George K and George A reflect on recent cyber news, trends, and podcast updates!

In this episode:

🤝 Cybercrime Crowdsourcing: Sophos is out with a new report on Russian hacker forums are gamifying cyberattacks. Borrowing from legitimate security events like Pwn2Own, they're offering cash prizes for innovative attack methods, but with darker aims.

🪞 Deepfake Tech Surge: With deepfake technology becoming more accessible, what are the implications for cybersecurity and public trust? Read more in Bloomberg. 

💸 How Much Impact Did the Zero Interest Rate Period Have on Tools Acquisition? George A gives the CISO perspective on reckoning with tighter budgets and how interest rates will be reshaping cybersecurity tool purchases.

Also mentioned:

Layoff to Liftoff: George K is chronicling his own layoff journey because George A told him to, through a series of LinkedIn articles. Chapter 1 is out now. 

Famed hacker Sick Codes on ARM putting the D in DBAGs when it comes to security researchers’ work. Read more on LinkedIn.

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