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    May 26
    Tim Wilson, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Dark Reading, passed away five years ago in November. As Dark Reading enters its third decade, we pause to celebrate and honor Wilson's instrumental role in building and elevating the media site. Read the full story here:
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    Nov 24, 2021
    It is with great sadness that the Dark Reading team shares the passing of our co-founder and editor-in-chief, Tim Wilson. Tim was a gifted reporter and editor, and a dear friend and colleague to many in the cybersecurity community. He will be deeply missed
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    In Appreciation: Dark Reading's Tim Wilson
    Dark Reading co-founder and editor-in-chief Tim Wilson passed away on Nov. 23.
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    Dec 9, 2024
    FBI made a new arrest related to the cybercrime group Scattered Spider case, a 19-year-old hacker living in Fort Worth, Texas โ€” and he's talking. They were behind the Caesars and MGM hacks.
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    Texas Teen Arrested for Scattered Spider Telecom Hacks
    An FBI operation nabbed a member of the infamous cybercrime group, who is spilling the tea on "key Scattered Spider members" and their tactics.
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    Jul 15, 2022
    How Hackers Create Fake Personas for Social Engineering bit.ly/3AN8rYC by @_JohnHammond @HuntressLabs #hackers
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    How Hackers Create Fake Personas for Social Engineering
    And some ways to up your game for identifying fabricated online profiles of people who don't exist.
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    Sep 13, 2020
    An experienced security analyst earns an average annual salary of about $100,000. When that analyst leaves a company, it usually takes 8 months to replace that person and almost 4 to train a replacement. That's nearly a full year of productivity lost: ow.ly/JUm350BpnGP
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    Sep 5, 2020
    The cybersecurity industry is starting to openly talk about burnout โ€“ but beyond leaving professionals feeling frustrated and tired, the job can leave some feeling isolated, unwell, and unsafe. @sarapeters explores what #infosec is doing to employees: ow.ly/hYCm50BiyRs
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    Mar 30, 2018
    10 Women in Security You May Not Know But Should ubm.io/2GF4ppn #women #cybersecurity
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    Dec 7, 2017
    NIST Releases New Cybersecurity Framework Draft ow.ly/1qQs50fzXeB
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    Nov 2, 2017
    Cybersecurity talent crunch getting you down? We can relate! Funny stuff from John Klossner ubm.io/2gWv5nb
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    Apr 16, 2015
    7 Deadly Sins That Get Users Hacked ubm.io/1FPwui6
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    Aug 29, 2018
    7 Steps to Start Searching with Shodan by @kg4gwa ubm.io/2oiouXV #Shodan #security #tool
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    Apr 19, 2022
    Millions of Lenovo Laptops Contain Firmware-Level Vulnerabilities bit.ly/3jTUIp6 via @jaivijayan
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    May 1, 2019
    Happy birthday to us! Dark Reading turns 13 today. As we enter our teenage years, we'd like to thank our followers for using us to stay up-to-date on all things #cybersecurity ๐ŸŽ‚
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    Apr 4, 2023
    Cybercriminals Can Earn Potentially $200K Monthly by Exploiting Log4J in Proxyjacking Attacks: bit.ly/3KyuK8X by Elizabeth Montalbano
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    'Proxyjacking' Cybercriminals Exploit Log4j in Emerging, Lucrative Cloud Attacks
    Proxyjacking is an emerging, low-effort and high-reward attack for threat actors, with the potential for far-reaching implications.
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