Sources: Anderson Cooper has signed a new deal with CNN (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/anderson-cooper-cnn-new-contract-1236603476/
NSA cyber directorate gets new acting leadership
https://therecord.media/nsa-cyber-directorate-new-acting-leadership
performance bicycle: chains are $3 cheaper than amazon.
ebay: the power cable replacement for the one that got shredded is $1 cheaper than amazon.
aliexpress: the plastic containers were a bit harder to find, but multiple dollars cheaper than the ones on amazon (that are probably from the same supplier and had to go through customs last time).
A reminder that you may not be doing yourself any favors by sticking with
For #MondayCovers I reshare this loops I posted last week.
A very cool cover but, as I say in a comment, I cannot find the full version
https://loops.video/v/dJ0iPKWS5M
Seoul cyber investigators seize data, devices from ‘South Korea’s Amazon’ following data breach https://therecord.media/seoul-cyber-investigators-seize-data-korea-tech-giant
Saviynt, an identity and access management service focused on "human and nonhuman" identity controls, raised a $700M Series B led by KKR at a $3B valuation (Angus Loten/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cyber-startup
Cyber Startup Saviynt Raises $700 Million to Secure Identity and Access
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cyber-startup-saviynt-raises-700-million-to-secure-identity-and-access-ba50cbae
Despite worries by some that vendor reports on AI cyber threats are merely hype to sell new defensive tools, most cyber defenders and threat intel experts say CISOs who dismiss AI in the attack chain do so at their own risk.
Check out my latest CSO piece.
Many thanks to Marcus Hutchins, Steve Stone of SentinelOne, Billy Leonard of Google Threat Intelligence Group, the folks at Anthropic, Rob T. Lee of SANS Institute, Morgan Adamski of PwC, Joe Levy and Alexandra Rose of Sophos, …
So Korea's Coupang's cyber insurance gives it coverage of only around $682,000.
https://www.chosun.com/english/market-money-en/2025/12/08/KXCKOF2BYJEFHJQJDYZI6MQZSE/