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Barry Hess

@barryshess

Fractional CTO | Technology Strategy | Product Innovation | Mobile Technologies | Systems Engineering | Global Operations | Keynote Speaker

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Joined December 2014
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“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” — Claude Monet via the 5-Bullet Friday newsletter (tim.blog/fbf) from @tferriss
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Check out my latest article: Your Wi-Fi router is scanning your body. Right now. While you read this. linkedin.com/pulse/your-wi-f… via @LinkedIn
Your Wi-Fi router is scanning your body. Right now. While you read this.

Your Wi-Fi router is scanning your body. Right now. While you read this.

Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology just published findings that should make every CTO, CISO, and anyone who signs off on office infrastructure stop cold. Standard consumer...

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Check out my latest article: "Garbage In, Garbage Out" Rule Just Got a Weaponized Upgrade 🛡️🤖 linkedin.com/pulse/garbage-o… via @LinkedIn
"Garbage In, Garbage Out" Rule Just Got a Weaponized Upgrade 🛡️🤖

"Garbage In, Garbage Out" Rule Just Got a Weaponized Upgrade 🛡️🤖

We talk a lot about AI adoption in the defense and enterprise sectors. But there's a silent killer in the pipeline that most CTOs are ignoring: Data Poisoning.

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#Iran Disrupts US #Critical_Infrastructure via Exposed PLCs #cyberwar #vulnerabilities bit.ly/47PnhNX
Iran Disrupts US Critical Infrastructure via Exposed PLCs

Iran Disrupts US Critical Infrastructure via Exposed PLCs

Attackers compromised Internet-facing OT devices and caused file and display manipulation, operational disruption, and financial losses across sectors.

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#SaltTyphoon Builds Out #Malware Arsenal With #GhostSpider #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities bit.ly/4taKD8T
Salt Typhoon Builds Out Malware Arsenal With GhostSpider

Salt Typhoon Builds Out Malware Arsenal With GhostSpider

The APT, aka Earth Estries, is one of China's most effective threat actors, performing espionage for sometimes years on end against telcos, ISPs, and governments before being detected.

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#Cisco says #hackers have been #exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023 #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities tcrn.ch/4soBl93
Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since...

Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since...

The U.S. government and its allies said hackers have been exploiting the newly identified bug in Cisco networking gear around the world for years, and urged organizations to patch.

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Your #AI-generated #password isn't random, it just looks that way #cybersecurity #vulnerability bit.ly/4aCdBa8
LLM-generated passwords 'fundamentally weak,' experts say

LLM-generated passwords 'fundamentally weak,' experts say

: Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours

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#China remains embedded in US #energy #networks 'for the purpose of taking it down' #cybersecurity #cyberwar #vulnerabilities bit.ly/4rZ75Bh
China-linked crew embedded in US energy networks

China-linked crew embedded in US energy networks

: Plus 3 new goon squads targeted critical infrastructure last year

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#AI #agents spill secrets just by previewing malicious links #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities bit.ly/4tNBYun

AI agents can spill secrets via malicious link previews

: Zero-click prompt injection can leak data when AI agents meet messaging apps, researchers warn

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#Apple patches decade-old #iOS #zeroday, possibly exploited by commercial #spyware #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities bit.ly/46yvGog

Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild

: Flaw abused 'in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals'

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#Hubble Zooms in on the Mysterious #EggNebula, and It’s More Spectacular Than Ever #astronomy #imagery bit.ly/4rD1kZQ
Hubble Zooms in on the Mysterious Egg Nebula, and It’s More Spectacular Than Ever

Hubble Zooms in on the Mysterious Egg Nebula, and It’s More Spectacular Than Ever

The stunning image captures a star's dying moments wrapped in dust, light, and a cosmic conundrum still waiting to be solved.

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Big #Breach or Smooth Sailing? #Mexican Govt Faces Leak Allegations #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities bit.ly/4ajLRHe
Big Breach or Smooth Sailing? Mexican Govt Faces Leak Allegations

Big Breach or Smooth Sailing? Mexican Govt Faces Leak Allegations

Hacktivist group claims a 2.3-terabyte data breach exposes information of 36 million Mexicans, but no sensitive accounts are at risk, the government says.

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Old #Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities #legacy bit.ly/49ZlwxR
Old Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses

Old Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses

: Google researcher sits on UAC bypass for ages, only for it to become valid with new security feature

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What Would Richard #Feynman Make of #AI Today? Total speculation but interesting observations given Dr. Feynman's public persona bit.ly/3O3KLHS
What Would Richard Feynman Make of AI Today?

What Would Richard Feynman Make of AI Today?

What Would Richard Feynman Make of AI Today? The scientific sage was always suspicious of grand promises delivered before details were understood.

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#Google #Gemini Flaw Turns Calendar Invites Into Attack Vector #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities #AI #privacy bit.ly/49zr9Ea
Google Gemini Flaw Turns Calendar Invites Into Attack Vector

Google Gemini Flaw Turns Calendar Invites Into Attack Vector

The indirect prompt injection vulnerability allows an attacker to weaponize Google invites to circumvent privacy controls and access private data.

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#Anthropic’s Files API exfiltration risk resurfaces in #Cowork #Claude #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities #AI_poisoning bit.ly/3LNEZcM

Anthropic’s Files API exfiltration risk resurfaces in Cowork

: Office workers without AI experience warned to watch for prompt injection attacks - good luck with that

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Attackers Abuse #Python, #Cloudflare to Deliver #AsyncRAT #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities bit.ly/4sKzBrK
AsyncRAT Malware Infests Orgs via Python & Cloudflare

AsyncRAT Malware Infests Orgs via Python & Cloudflare

The phishing campaign shows how attackers continue to weaponize legitimate cloud services and open source tools to evade detection and gain trust.

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#Privacy and #Cybersecurity Laws in 2026 Pose Challenges bit.ly/4sBux8Q

Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws in 2026 Pose Challenges

No matter what new laws or regulations make the cut for 2026, it's clear that compliance challenges will persist and federal legislation will be limited.

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A very interesting approach to a real problem Can game theory help declutter #space? #mathematics bit.ly/44DF9tD
Can game theory help declutter space?

Can game theory help declutter space? 

Hundreds of millions of debris fragments zip around Earth at speeds exceeding 15,000 mph, posing a constant threat to astronauts and spacecraft. Thanks to prohibitive costs, no one is bothering to...

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#Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc #cybersecurity #vulnerabilities #encryption bit.ly/4qemHA4
Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.

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