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Generated: 2026-01-07 21:00 PST
- ISC Stormcast For Thursday, January 8th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9758, (Thu, Jan 8th)
SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-01-07 18:00 • isc.sans.edu
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https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32610 - Smashing Security podcast #449: How to scam someone in seven days
Graham Cluley • 2026-01-07 16:31 • grahamcluley.com
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology… and Taurus is their secret weapon.In episode 449 of “Smashing Security”, we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook – complete with scripts, personality “types”, corporate jargon, and a seven-day plan to get victims from hello to hand over the crypto.
Then Lesley “hacks4pancakes” Carhart delivers a reality check on the dire cybersecurity jobs market for juniors: why entry-level roles are evaporating, how automated CV screening is chewing candidates up, and what hopeful newcomers (and weary veterans) can do about it.
- Analysis using Gephi with DShield Sensor Data, (Wed, Jan 7th)
SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-01-07 16:13 • isc.sans.eduI'm always looking for new ways of manipulating the data captured by my DShield sensor [1]. This time I used Gephi [2] and Graphiz [3] a popular and powerful tool for visualizing and exploring relationships between nodes, to examine the relationship between the source IP, filename and which sensor got a copy of the file. I…
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32608 - OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-07 15:28 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health, which is a dedicated space for health conversations. Amidst privacy concerns, OpenAI said it won’t use your health data. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-chatgpt-wont-use-your-health-information-to-train-its-models/ - New GoBruteforcer attack wave targets crypto, blockchain projects
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-07 15:18 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A new wave of GoBruteforcer botnet malware attacks is targeting databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects on exposed servers believed to be configured using AI-generated examples. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gobruteforcer-attack-wave-targets-crypto-blockchain-projects/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
