David Strom

@davidstrom@noc.social
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Freelance tech writer and public speaker, based in St. Louis MO
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David StromDec 4, 2023
That Citrix Bleed vuln is the gift that keeps on giving -- now coming to a credit union near you, sadly -- https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/04/new-citrix-bleed-ransomware-threat-hits-many-credit-unions/
New Citrix Bleed ransomware threat hits many credit unions - SiliconANGLE

New Citrix Bleed ransomware threat hits many credit unions - SiliconANGLE

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David StromNov 20, 2023
Inside look at the 8Base group's Phobos ransomware, and how complex it has become -- making it harder to defend against -- in my latest post for @SiliconANGLE today -- https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/20/phobos-ransomware-group-steps-game/
Phobos ransomware group steps up its game - SiliconANGLE

Phobos ransomware group steps up its game - SiliconANGLE

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David StromNov 15, 2023
Microsoft has a bunch of security-related news today. You can start by reading my analysis here, and then branch out to other coverage on Azure's AI accelerators, devops improvements to Fabric, new features to Copilot, and other AI tools -- https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/15/microsoft-announces-broad-collection-security-products-ignite-conference/
Broad collection of security products announced at Microsoft Ignite - SiliconANGLE

Broad collection of security products announced at Microsoft Ignite - SiliconANGLE

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David StromNov 10, 2023

As enterprise software containers become ever more critical to running applications easily across clouds, securing them has become a mounting problem. And as more workloads move onto these containers, using the container cluster management software Kubernetes, they require better tools, more specialized knowledge of their potential exploits, and more automated techniques that are still being invented to handle their complexities and subtleties. My analysis --

https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/10/kubernetes-security-remains-big-challenge-enterprise-developers/

Kubernetes security remains a big challenge for enterprise developers - SiliconANGLE

Kubernetes security remains a big challenge for enterprise developers - SiliconANGLE

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David StromNov 6, 2023
The EU eDIAS reg is getting a lot of pushback from infosec specialists, claiming that they will enable government-approved eavesdropping across any internet connections -- my story for @SiliconANGLE here: https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/06/controversy-brews-new-eu-based-digital-certificate-laws-compromise-digital-trust-relationships/
Controversy brews over new EU-based digital certificate laws that could compromise digital trust relationships - SiliconANGLE

Controversy brews over new EU-based digital certificate laws that could compromise digital trust relationships - SiliconANGLE

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David StromOct 31, 2023

President Biden signed a sweeping executive order yesterday covering numerous generative AI issues, and it's comprehensive and thoughtful, as well as lengthy.

The EO contains eight goals along with specifics of how to implement them, which on the surface sounds good. However, it may turn out to be more inspirational than effective, and it has a series of intrinsic challenges that could be insurmountable to satisfy. Here are six of my top concerns --

https://siliconangle.com/2023/10/31/bidens-ai-executive-promising-may-tough-us-govern-ai-effectively/

Biden's AI executive is promising, but it may be tough for the US to govern AI effectively - SiliconANGLE

Biden's AI executive is promising, but it may be tough for the US to govern AI effectively - SiliconANGLE

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David StromOct 23, 2023
Cisco has had a bad week, trying to figure out not one but two new zero-day attacks on its IOS XE software that could affect more than 40k devices that are using its web UI -- @siliconangle @cisco https://siliconangle.com/2023/10/23/cisco-issues-new-fixes-second-ios-xe-vulnerability/
Cisco issues new fixes for second IOS XE vulnerability - SiliconANGLE

Cisco issues new fixes for second IOS XE vulnerability - SiliconANGLE

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David StromOct 23, 2023
A new analysis of DNS-based phishing attacks show increasing sophistication at hiding their origins and making them harder to repel, @siliconangle, @akamai -- https://siliconangle.com/2023/10/23/akamai-research-finds-sophisticated-phishing-threats-hospitality-industry/
Akamai research finds more sophisticated phishing threats in hospitality industry - SiliconANGLE

Akamai research finds more sophisticated phishing threats in hospitality industry - SiliconANGLE

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David StromOct 19, 2023
I spent some time talking to folks who are trying to keep our elections secure in this latest article in SiliconANGLE --https://siliconangle.com/2023/10/19/new-hackathon-helping-make-elections-secure/
It is an uphill battle, particularly when those who lose won't concede and spread misinformation about the vote.
A new hackathon is helping to make elections more secure - SiliconANGLE

A new hackathon is helping to make elections more secure - SiliconANGLE

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David StromOct 19, 2023
A very long piece on the state of current data leak protection specifically designed to protect enterprise AI usage, covering the waterfront of numerous vendors who have adding this feature across their security products (or in some cases, startups focusing in this area) -- in @siliconangle -- https://siliconangle.com/2023/10/18/companies-scrambling-keep-control-private-data-ai-models/
How companies are scrambling to keep control of their private data from AI models - SiliconANGLE

How companies are scrambling to keep control of their private data from AI models - SiliconANGLE

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