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🚨 Hit by recent tech or cybersecurity layoffs? Bounce back with a secure, paid opportunity!
The tech industry can be unpredictable, but your future doesn't have to be. The Department of War is currently accepting applications for the inaugural pilot of our 12-month Cyber Apprenticeship Program
.
While this program is designed as an entry-level pathway, candidates who already have some cyber experience are welcome to apply
. If you are looking to build upon your foundational skills and transition into a highly stable government role, this is your chance to reset your career trajectory
.
Stop worrying about paying for expensive upskilling bootcamps out of pocket. As a Department of War Cyber Apprentice, you get: 💰 Earn While You Learn: This is a 100% paid, full-time (40-hour workweek) training experience
. 🎓 Free Industry Certifications: Graduate with valuable, nationally recognized credentials at no cost to you
. 🛡️ Hands-on Experience: Master practical skills in network defense, ethical hacking, security operations, and AI cyber threat analysis
. 🤝 Expert Mentorship: Work one-on-one with dedicated professionals who will guide and support your success
. 🚀 Job Security: Set yourself up for potential full-time, long-term employment with the Department upon graduation
Eligibility: You must be over 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, and able to obtain a government security clearance
.
⏳ Take control of your career today. Applications close on July 17, 2026

👉 Apply now on USAJobs: www.usajobs.gov/job/875318000

3 days ago | [YT] | 0

SecureGovernance

🚨 Hit by recent tech or cybersecurity layoffs? Bounce back with a secure, paid opportunity!
The tech industry can be unpredictable, but your future doesn't have to be. The Department of War is currently accepting applications for the inaugural pilot of our 12-month Cyber Apprenticeship Program
.
While this program is designed as an entry-level pathway, candidates who already have some cyber experience are welcome to apply
. If you are looking to build upon your foundational skills and transition into a highly stable government role, this is your chance to reset your career trajectory
.
Stop worrying about paying for expensive upskilling bootcamps out of pocket. As a Department of War Cyber Apprentice, you get: 💰 Earn While You Learn: This is a 100% paid, full-time (40-hour workweek) training experience
. 🎓 Free Industry Certifications: Graduate with valuable, nationally recognized credentials at no cost to you
. 🛡️ Hands-on Experience: Master practical skills in network defense, ethical hacking, security operations, and AI cyber threat analysis
. 🤝 Expert Mentorship: Work one-on-one with dedicated professionals who will guide and support your success
. 🚀 Job Security: Set yourself up for potential full-time, long-term employment with the Department upon graduation
.
Eligibility: You must be over 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, and able to obtain a government security clearance
.
⏳ Take control of your career today. Applications close on July 17, 2026
👉 Apply now on USAJobs: www.usajobs.gov/job/875318000

3 days ago | [YT] | 0

SecureGovernance

🚨 Hit by recent tech or cybersecurity layoffs? Bounce back with a secure, paid opportunity!
The tech industry can be unpredictable, but your future doesn't have to be. The Department of War is currently accepting applications for the inaugural pilot of our 12-month Cyber Apprenticeship Program
.
While this program is designed as an entry-level pathway, candidates who already have some cyber experience are welcome to apply
. If you are looking to build upon your foundational skills and transition into a highly stable government role, this is your chance to reset your career trajectory
.
Stop worrying about paying for expensive upskilling bootcamps out of pocket. As a Department of War Cyber Apprentice, you get: 💰 Earn While You Learn: This is a 100% paid, full-time (40-hour workweek) training experience
. 🎓 Free Industry Certifications: Graduate with valuable, nationally recognized credentials at no cost to you
. 🛡️ Hands-on Experience: Master practical skills in network defense, ethical hacking, security operations, and AI cyber threat analysis
. 🤝 Expert Mentorship: Work one-on-one with dedicated professionals who will guide and support your success
. 🚀 Job Security: Set yourself up for potential full-time, long-term employment with the Department upon graduation
.
Eligibility: You must be over 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, and able to obtain a government security clearance
.
⏳ Take control of your career today. Applications close on July 17, 2026

👉 Apply now on USAJobs: www.usajobs.gov/job/875318000

3 days ago | [YT] | 0

SecureGovernance

New Year, New (Secure) You! 🛡️💻

The online world is getting riskier, with American consumers now encountering scams almost daily. If you want to protect your wallet and your identity, it’s time to upgrade your digital habits for 2026.

Here are three simple shifts that make a massive difference:

• Ditch "Big Tech" Browsers: Switch to privacy-first options like Brave or Opera. They are less "data-hungry" and include built-in tools to block the trackers that feed your info to advertisers.

• Stop Accepting All Cookies: While they sound sweet, third-party cookies are used to build a profile of your behavior across the web. Start rejecting cookies on sites where you share personal data.

• Secure Your Public Wi-Fi: Coffee shop and airport Wi-Fi are hotbeds for "Man-in-the-Middle" attacks. Using a VPN scrambles your data, making it unreadable to hackers lurking on the same network.

Watch our latest video to learn how to set these up in minutes! 👇 [Link to Video]

#Cybersecurity #TechTips #OnlinePrivacy #DigitalSafety #2026Habits

6 months ago | [YT] | 3

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🛡️ Is your business ready for the digital landscape of 2026? 🛡️

As we look toward the near future, cybersecurity experts warn that organizational risk will continue to increase at a sobering rate. Based on insights from Darren Anstee, CTO for security at NETSCOUT, here are three critical trends you need to watch to stay ahead of the curve:

1️⃣ The Digital Supply Chain Ripple Effect: Our modern business world is built on complex, multi-dimensional digital ecosystems where one failure can trigger a massive shutdown. For example, a single Cloudflare outage can bring major services like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and ChatGPT to a standstill. Because customers often blame the service provider rather than the underlying infrastructure, local fallback capabilities are now essential for maintaining loyalty and resilience.

2️⃣ Geopolitically-Motivated DDoS Storms: Digital conflict is no longer confined to active war zones; it is now closely tied to party politics, elections, and even minor protests. In 2026, we expect to see DDoS attacks targeting national infrastructure, media, and global sports events. The rise of "DDoS-for-hire" services and techniques like "carpet bombing" means these attacks will hit harder and faster than ever before.

3️⃣ The AI "Defense Gap": While AI is elevating security operations, it is also creating a divide. Large corporations are building sophisticated "agentic AI platforms" for proactive risk management. Unfortunately, this stands to increase supply chain risk by exposing a massive defense gap between these high-tech giants and the smaller organizations they partner with.

he Bottom Line: Don't view digital disruptions as inevitable. Now is the time to build resilience into your own processes and ensure you have defenses in place both locally and in the cloud.

#Cybersecurity #BusinessResilience #DigitalDefense2026 #AI #DDoS #SupplyChainRisk

6 months ago | [YT] | 1

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⚠️ URGENT PRIVACY ALERT: Are your AI conversations being stolen? ⚠️

Cybersecurity experts from the firm KOI have issued a major warning regarding a massive AI harvesting scandal involving popular browser extensions used by over 8 million people. If you have Urban VPN Proxy or related extensions installed on Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, your private AI chats are likely being logged and sent to external servers.

What you need to know: According to a recent report, these extensions inject a hidden “executor” script into your browser. This script allows the extension to intercept every network request and response on AI webpages, meaning it sees every single message you send and every answer the AI provides. This data is allegedly being harvested by Urban Cyber Security, which is affiliated with a data broker company called BiScience.

Is your data being harvested? The following platforms are specifically being targeted by this malicious script:
• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Gemini
• Microsoft Copilot
• Perplexity
• DeepSeek
• Grok
• Meta AI

Check your browser for these extensions and DELETE THEM immediately: ❌ Urban VPN Proxy (Over 7.3 million total users) ❌ 1ClickVPN Proxy (Over 630,000 users) ❌ Urban Browser Guard (Over 50,000 users) ❌ Urban Ad Blocker (Over 16,000 users)

This "harvesting" capability was reportedly added to these extensions in July 2025, so if you have used them recently, your chat history may have already been compromised. Protect your privacy—remove these extensions now! 🛡️💻

6 months ago | [YT] | 1

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Think of traditional security like a locked front door and a security camera; they are great for keeping people out or recording a break-in. AC-Hunter is more like a highly trained detective who stays inside the building 24/7, not watching the doors, but watching the people already inside to see if anyone is acting suspiciously—like someone trying to secretly whisper out a window to a getaway driver.

6 months ago | [YT] | 2

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Speed Over Sophistication: The primary advantage for attackers in 2026 isn't just their tech, but their velocity; fraud networks now operate like agile startups, deploying new exploits via Telegram in days, while corporate defenses are slowed by quarterly reviews,.
• The Shift to Service Chains: Attackers are moving away from hard-to-crack software/hardware and focusing on service supply chains. These third-party providers often have legitimate internal access but lack the rigorous security standards of the large organizations they serve.
• Physical Consequences: Cybersecurity is moving beyond data theft. Exploitation of Operational Technology (OT)—such as building management and industrial controls—will lead to localized disruptions of essential physical services.
• Regulatory Evolution: Compliance is shifting from a "one-time onboarding formality" to continuous resilience auditing, driven by the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
Analogy for Understanding: Think of the 2026 cybersecurity landscape as a highly automated digital factory. In the past, security was about locking the front door (the firewall). Now, the factory is filled with thousands of autonomous robots (Agentic AI) that talk to each other and external vendors,. If these robots don't have clear "rules of engagement," they might accidentally leave a side door open or invite a "rogue robot" (Shadow AI) into the system without anyone noticing. By the time a human supervisor checks the security cameras, the robots have already shared the factory's secrets with an outside competitor.

6 months ago | [YT] | 2

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The $10.5 Trillion Threat: Cybercrime is Now the World’s Third-Largest Economy
Cybercrime is no longer just a technical issue—it's a colossal economic force.
According to data from the 2025 Cybersecurity Almanac, cybercrime is predicted to inflict damages totaling $10.5 trillion USD globally in 2025,. If this financial impact were measured as a country, it would be the world’s third-largest economy, surpassed only by the U.S. and China.

This colossal figure represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history. The damage caused by cybercrime in a single year is also exponentially larger than the damage inflicted from natural disasters.
The costs are rapidly escalating, predicted to grow by 15 percent per year. Cybersecurity Ventures forecasts that global cybercrime costs will reach a staggering $12 trillion USD annually by 2031. Furthermore, ransomware damage specifically is expected to exceed $265 billion USD annually by 2031.

This latest edition of the Cybersecurity Almanac offers a comprehensive overview of critical historical dates, insightful statistical information, and the cyberdefense landscape, serving as a handbook for everyone from small businesses to C-suite executives,.
How prepared is your organization to face this accelerating threat?

#CybercrimeEconomy #10TrillionThreat #Cybersecurity2025 #GlobalThreat #EconomicDamage

6 months ago | [YT] | 1

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P.S. If you are running Kali on the Windows Subsystem for Linux, remember to upgrade to WSL2 for a better experience that includes the ability to use graphical apps. For those downloading the new live image, note that due to its size, it is now distributed only via BitTorrent

6 months ago | [YT] | 1