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Many ask me, "What's the best way to learn cybersecurity?" Learning cybersecurity is a lifelong journey, not a destination. 🌎🚀 Embrace discomfort: New tech, new threats, new tools 🌪️ Share what you learn 🗣️🤝 Stay practical 💻🔨 #infosec #learner #security #engineering

Phishing emails: Because every prince really needs YOUR help to move his fortune 💰😂 Quick tips: Check sender emails twice 🔍👀 If an offer seems too good to be true, congrats—it probably is! 🎉🙄 Links begging to be clicked usually lead to regrets 🚫🖱️ #phishing #hack

In April, UK retail Marks & Spencer (M&S) faced a cyberattack that ended up with losses up to £125 million 📉. What can we learn from this? 🤔 🔗⚠️ Protect Your Digital Supply Chain 🚨⏳ Incident Response Matters 📢🤝 Trust Takes Years to Build, Seconds to Break: #infosec

Tips to break into Information Security: 🔐 Master the basics of Networking, systems administration, and scripting Spin up labs or participate in CTFs Follow news, dissect breaches, ask questions. 🧠🔍 Engage with communities, forums: #infosec #hacking

Cybersecurity is about shifting mindsets. 🔒🧠 The latest attacks, including the Coinbase incident, highlight this: Security is everyone's responsibility. 👥✅ Technology alone won't save you. 🤖🚫 Culture eats strategy for breakfast. 🍽️🏢 #infosec #security #coinbase #hack

Some of the points specially about Adobe is very concerning for average consumers. I know in a lot of countries this practice is considered acceptable but leaves a very bad taste if your delivery isn't 100% on the mark! #linux #microsoft #opensource #ux #technology #boredtoolbox

Productivity gurus will tell you that you need to have "SMART" goals. Every monday spend 15 extra minutes thinking about "AMBIGUOUS" goals! + They don't need to be clearly fleshed out + The problem statement can be unclear + Just write it down and think! #goalsetting

When you finally catch the bug in your code and it's Friday! Subscribe to my newsletter: buff.ly/4goEsHm #infosec #security #engineering #technology #boredtoolbox

Real life photo of a "pre-hacked" cyber security of a company! Subscribe to my newsletter: buff.ly/4goEsHm #infosec #security #engineering #technology #boredtoolbox

When the Secure Intrusion Detection System worked and you block the attack! 😎 🖖 Subscribe to my newsletter to learn how: buff.ly/4goEsHm #infosec

You selected computers because you were bad in language skills. But you joined a company and its... Subscribe to my newsletter if your communication skills is just as bad as mine: buff.ly/3ZiCdjE #infosec

Fingerprints, facial recognition and other PII from Biostar 2, a biometrics based physical security company, discovered on publicly accessible database. Security team: Please rotate your credentials! Subscribe to my newsletter: buff.ly/4goEsHm #infosec

I saw a very weird person today at Starbucks. He had no smartphone, tablet or laptop. He just sat there drinking his coffee. What a psychopath! #infosec

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Shortcut to Secure System Design - Walk to the coffee place - Finish your coffee - Walk back to the coffee place, to refill your coffee ☕ #infosec

Number of days without seeing some CEO talk about Deepseek in my feed: Subscribe to my newsletter: buff.ly/4goEsHm #deepseek #ai #llm #chatgpt #engineering #technology #boredtoolbox

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All the project needs now is a code review The code: #infosec

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All you need is a laptop and an internet connection! #infosec