Geekmaster 👽

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Technology professional with 40+ yrs of experience on systems and networks. I like to talk shop, be a geek, and I know things.

#MasterUser
#Pipesurfer
#WhiteHat
#Certified #Cybersecurity #Architect
#Certified #Systems #Engineer
#Certified #Security #Engineer
oh, and I'm a lifetime #gamer too
#AnimalLover
#SpaceGeek
#3DPrinting
#TravelBug

I know enough to make me dangerous. I know better than to be dangerous. I chose to protect, rather than to attack. 🅅

YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@GeekmasterGeneral
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Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach

An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal projects.

BleepingComputer

If you have any direct connections to #IngramMicro as a vendor, or supply chain partner, might want to check your systems: https://ir.ingrammicro.com/press-releases/detail/945/ingram-micro-issues-statement-regarding-cybersecurity-incident

I heard on a #pod this morning that they claim no customer or other external systems were compromised, and that it seems to be a "vanilla attack" rather than a nation-state (which would have been far worse). Still doesn't hurt to check with your IT teams to see if there are any indirect effects.

#CyberWarefare #Ransomware #Hacking #StayCyberSafe #BeCyberAware

Ingram Micro Issues Statement Regarding Cybersecurity Incident

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingram Micro Holding Corporation (NYSE: INGM) (“Ingram Micro” or the “Company”) today issued the…...

Ingram Micro Inc.

The astronomy world is abuzz with the discovery of a new visitor to the solar system, not an asteroid or comet but an object from interstellar space, similar to ʻOumuamua in 2017.

Its hyberbolic orbit with eccentricity 6 implies it came from and is headed to far beyond the solar system.

The object officially named 3I/ATLAS and C/2025 N1 (aka A11pl3Z) will not pass close to Earth; perihelion will be around Oct 29, just inside the orbit of Mars.

Size: 20 km?

https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html
1/n

Did you know babies being born this year (2025) are

Gen BETA

?

So new parents are now Beta Testers.

😳

Exploit a #zeroday then self-patch the #vulnerability so other hackers can't use the same exploit? AND you maintain #persistence while hiding in plain sight for longer? Damn - that's really fuckin clever.

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/initial-access-broker-self-patches-zero-days

#CyberWarfare #Hacking #ThreatAssessment #BeCyberSafe #StayCyberAware #F5

As we expand our tech teams, it is VERY important to watch out for scams like what #DPRK is doing right now:
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/scope-scale-spurious-north-korean-it-workers

#AI #HR #Tech #Hiring #SysAdmin

Just attended a briefing yesterday about this specific topic #ScatteredSpider:
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/scattered-spider-hacking-spree-airline-sector

"Palo Alto Networks urged organizations in the sector to be "on high alert for sophisticated and targeted social engineering attacks and suspicious MFA reset requests," citing evidence of similar attacks.

#Airline #CyberFraud #ThreatAssessment #SocialEngineering #CyberWarfare #BeCyberSafe #StayCyberAware #CriticalInfrastructure