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Inside the book: Androids – The Team That Built the Android Operating System

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In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software but couldn’t get investors interested. Android is a large team at Google today, delivering an OS to over 3 billion devices worldwide.

In this Help Net Security video, Chet Haase discusses his new book – “Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System.” This is a first-hand chronological account of how the startup began, how the team came together, and how they built an operating system from the kernel level to its applications and everything in between.

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The NCSC research problem book – NCSC.GOV.UK – National Cyber Security Centre

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The NCSC research problem book – NCSC.GOV.UK  National Cyber Security Centre

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Hacker Space Rogue to Release Book on Hacking Group L0pht Heavy Industries in February

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, January 11, 2023 — The memoir of world-renowned hacker Cris Thomas “Space Rogue: How the Hackers Known as L0pht Changed the World” is available for pre-order now. The new book, to be released on February 16, 2023, will cover the influential hacking group L0pht Heavy Industries, the hacker underground of the 1990s, the L0pht’s rise to prominence, their testimony in front of the US Senate, their claim of being able to “take down the Internet”, and how their legacy continues to shape the security of the online world today.

“Cyber security has become a critical part of today’s world. The L0pht was there at the start. We helped shape the cyber industry, and form the online world we all live in today.” –Space Rogue

In May 1998, the US Congress invited the seven members of the L0pht to testify on the state of government computer security. Two years later, that same group rode the dot-com bubble to create the preeminent security consultancy the industry has ever known, @stake. Along the way, they stood up against tech giants like Microsoft, Oracle, Novell and others to expose weaknesses in those companies’ premiere products. Despite the L0pht’s technical prowess, the group could not keep what they had built together as money and internal politics turned friend against friend. Look inside L0pht Heavy Industries, or simply The L0pht, one of the most influential hacker groups in history. From formation, to congressional testimony, to going legit and the aftermath that followed. 

Follow the hacker ‘Space Rogue’ as he takes you on a journey through the magical hacker scene of the 1990s. The L0pht hacker collective no longer exists, but its legacy lives on. L0pht set the standard for how the cyber security industry now releases vulnerability information. Famous hackers that were once L0pht members, Mudge, Weld Pond, Kingpin, Dildog, Space Rogue, and others have done even more impressive things in the following years. The hackers and consultants hired by @stake and indoctrinated into the L0pht way of thinking have now become giants in the industry. All the hackers who read security information off the L0pht’s website, downloaded software from the…

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SecurityMetrics Wins Coveted Global InfoSec Awards for Cybersecurity Book, Penetration Testing, and Top Women in Cybersecurity

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OREM, Utah, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SecurityMetrics is proud to announce that they have won the following awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine:

  • “Most Innovative Cybersecurity Book” for the SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS Compliance.
  • “Editor’s Choice Penetration Testing” for their penetration testing team. 
  • “Top Women in Cybersecurity” awarded to Jen Stone.

“SecurityMetrics embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

SecurityMetrics is thrilled to earn these awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (http://www.cyberdefenseawards.com/) because they demonstrate their commitment to helping organizations see the threats they’ve been missing and providing exceptional support and services to businesses worldwide. 

“Most Innovative Cybersecurity Book” for the SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS compliance.

Audit Director, Matt Halbleib (CISSP, CISA, QSA), said of the seventh edition of the SecurityMetrics PCI guide: “Our guide was specifically created to help merchants and service providers address the most problematic issues within the 12 PCI DSS requirements, including auditors’ best practices and IT checklists.” 

You can access the SecurityMetrics free guide to PCI Compliance here. 

“Editor’s Choice Penetration Testing” for their penetration testing team. 

SecurityMetrics penetration testers use ethical hacking methodologies to identify vulnerabilities and minimize risk, protecting organizations against the most current threats.

Knowing the root cause of vulnerabilities is the first step to addressing network issues. SecurityMetrics Pen Test Analysts offer advice tailored to the company’s needs to remediate and maintain a secure network going forward. 

“SecurityMetrics’ Pen Testing has definitely helped us improve our network security in ways I could have never imagined. You just don’t know what you don’t know. I am absolutely…

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