Substack. In this edition, we are shining a light on a Hall of Famer for #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth:

🦊𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 by Gene Spafford, @theladyofgeek, and @dykstra

#CyberCanonHoF #CybersecurityBooks #CybersecurityNewsletter

🗓️REMINDER🗓️

Thursday, 9/25, our very own Rick Howard will be presenting at
Bitwarden's #OpenSourceSecuritySummit along side Rinki Sethi and Andy Greenberg.

It's free, it's virtual, and it's only 2 hours, so no excuses. ☺️

👉 https://bitwarden.com/open-source-security-summit/

Andy is a rare 2X #CyberCanon Hall of Fame winner for his books Sandworm and Tracers in the Dark.

𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢 review: tinyurl.com/mu9aht95

𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 review: tinyurl.com/3xw76xxp

@bitwarden
@agreenberg
#CyberCanonHoF #Cybersecurity #CybersecurityBooks

Have you heard about this new thing called #AI?!

(Yes, fairly weak attempt at humor, but give us a break, we're busy over reading and writing over here!)

This week's book may not be well known (yet), but Andrew Chrostowski thinks that needs to change and is recommending it for the #CyberCanon Hall of Fame 🏦.

Read why 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨: 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 by Andrew Lowe and Steve Lawless is a #CyberCanonHoF candidate 👉 tinyurl.com/326sztx9

Publisher: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

#CyberSecurityBooks #CyberSecurity

Our August Newsletter 🗞️ is now live featuring #CyberCanon Hall of Fame winners, candidates, and cyber author-focused recaps from #BlackHat and #defcon.

Definitely worth taking a peek 👉 https://tinyurl.com/canon-aug25-nl

#CyberSecurityBooks #CyberCanonHoF #HackerSummerCamp #BHUSA

📆 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 📆

We had our monthly review committee meeting this week and the Canon keeps getting better! Here are some quick highlights:

🅒 Stephanie Pirman and Joanna Grama led very engaged discussions of their detailed reviews.
🅒 Trying out new Hall of Fame scoring criteria
🅒 Welcomed 4 new committee members
🅒 50 new reviews are currently staged with more arriving weekly!

#CyberCanon #CyberCanonHoF #CybersecurityBooks #EDR #cyberespionage