🌊 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... (1/2)

🚨📖 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

💥📘 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. (1/2)...

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

🚨📚 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

🚨📚 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 …

🔎 📖 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

🚨📖 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

🐲 📚 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...

📖 🔎 Book Review Day! You're likely consumed with the AI hype train 🤖 🚄, but do know the history of what led to today's world of AI bots and agents? University of Oxford's Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Michael Wooldridge, certainly does!... tinyurl.com/2dkzax3z

Kim Zetter's 2014 book 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘺 was one of the first inducted into the Canon Hall of Fame 🏆. It unpacks the story of #Stuxnet and a 1st of its kind to turn a real-world cyber espionage operation 🕵‍♀️ into a gripping thriller. Book review: tinyurl.com/mubj2z4n @kimzetter.bsky.social

New week, new book review to check out. And this one is getting a Hall of Fame nomination... "If there’s one book I’ve consistently recommended to those peering into the cybersecurity industry from the outside, it’s Jessica Barker's 'Confident Cyber Security'... tinyurl.com/4brjsfpd

This 1849 quote from Henry Thoreau is so applicable today to cybersecurity: with too much content and too much noise, where should you start? The Cybersecurity Canon provides straightforward answers. Our team of cybersecurity experts reviews books so that you can prioritize what to read first...

🚨📖 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 📖🚨 This week, 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 provides us with some great insights on “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐈” by 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 The book is a comprehensive review of technologies used to manipulate, deceive, and defraud the public. It covers both old...

Another great addition to the Cybercanon library of cybersecurity books. "The CISO Playbook” by Andres Andreu is a must-read for cybersecurity leaders seeking practical guidance on building, managing and optimizing cybersecurity programs. #cybersecurity #mustread #CISO

🚨📖 New Book Review Drop! 📖🚨 Investments Unlimited: A Novel About DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age tinyurl.com/cybercanon25... “Throughout the book, the authors successfully model real-world challenges in ways that resonate. Whether it’s resistance from...

📝 The #CyberCanon Newsletter Has Landed! 🗞️ We’re excited to announce the launch of our #Substack newsletter. It's your front-row seat to the best writing in #cybersecurity. 🔗 👉🏼 substack.com/@cybercanon

"I experienced tremendous technical and cultural challenges during our implementation and only wish that we had a book like this to navigate us." 💥It's Tuesday-review-day here at the #CyberCanon.💥 A new review by committee member Sandip Dholakia has been added to the Canon library... (1/4)

📚 Books: The Original OSINT 🔍 Over the weekend, a member of our team attended the @layer8conference.com, an OSINT and Social Engineering focused event. Dr. Brian Nussbaum’s (@ilnuttree.bsky.social) interesting talk was right up our alley regarding OSINT National History referencing… (1/5)

Boston based folks, looking like another 🌧️ Saturday. Even more the reason to attend @layer8conference.com an OSINT and Social Engineering conference tomorrow. 
 If still on the fence, let it be known that a Canon team member will be in attendance and may have OSINT themed CyberCanon stickers. 🤗

Well, we may not be offering cool helmets like your local fire department, but we do have a very nice logo you could put on your LinkedIn profile, 🤷? If you are passionate about cybersecurity and our mission, please check out the volunteer roles we are looking to fill.

🚨📖 New Cybersecurity Canon Book Review Drop! 📖🚨 Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social Reviewer J. Carlos Vega, CISSP takes us through this compelling dive into five infamous hacks... (1/4)

(The Canon’s social media volunteer would like to thank ChatGPT for creating today’s post content all into this retro themed graphic. But, I don’t think hashtags will work this way. 🤔)

🚨 Big News: our new website is now live at CyberCanon.org! 🚨 Explore our curated library of must-read cybersecurity books, suggest new titles, and support our mission to share the essential knowledge every InfoSec professional needs to learn, apply, and master. (1/3)

"Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World" by Bruce Schneier, published by W.W. Norton. Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by John Davis https://icdt.osu.edu/click-here-kill-everybody-security-and-survival-hyper-connected-world

“The Cybersecurity Playbook: How every leader and employee can contribute to a culture of security” by Allison Cerra Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Helen Patton https://icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/11/cybersecurity-canon-book-review-cybersecurity-playbook-how-every-leader-and-employee

“The Cybersecurity Playbook: How every leader and employee can contribute to a culture of security” by Allison Cerra Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Helen Patton https://icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/11/cybersecurity-canon-book-review-cybersecurity-playbook-how-every-leader-and-employee

Brain food https://icdt.osu.edu/cybercanon/bookreviews

At least 47 violent threats to libraries have led to disruptions at schools, libraries, and public events over the past 12 months. That’s my conservative estimate. That and more in this week’s MomLeft, a new newsletter for moms on the left: open.substack.com/pub/momleft/...

Did you read an interesting fiction or non-fiction book this summer that you think should be required reading for #InfoSec folks? Write a review for the Cybersecurity Canon! Want to Submit a Review? icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/08...

Farewell, my summer love, farewell... Zero Trust, I won't forget you... Read the #Cybersecurity Canon Book Review: "Zero Trust Networks: Building Secure Systems in Untrusted Networks" https://icdt.osu.edu/zero-trust-networks-building-secure-systems-untrusted-networks

There's still time to get your summer reading in under the wire! Check out reviews for these books and more at the Cybersecurity Canon, books for InfoSec students and practitioners! https://icdt.osu.edu/cybercanon/bookreviews

"American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road" by Nick Bilton Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Jon Oltsik https://icdt.osu.edu/american-kingpin-epic-hunt-criminal-mastermind-behind-silk-road

Pick a fiction or non-fiction book that you think #InfoSec students and professionals should read, and write a review for the Cybersecurity Canon! Learn more here: https://icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/08/want-submit-review Talk to us! 📚

"Cyber War...and Peace: Building Digital Trust Today with History as Our Guide" by Nicholas Shevelyov Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Ben Smith https://icdt.osu.edu/cyber-war...and-peace-building-digital-trust-today-history-our-guide

"Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat?" by Ray A. Rothrock Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Helen Patton https://icdt.osu.edu/digital-resilience-your-company-ready-next-cyber-threat-2018-ray-.-rothrock.-book-reviewed-helen

"The CISO Evolution: Business Knowledge for Cybersecurity Executives" by Matthew K. Sharp and Kyriakos "Rock" Lambros Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Georgianna Shea https://icdt.osu.edu/ciso-evolution-business-knowledge-cybersecurity-executives

"Design for How People Think" by John Whalen Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by William Yurek

"DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia" by Misha Glenny Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Greg Day https://icdt.osu.edu/darkmarket-how-hackers-became-new-mafia

"Dawn of the Code War: America’s Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat" by John P. Carlin and Garrett M. Graff Read our Book Review by Andrew Hall https://icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/10/cybersecurity-canon-book-review-dawn-code-war-americas-battle-against-russia-china-and

"A Vulnerable System: The History of Information Security in the Computer Age" by Andrew Stewart Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Ben Rothke https://icdt.osu.edu/vulnerable-system-history-information-security-computer-age

"Career lessons from favorite reads: Books have the power to influence our personal and professional lives, and sometimes they can even help shape the direction of both." https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/career-lessons-from-favorite-reads-6386002/

"Codebreaking: A Practical Guide" by Elonka Dunin & Klaus Schmeh Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Ben Smith https://icdt.osu.edu/codebreaking-practical-guide-2020

"Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943" by David Kahn Red the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Adam Firestone https://icdt.osu.edu/seizing-enigma

The Cybersecurity Canon is always on the lookout for new book reviews for the #InfoSec community. Get involved! 🧑‍💻 https://icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/08/want-submit-review

"The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America" by James Bamford Read the #Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Jon Oltsik here: https://icdt.osu.edu/shadow-factory-ultra-secret-nsa-911-eavesdropping-america

"Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution" by P.W. Singer and August Cole Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Review by Rick Howard here: https://icdt.osu.edu/news/2020/10/burn-novel-real-robotic-revolution

So, how was your weekend? #Barbenheimmer Read the Cybersecurity Canon Book Reviews of these books by Liza Mundy and Kim Zetter. https://icdt.osu.edu/cybercanon/bookreviews