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Ben Rothke

@benrothke

I manage information security at @Experian. Write articles & book reviews on security, privacy, risk management. Member of @CyberSecCanon.
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Ben Rothke @benrothke
#AI gives attackers a new advantage: speed & autonomy. #ARTEX agents are hunting exposed #GitHub secrets & using them to infiltrate #Azure environments. In one case, GitHub-to-Azure Key Vault data theft took 5 minutes. Your leaked secrets are an open door. cybersec.gitguardian.com/s/the-agents-h…
blog.gitguardian.com ARTEX: AI Agents Find and Abuse Exposed GitHub Secrets Microsoft Threat Intelligence caught attackers using an agentic AI framework, ARTEX, to hunt exposed secrets on public GitHub and move into Azure tenants in as little as five minutes. GitGuardian has...
Ben Rothke @benrothke
Facebook is filled w/ self-publishing ads promising billions of potential readers. #Spines @Luludotcom @kobo @publishdrive @bookbaby @authorhousecan publish your book. Big deal. Getting published is easy. Getting people to BUY it is brutally difficult. brothke.medium.com/spines-com-and…
brothke.medium.com Spines.com and the Self-Publishing Illusion: Getting Your Book Published Is Not the Same as Selling… Aspiring authors should understand the difference between paying to publish a book and building a business that actually sells books.
Ben Rothke @benrothke
Think you can prioritize cyber risk under pressure? Test your skills w/ @PicusSecurity ‘Exposure Rush’. Identify exposures that matter most & can win Claude Max subscription. Identifying exposures is one thing. Knowing which ones matter most is another. cybersec.picussecurity.com/s/exposure-rus…
www.picussecurity.com Exposure Rush — Play the Triage Game, Win Claude Max | Picus A five-minute triage game from Picus. Rank 35 exposures the way your queue does, then find out which ones an attacker could actually reach.
Ben Rothke @benrothke
Big win for #CyberSecurity: @Microsoft making passkeys default in Entra ID & phasing out its SMS & voice authentication. Passkeys now default. Message is clear: SMS-based MFA is no longer good enough. It's time to move to phishing-resistant authentication. api.cyfluencer.com/s/microsoft-re…
specopssoft.com Microsoft Retires SMS, Voice and Secret Questions: What Are Your Options? Microsoft is retiring SMS, voice and security questions for SSPR. See secure password reset alternatives for organizations that can't switch.
Ben Rothke @benrothke
Would you believe a stranger who promised to deposit $1,834.79 into your bank account every Thursday? Thousands fall for #scams built on promises that defy logic. Scammers don't need to make sense. They just need you to stop thinking critically. brothke.medium.com/scams-dont-hav… #Scam
brothke.medium.com Scams Don’t Have to Make Sense to Make Money How outrageous promises, wishful thinking, and a failure of critical thinking keep online fraud profitable.