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🚀 Successful Tech Founder and CEO 📈 |Cybersecurity Authority | DotCom Survivor | Sharing Tips on Starting and Scaling 🚀.

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Robert O'Brien
2 years
𝟲 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 1. eLearning completion rates are less than 40% 2. No tailored training for Senior Leadership Team 3. Absence of internal Cyber Ambassador program 4. Lack of reinforcement in the physical
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En désespoir
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I‘m back temporarily for one reason and one reason only: To voice my absolute shock and disgust at the arrest of Graham Linehan—the latest in a long line of events that mark the end of a once great nation. And it is, in fact, the end. 1/
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In my opinion we have to recognise the current state level of fucks to give... we are trying as an industry/community to increase the number of fucks people give about digital security (cyber security) because as humanity we have put technology into everything in our lives!
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Superyachts at Cannes are cybercrime magnets. 2017: Hackers remotely steered a yacht! Businesses, learn from yachts: cut connectivity, tighten controls to protect VIPs. Watch from Antibes:
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This is a big win for Freedom of the Press and a set back for organisations that undermine personal cybersecurity and data protection.
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BREAKING: jury awards massive $167 million in punitive damages against spyware company NSO Group. Precedent-setting win against the notorious #Pegasus spyware maker. Congratulations to @WhatsApp on sticking this case through since 2019. Some thoughts 1/
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Robert O'Brien
4 months
📍 Filmed on location in Sparta, Greece — at the foot of the ancient fortress of Mystras. But the threat I’m talking about today isn’t ancient. It’s modern. And it’s in your pocket. A recent leak of U.S. military strike plans—via a Signal group chat—should be a flashing red
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'The anonymous hackers shared with the BBC screenshots of the first extortion message they sent to Co-op's head of cyber security in an internal Microsoft Teams chat on 25th April. "Hello, we exfiltrated the data from your company," the chat says. "We have customer database, and
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6 months
Phone theft UP 40%. 5 things you should to do secure your mobile so they can't access your banking Courtesy of ITV's Martin Lewis Money Show Feel free to share
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SMEs, with small security teams and overstretched staff, are prime targets for these tactics. Unlike banks, where fraud can sometimes be reversed, crypto’s finality leaves no room for mistakes. It’s time to level up—train staff to spot phishing, enforce multi-layer verification,
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Robert O'Brien
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These bastards are relentless. North Korean hackers aren’t just after profit—they’re funding state agendas, making them bolder and more persistent. SMEs can’t afford to lag behind. Social engineering preys on trust, tricking employees into revealing credentials or approving
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Robert O'Brien
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Social engineering preys on trust, tricking employees into revealing credentials or approving fraudulent transfers. In Bybit’s case, hackers manipulated screens during a routine process, redirecting funds to their own accounts. SMEs, with lean teams and overstretched staff, are
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Robert O'Brien
7 months
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should take note—they’re especially vulnerable to these big predators. While large exchanges like Bybit have resources to weather such storms, SMEs often lack the budget, expertise, or manpower to fend off sophisticated nation-state
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Robert O'Brien
7 months
The $1.5 billion Ethereum heist from Bybit, a Singapore-based crypto giant, exposes a chilling truth: nation-state actors like North Korea’s Lazarus Group have mastered social engineering to bypass even the toughest cyber defenses. This wasn’t a brute-force hack or a
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North Korean Hackers Exploit Human Weakness: SMEs in the Crosshairs Whilst Crypto and Bitcoin are very much in the news it's not an activity that the great majority of business owners are involved with. However, because it is so lucrative for hackers it can act like a canary in
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7 months
Time to Rethink Email Access for High-Risk Tech Roles? As cyber threats evolve, should we continue giving every technical employee an email account by default? Here's a provocative thought: 83% of successful breaches start with social engineering, and developer credentials are
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Robert O'Brien
7 months
Do you know what get’s my goat? Airport drop-off charges. £6.00—just for the privilege of stepping out of a car. Meanwhile, the poor soul who gave you a lift gets fleeced for their good deed. The whole process takes less than 10 minutes—that’s an insane hourly rate. Just
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There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really. I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on
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Nice Dreams Every so often, if you’re lucky, you’ll have a dream so vivid, so familiar, that waking up feels bittersweet. It lingers—leaving you longing to return. These are the dreams where you’re surrounded by childhood friends and family. In these dreams you are talking and
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