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A breach, a burnout, and a bit of Fleetwood Mac

Sometimes the biggest vulnerability in your organisation isn’t an unpatched server. It’s a tired human being.

In this week’s episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast, we discuss:

💬 How stress, fatigue, and poor leadership culture is harming security teams from within

🚨 Microsoft Patch Tuesday – Oct 2025
172 vulnerabilities fixed across Windows, Office, SharePoint & Exchange.
⚠️ Critical CVEs: 59295 (RCE), 59237 (RCE), 59249 (EoP), 49708 (EoP, CVSS 9.9)
👉
www.sequretek.com/resources/re...

How the latest deepfake scam can cheat companies out of millions | CNN Business From CEOs to colleagues, deepfake technology can trick people into sending money, sharing passwords, or revealing sensitive information - all in seconds. CNN’s Clare Duffy met with ethical hacker and ...

*My Latest CNN Zoom Call Deepfake Demo*
An eng org sent $25M to scammers who deepfaked the CFO in a live video call.
Are your colleagues, fam & friends ready to catch this AI attack?
I demo'd a live Zoom deepfake to CNN's Clare Duffy to help you spot the signs:
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...

Illegitimi non carborundum

DEF CON 33 - YouTube

Good thing there's a weekend coming up - the #defcon Youtube channel has dropped a few hundred #defcon33 videos for your perusal. Clear your schedule and let these #dc33 Main Stage & Creator Stage Talks wash over your thirsty brain.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

As always, enjoy and #passiton.

Proud moment at #GlobalFintechFest2025 🚀
Excited to share that Sequretek was selected for HDFC Bank’s “Pitch for Business” at Global Fintech Fest 2025! 💡 Our CEO & Co-Founder Pankit Desai presented Percept CTEM, showing how we help BFSI stay ahead of cyber risks.

Disclaimer - I work for this company and these are my awesome colleagues.

BIETA: A Technology Enablement Front for China's MSS Discover how China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) almost certainly operates BIETA and its subsidiary CIII as public fronts for cyber-espionage, covert communications, and technology acquisition. C...

Interesting and insightful report from the Insikt Group.
www.recordedfuture.com/research/bie...

If generative AI is so intuitive and easy to use why are we being encouraged to “learn” it? Everything said about it by AI hypers is just so contradictory and nonsensical.

🚀 We’re heading to IMC 2025!
Explore how we’re helping businesses strengthen cybersecurity & build digital resilience. Stop by our booth and connect with our team!

#Sequretek #IMC2025 #Cybersecurity #TechInnovation #DigitalResilience #MeitY #StartupShowcase

🌐🔐 Cybersecurity Update:
✅ 30 nations join forces on a Global Cybersecurity Audit Initiative with IoT audits + AI/ML training.
⚠️ A major automaker hit by a cyberattack, halting production & registrations.

👉 Are we moving faster than attackers?

#Cybersecurity

There's nothing on the flight deck, so probably doing full power sea trials.

🔐 Your Risk Score is more than a number, it’s your roadmap to stronger cybersecurity.
✔ Identify. ✔ Prioritize. ✔ Act fast.

👉 Check the carousel to see how it works.

#Cybersecurity #RiskScore #CyberResilience

OSINT MOE

An online tool that collects data about people, companies, and topics of interest using AI and visualizes this information in the form of a graph. Very fast and in-depth data processing.

Free demo osint.moe

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

🛡️ October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. At Sequretek, we help organizations stay ahead of evolving threats with proactive protection, detection, and response. Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility, let’s make resilience a habit.

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

Are your APIs your biggest blind spot? 👀
From shadow APIs to broken authentication, attackers are already exploiting the gaps.

Why API security is now mission-critical 👉 www.sequretek.com/resources/bl...

Your Favourite Phone Apps Might be Leaking Your Company's Secrets Securing APIs isn't just about protecting servers, it's also about protecting the apps that use them.

Most of the apps on your phone are talking to a server somewhere - sending and receiving data through messages sent through APIs.

And here's the problem - hackers have determined that the APIs of mobile apps, when left visible and exploitable, can be a goldmine.

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

#IoT device to remotely monitor your indoor plants. Calculate your PPFD + VPD learn.adafruit.com/no-code-indoor-grow-monitor #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/Ru9-U7Jq-DE

Guardian Nexus has released AuditKit, an open-source compliance scanner for AWS and Azure with auditor-ready evidence collection guides

auditkit.io

Command & Control 2 - Reverse Engineering Labs It's not uncommon for malware to require new infections to register with the C2 before receiving commands. See if you can figure out the protocol and obtain the flag.

Just released a new malware analysis lab: Command & Control 2.
This lab tests your understanding of the WinInet API and ability to use static analysis to reverse engineer a rudimentary command & control protocol.

www.malwaretech.com/labs/c2/comm...

GitHub - docusealco/docuseal: Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️ Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️ - docusealco/docuseal

Ditch DocuSign! Use DocuSeal. It is a free, open source secure, and efficient tool to handle all your documents. Simply create PDF forms that anyone can fill and sign online using easy, mobile optimized tool and much more. Give it a try github.com/docusealco/d...

🔐 ERP modernization is risky, unless security keeps pace.

A global auto components leader achieved:
🌍 Unified visibility
⚡ Real-time resilience
📑 Zero disruptions during transformation

With Sequretek, complexity turned into clarity.
👉 Explore the full case study.
www.sequretek.com/resources/ca...

Yes. Let me try this out.

At Finovate Fall 2025, we showcased how Percept CTEM helps financial institutions move from reactive firefighting → proactive resilience. 🔐⚡

🎥 Watch the demo now: www.sequretek.com/resources/vi...

#PerceptCTEM #Finovate #CyberSecurity #Sequretek

Absolutely. And we thought we here in the "third world" were bonkers.

Graylog Resource Library Explore the Graylog Resource Library for a comprehensive collection of videos, case studies, datasheets, eBooks, and whitepapers.

The world of #SIEM has changed! So, let's talk about what #security teams needs from SIEM today.

Watch this 10 Minute Take on smarter #threatdetection for #AWS environments with @socalledseth.com, to learn more.👇

graylog.org/resources/gr... #cybersecurity #infosec #TDIR

And the lemon party for the culinary inclined folks?

This is Annie. She is a dental therapy dog. Her job is to help patients experiencing anxiety by providing emotional support. While dentists go through years of schooling to treat patients Annie is able to lower their blood pressure and reduce anxiety just by being there. 14/10 (TT: funny.bunny9215)