Artwork for CyberCanon October book review recap

🗓️𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽!📚

In case you missed any...

🧑‍💼 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧: tinyurl.com/94z7ujsu

🔏 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙮: tinyurl.com/2s3jk4cn

🤖 𝘼𝙄-𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚: tinyurl.com/4k263a9c

🧠 𝙐𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨: tinyurl.com/yc4r5r4r

#CybersecurityBooks

Artwork for CyberCanon's latest Newsletter, including the book 'We Are Anonymous'

Did you catch our latest newsletter over on Substack?

It covers various topics, including #hactivism, and how @parmy.bsky.social 's Hall of Fame book, 𝙒𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨, ties into today's cyber threats.

📰 tinyurl.com/2zbsvsfx

CyberCanon Review of Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset

👩‍💻𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆!🧠

This week, Kevin Magee provides a Hall of Fame recommendation for Sarah Armstrong-Smith’s 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩

Read why he believes it will help you "transform your response to threats" ➡️ tinyurl.com/56nzxp5z

#CISO #SecurityAwareness #ThreatIntelligence

📅𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆!

On November 2, 1988, the Morris Worm became the first major computer virus to spread across the Internet.

𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 by @scottjshapiro.bsky.social , covers the #MorrisWorm as one of its five infamous hacks. Our review ➡️ tinyurl.com/r2b3zc2u

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🎃It's Halloween. But forget ghost stories, the scariest stories are true.

In 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢, @agreenberg.bsky.social unravels a real-life cyber-thriller. A Russian hacking unit unleashes chaos around the world, turning code into a weapon and critical infrastructure into targets.

💀 tinyurl.com/mu9aht95

Photo of Mikko's book with a CyberCanon bookmark

If your mission this October is to elevate awareness, not just compliance, here is a book worth putting in your team’s hands...

𝙄𝙛 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙑𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 by Mikko Hypponen weaves technical insight with human stories, showing how every connected thing holds risk.

tinyurl.com/y9ne2uzk

🧠 New CyberCanon review!

Jeffrey Pierdomenico dives into Mark Bailey’s Unknowable Minds, exploring AI, ethics, and security.

“Putting humanity above all else” has never felt more urgent.

🔗 cybercanon.org/unknowable-minds

From: @imprintacademic.bsky.social

#AIsecurity #CybersecurityBooks

A creative Transformer-themed graphic recommending the book, Transformational Security Awareness, for Cybersecurity Awareness Month

This #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, remember security awareness isn’t about information. It’s about 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 🐛->🦋

We celebrate books that go beyond technical defense to 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 our understanding of security, like @perrycarpenter.bsky.social 's 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨

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Artwork of CyberCanon's review of AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence

🤖🔐𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!

This week, Daniel "Rags" Ragsdale provides a timely review of Dr. Iqbal H. Sarker's 𝘼𝙄-𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, from Springer.

Full review 👉 tinyurl.com/4k263a9c

#Cybersecurity #AI #CybersecurityBooks #IoT #OT #ThreatIntelligence

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0️⃣ Hall of Famer 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙕𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 by George Finney for a fun novel: tinyurl.com/44dsc967

0️⃣ Hall of Fame candidate 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 by @rick-howard.bsky.social for overall cyber strategies, including ZT: tinyurl.com/msr8wrwy

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #CybersecurityBooks

CyberCanon artwork with a glowing digital ID along with 3 books to help implement Zero Trust strategies

Valid account usage is the #1 access vector in identity threat reports per @talosintelligence.com: tinyurl.com/2twf98ry

Implementing #ZeroTrust has never been more important. Here are 3 book recs…

0️⃣ Hall of Famer 𝙕𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 by Evan Gilman and Doug Barth: tinyurl.com/3h5mnbyd

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🔏𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆!📖

#DifferentialPrivacy is an increasingly popular, though controversial, approach. This week, @benrothke.bsky.social provides a Hall of Fame recommendation of @simson.net 's 𝘋𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺, from @mitpress.bsky.social.

👉 tinyurl.com/2s3jk4cn

#CybersecurityBooks #DP

CyberCanon's review of Matt Mayberry's 'The Transformational Leader'

🛩️𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

"It’s not a cybersecurity book, but it’s a book that will help you become the kind of cybersecurity leader we need more of."

This week, Caroline Wong reviews Matt Mayberry's:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧

Full review 👉 tinyurl.com/94z7ujsu

#CybersecurityLeaders

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Chris Hoofnagle

CyberCanon Review screenshot for Cybersecurity in Context

Golden Richard III

⚖️𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!⚖️

This week, @josiahdykstra.bsky.social provides a Hall of Fame recommendation review of 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩: 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙬 by professors 🧑‍🏫 Chris Hoofnagle and Golden Richard III. @nolaforensix.bsky.social

Full review 👉 tinyurl.com/mv6255mk

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The CyberNest x CyberCanon Partnership Announcement

📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘅 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 🤝

#Cybersecurity has no shortage of noise. What professionals need is 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹.

That’s why we’re excited to announce a new #partnership:

📚 #CyberCanon curates timeless, peer-reviewed cybersecurity books every professional should know.
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🗓️REMINDER🗓️

Thursday, 9/25, our very own Rick Howard will be presenting at
@bitwarden.bsky.social's #OpenSourceSecuritySummit along side Rinki Sethi and Andy Greenberg agreenberg.bsky.social.

It's free, it's virtual, and it's only 2 hours, so no excuses. ☺️

👉 bitwarden.com/open-source-...

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Artwork for the Canon's book review of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Foundations.

Have you heard about this new thing called #AI?!

(Yes, fairly weak attempt at humor, but give us a break, we're busy over reading and writing over here!)

This week's book may not be well known (yet), but Andrew Chrostowski thinks that needs to change and is recommending it for...
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CyberCanon's Review of The Coming Wave

🌊 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄(𝘀)! 🌊

This week, not 1, but 2️⃣ #CyberCanon Committee Members review 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙚 by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social with Michael Bhaskar.

This book is widely known, but to what extent does it offer meaningful value to cybersecurity professionals? 🤔

This is exactly...
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Graphic of CyberCanon review of Hacked

🚨📖 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽! 📖🚨

This week Joanna Grama @runforserenity.bsky.social
submits her review of Jessica Barker’s 𝙃𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨.

📝 Full review 👉 tinyurl.com/mryyszv5

🛒 Get the book for $11! 👉 amzn.to/4n5W6DC

#CyberCanon #Cybersecurity #CybersecurityBooks #Hacking

Evading EDR: The Definitive Guide to Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems. Evading EDR: The Definitive Guide to Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems. [Hand, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Evading EDR: The Definitive Guide to Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems.

🚨 If Matt's book interests you, please consider purchasing here 👉 amzn.to/4m1vLpC

We now have Amazon Affiliate links to purchase titles in the Canon library! Same cost to you, but a few 💵 goes to the Canon to help keep us up and running. 🙏

#CyberCanonHoFCandidate #CybersecurityBooks #EDR

CyberCanon review screenshot

Evading EDR cover

Matt Hand photo

💥📘 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

This week, Stephanie Pirman provides a Hall of Fame recommendation for @matterpreter.bsky.social Matt Hand's 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝘿𝙍 from @nostarchpress.bsky.social.

Evading EDR provides "𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘋𝘙𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴: 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘌𝘋𝘙 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯...

At #DEFCON, we spent time talking with Kurtis Minder and Jon DiMaggio, industry leaders in cyber threat intelligence. Both are authors of books on the Canon's list to review. We came away quite impressed, especially by their immense passion for fighting cyber crime.

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AI-Generated image of a steel mailbox with padlock, substack logo and a CyberCanon newsletter in its slot

Our August Newsletter 🗞️ is now live featuring #CyberCanon Hall of Fame winners, candidates, and cyber author-focused recaps from #BlackHat and #defcon.

Definitely worth taking a peek 👉 tinyurl.com/canon-aug25-nl

Screenshot of CyberCanon review of Silence on the Wire

🚨📚 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 📚🚨

This week, Edwin Shuttleworth provides a review for Michal Zalewski's (@lcamtuf.coredump.cx) 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙧𝙚. This 2005 book from @nostarchpress.bsky.social is still well worth the read today.

Full review👉https://tinyurl.com/323ytuwk

CyberCanon New Book Review for The Security Culture Playbook

🚨📚 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 📚🚨

This week, Crystal Kobe provides a Hall of Fame recommendation for Perry Carpenter @perrycarpenter.bsky.social and Kai Roer 's 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠: 𝘼𝙣 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚.

Full review 👉 tinyurl.com/yzstbadx

📆 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 📆

We had our monthly review committee meeting this week and the Canon keeps getting better!

🅒 Stephanie Pirman and Joanna Grama, JD led very engaged discussions of their detailed reviews.
🅒 Trying out new Hall of Fame scoring criteria
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Photo of How I Rob Banks by FC aka Freakyclown at the Black Hat Book Store

🔎 📖 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄! 📖 🔍

“𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is an engaging, fast-paced read that offers a firsthand look into the world of physical penetration testing. Equal parts storytelling, security insight and personal reflection, the book aims to inform and entertain.”

-Walt Powell, #CyberCanon Committee

Image of the CyberCanon New book Review of Dark Wire by Joseph Cox

🚨📖 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽! 📖🚨

This week, Steve Winterfeld provides us with some great insights on “𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙒𝙞𝙧𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧” by Joseph Cox (@josephcox).

In Steve's words, it's "a true crime thriller that tells the story...

👉 tinyurl.com/48r3nzek

Author Nikki Robinson

Effective Vulnerability Management Book

Author Chris Hughes

🐲 📚 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 📚🐲

"Chris Hughes and Nikki Robinson provide a valuable contribution to our profession with 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. The book offers an approachable overview of one of our industry’s most challenging domains...