Heather Adkins

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VP Security Engineering at Google, Deputy Chair Cyber Safety Review Board, Co-Author "Building Secure and Reliable Systems". Amateur Medieval Historian
Today as part of our commitment to transparency in this space, we are proud to announce that we have reported the first 20 vulnerabilities discovered using our AI-based "Big Sleep" system powered by Gemini — goo.gle/bigsleep
Ex-Twitter CISO Lea Kissner appointed as LinkedIn security chief https://tcrn.ch/3yV03Yy
Ex-Twitter CISO Lea Kissner appointed as LinkedIn security chief | TechCrunch

Kissner previously served as Twitter's chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy positions at Apple, Google, and Lacework.

TechCrunch
Today during @MunSecConf #MSC2024 @google is announcing its AI Cyber Defense Initiative aimed at tapping into the potential AI can bring to cyber defenders and continuing investments in AI-ready infrastructure, tools, research and AI security training: blog.google/technology/safety-security/google-ai-cyber-defense-initiative/
‼️🚨NEW report and blog from the @google TAG and @Mandiant teams explores the implications of the Israel-Hamas war and where things stand with cyber in the Russian war in Ukraine: https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/tool-of-first-resort-israel-hamas-war-in-cyber/
Tool of First Resort: Israel-Hamas War in Cyber

An analysis of cyber operations in the Israel-Hamas War.

Google
Excited to see some awesome Safety Engineers in Munich this week!
The CSRB has released its second ever report on cyber safety, a study of a loosely affiliated hacker group that compromised dozens of well-defended companies with low-complexity attacks. https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/review-attacks-associated-lapsus-and-related-threat-groups-report
Irrationally excited about Blackhat/Defcon/hacker summer camp. See you all in Vegas!
The 2021 Log4j bugs represent an endemic vulnerability we will be battling for a long time. Good data from Arctic Wolf. 11% of their breaches. Significant use by Ransomware groups. https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/log4j-retrospective/
A Log4Shell (Log4j) Retrospective - Arctic Wolf

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Log4Shell vulnerability Arctic Wolf Labs looks back on the impact this critical vulnerability continues to have on organizations.

Arctic Wolf
Honored to join with CSRB colleagues (Under Secretary DHS and Chair, Rob Silvers, @dmitri, @k8em0, et al) for a rare opportunity to improve cybersecurity for everyone, by reviewing a grouping of related attacks affecting a wide variety of orgs. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/12/02/cyber-safety-review-board-conduct-second-review-lapsus