A guy walks into the doctor's office. A banana waa stuck in one of his ears, a cucumber in the other ear, and a grape stuck in one nostril. The man says, "Doc, this is terrible. What's wrong with me?" The doctor says, "Well, first of all, you need to eat more sensibly."

What does DPDPA mean for BFSI? 🎙️ Short 9 from The Qut – Episode 04 explores data protection, privacy & compliance in a data-driven ecosystem. 🎥 Watch more: youtu.be/m4bxcHooudc 🔔 Subscribe for more insights. #TheQut #DPDPA #CyberSecurity #BFSI

The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy’s disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years. Original post

"RSA 2026: Agentic Future, Analog Fundamentals — The Paradox of Why the Old Guard Still Survives" medium.com/anton-on-sec... <- the classic! My annual #RSAC #RSA2026 reflection post!

"Password security remains central to effective cyber defense. However, #AI-driven attacks, massive breach datasets, and evolving regulatory guidance are forcing organizations to rethink long-standing assumptions about password management." api.cyfluencer.com/s/top-5-insi...

Is this your favourite time of the week if you're an OSINT analyst? It should be! It's time for #OSINTToolsThursday 🥳

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

🌐 War Beyond Borders: When Data Becomes the Battlefield Our CEO & Co-founder, Pankit Desai, joined NDTV Profit with host Vikram Oza and panelists Capt Alok Bansal, Dr Shubha Chaudhary, and Subimal Bhattacharjee to unpack a critical global concern.

🤯 What if the biggest threat to your privacy isn’t a hacker breaking in… but software silently watching you? Spyware installs on devices without your knowledge and secretly tracks activity, capturing data and sending it to attackers. #CyberSecurity #CyberAwareness

This is classic modern espionage. Instead of dark alleys and dead drops, recruitment now starts with a LinkedIn style job post. Fake consulting firms are an easy way for intelligence services to spot people with government access. #China #Espionage #Counterintelligence www.fdd.org/analysis/202...

India’s payment revolution runs on speed, but trust sustains it. Join us LIVE for The Qut – Episode 04: Trust in Transactions 📅March 05, 2026 | ⏰ 4–5 PM IST 🎙️Live Virtual Session + Q&A Secure real-time payment ecosystems & manage cyber risk at scale. 🔗 Register: share-na2.hsforms.com/1Gjc0-tTHScy...

₹ Trillions move through India’s payment rails daily. In a real-time economy, trust is the real currency. Join us LIVE for The Qut – Episode 04 Topic: Trust in Transactions: Securing India’s Payment Revolution 📅 Mar 05, 2026 | ⏰ 4–5 PM IST Register: share-na2.hsforms.com/1Gjc0-tTHScy...

Proud moment! As an iDEX Startup Winner at BEL’s Missile Integration Facility inauguration, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singhji reviewed our Percept Suite & appreciated our indigenous cybersecurity innovation. Make in India. Secure in India. #Sequretek #Cybersecurity #iDEX

111,344 CVEs disclosed in 2025. Record-breaking. The 2026 SeQure Threat Intelligence Report (foreword by DSCI India CEO) breaks down what actually matters from last year's threat chaos. 🧵 Download now: www.sequretek.com/resources/re... #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel

🌍 It’s #SaferInternetDay Cyber threats keep evolving and so should our habits. Top 5 basics: 🔐 Strong, unique passwords 📲 Enable MFA ⚙️ Update regularly 📩 Watch for phishing 🌐 Use secure networks Small steps today can prevent big risks tomorrow. #CyberSecurity

Union Budget 2026 puts digital growth at the core of India’s economic strategy. In The Tech Panda, our CEO & Co-Founder Pankit Desai shares how expanded safe harbour limits and cloud incentives strengthen India’s global tech ambition. 🔗 thetechpanda.com/union-budget... #UnionBudget2026

🚨 Jan 2026 #SeQureNewsBytes: $154B illicit crypto flows, nation-state grid attacks, AI misuse crackdowns & major policy shifts worldwide. Critical CVEs exploited across Ivanti, Fortinet, Microsoft, Cisco & more. www.sequretek.com/resources/re... Stay ahead of evolving cyber risks. #CyberSecurity

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Union Budget 2026 boosts India’s digital economy: higher safe harbour limits reduce disputes for IT/ITES, tax incentives for cloud data centers strengthen tech sovereignty, and ₹10,000 cr SME Growth Fund fuels Make in India, Make for the World. 🚀 startupsuccessstories.in/union-budget... #MakeInIndia

NEW at this.weekinsecurity.com: Over 100 security researchers and journalists responded to a survey about legal and criminal threats they have faced for doing their jobs. A key finding is that while legal and criminal threats are common, most researchers and journalists stood their ground. More:

🚨 A leading U.S. #healthcare network moved from legacy tools for real-time visibility & incident response automation. See how Sequretek helped: www.sequretek.com/resources/ca... #Cybersecurity

#Healthcare is under cyber siege, from ransomware to exposed IoT devices. Is your security strategy future-ready? Dive into key insights that can keep patient data protected. www.sequretek.com/resources/bl... #CyberSecurity

$7.42M per breach. Millions of patient records exposed. Healthcare is a prime cyber target and downtime isn’t an option. Swipe to see what’s driving the risk. #HealthcareSecurity #HealthIT

🛡️ Cybersecurity isn’t about chasing every alert. It’s about knowing what truly matters right now. Discover how context-driven risk scores cut noise, improve prioritization, and help teams act faster. 👉 www.sequretek.com/resources/bl...

🚨Microsoft’s Jan 2026 Patch Advisory is live! 100+ vulnerabilities patched across Windows, Office, SharePoint, Azure & core OS components, including multiple Critical RCEs and an actively exploited Secure Boot bypass (CVE-2026-21265). 🛡️ Patch fast → reduce exposure. www.sequretek.com/resources/re...

Your attack surface is talking. Are you listening? Overlooked assets often become the easiest entry points for attackers. As digital environments grow, periodic security checks aren’t enough. 🔗 www.sequretek.com/sequretek-pe... #CyberSecurity

Great advice from Lesley Carhart on starting a career in OT cybersecurity. tisiphone.net/2026/01/04/m...

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ClickFix attacks are on the rise, increasingly dangerous and devious, and can get you hacked in a flash. In this long-read for this.weekinsecurity.com, I explain what you should know about how ClickFix hacks work (+ examples!), why they're so dangerous, and what you can do to avoid these attacks.

🔒 Every asset matters. Our latest blog breaks down how Percept CTEM delivers complete visibility & resilience across 5 stages: Scoping, Discovery, Prioritization, Validation & Mobilization. 👉 Read here: www.sequretek.com/resources/bl...

Our CEO & Co-Founder, Pankit Desai, highlights why cyber resilience must move beyond compliance to continuous vigilance, especially for critical infrastructure and digital supply chains. Read more: thetechpanda.com/how-technolo... #CyberSecurity

Sequretek’s Sept 2025 white paper exposed tax-season phishing using IT Dept impersonation & Valley RAT ahead of the curve. Now validated by CloudSEK’s TRIAD blog. Whitepaper: tinyurl.com/ITR-Imperson... Domain Correlation Report: tinyurl.com/DomainCR

My favorite part of reading is when a book gets so good you have to set it down, (finger marking the page), and just let your mind be blown for a minute before picking it back up again.

404 Media speaks with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, the president of the Signal Foundation to talk all about the state of Signal today, the threat of AI to end-to-end encryption, what backdoors actually look like, and much more. When did you start using Signal? Listen now: youtu.be/kconAXZgsxg?...

🚨 Dec 2025 #SeQureNewsBytes Fake airport Wi-Fi scams, global fraud takedowns, rising AI risks, major breaches, new cyber regs & exploited CVEs across Fortinet, Cisco, Apple, MS & Android. 📘 Read full report: www.sequretek.com/resources/re... #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel #AI #Scams #InfoSec

The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

🚀 How is tech transforming manufacturing? In The QUT Episode 3 | Short 10, Vinod Khode & Pankit Desai discuss AI, IoT, automation & cyber resilience shaping future-ready factories. 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/_IPjSQ0VGLE #TheQut #Manufacturing #DigitalTransformation #Cybersecurity

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

New, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecuirty reporting from our friends at competing publications. techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/t...

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Romania’s national water authority has been hit by a major ransomware attack, knocking out 1,000 systems while operations continue manually as teams work to restore services. Read: hackread.com/romanian-wat... #Romania #Bitlocker #Ransomware #OT #CyberAttack

`netstat` on Unix, macOS, and BSD (now replaced by `ss` on Linux) is a standard command for viewing and debugging network connections. There is a newer, more modern tool called snitch, written in Go lang, designed to inspect network connections on Linux and Unix with a cleaner and easy to use TUI

Are you a security researcher or journalist? We want to hear from you — please take this survey! Dissent Doe at DataBreaches.net, and yours truly at this.weekinsecurity.com, are running this survey to explore the state of legal demands and criminal threats in cybersecurity.

💥 Sequretek rockets to #50 on the MSSP Alert Top 250 List! 🚀 From Top 150 in 2022 to Top 50 in 2025, our rise is powered by trust & ambition. Our journey continues with more breakthroughs ahead. Stay with us! 🔐💪 #Cybersecurity #MSSPAlert #Milestone #PartnerPower

🚨 Microsoft’s Dec 2025 Patch Advisory is live! 50+ vulnerabilities patched across Windows, Office, Outlook, SharePoint, Azure Monitor & more, including multiple Critical RCEs and an actively exploited CLFS EoP (CVE-2025-62221). 🛡️ Patch now → stay resilient. www.sequretek.com/resources/re...

🎙️ We hosted Vinod Khode, Sr. VP and Group CIO at Varroc, at our Sequretek Mumbai office for Episode 3 of The Qut with our CEO & Co-Founder, Pankit Desai. A powerful conversation on cyber risks, compliance, and resilience. 🎥 Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/live/Eh-bcWe...

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