They stopped him. Broke the car window. Terrorized him. And then disappeared him. Look at the exchange. It's terrifying. This could be any of our children. 'Get out of the car.' 'I'm a U.S. citizen.' 'I don't care.'

I am honored to be selected to speak to the ISSA Cyber Executive Forum in December. issa.org/event/decemb... Hope to see you there!

Con-artists going after authors, however this particular author has a day job…… wbjwilliams.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/c...

Silly scammers:

A very long con (how a criminal organization tried to trick me out of thousands) www.linkedin.com/pulse/very-l...

Of all the scammy, weird things the Josh Kraft campaign has done this feels uniquely bad and actually illegal. The FTC requires that sponsored posts be labeled #ad or #sponsored. For months, Kraft paid Boston influencers thousands of dollars for Instagram posts with no disclosure. #mapoli #bospoli

For any women (including those who identify as women) who are in or want to be part of our profession. Edna Conway is an amazing person. If you are local to NH or close enough to travel within your budget, go and participate. www.diversifythinking.com/forward-toge...

Once again the presentation from Wendy Hou at Security BSides Las Vegas was worth coming to Las Vegas for. Anything else this week was bonus! Once this is released, watch the recording. Any member of Society of Information Risk Analysts (SiRA) should be very interested.

The Diana Initiative will be at DEFCON, and they need your help. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

There is a company that wants to interview me using whatsapp, should I presume scam?

The people at Microsoft sometimes have no clue about security. This is one of those: arstechnica.com/security/202...

Love how Ron Gula is reminding us that for the most part what we do is successful. Too many CISOs are preaching "They sky is falling" and will fall if you don't do X, Y, and Z. And we wonder why business leaders don't listen. 1/2

Loving that Unicon is happening on National Unicorn Day. Sometimes my day job and my secret identity as an author collide in delightfully silly ways.

This is not about politics. I am at an event listening to an FBI agent talk about China as a threat, and am thinking how China, Japan, and Korea are now cooperating due to the new tarifs. 1/4

“I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness.” - Cory Booker .........put that in stone out front of our museums and libraries.

If you have the time, highly recommend Unicon: learn.scythe.io/e3t/Ctc/I8+1...

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

The last two days I attended SecureWorld Boston. I found the following people the most worth listening to, with the freshest ideas: Keavy Murphy Kayla Williams Edna Conway Notice something? Yes, they're all women. Our profession is very male dominated 1/4

In your justified protests, remember this: The maga crowd WANTS you to become violent. Your violence plays into their hands.

Musk, Trump, and RFK Jr.’s cuts to the CDC have halted 9/11 health care for Ground Zero workers www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Interesting interaction, may be one of the many job search scams out there. I got an email from a "recruiter" who shall remain nameless incase this is actually legit. She had a confidential job, and wanted my resume, which I provided. 1/2

Today, visiting my mother, I was reminded that I am not a weeble, but also not humpty dumpty. I later enacted my revenge on the ice. Felt so metaphorically topical somehow.

Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

Recently I was thanked for attending an event I didn't attend, and asked to engage in a sales conversation about the product featured in the discussion. As is my habit, I blocked the person who reached out. Today, I happened to notice their account no longer exists. Fake sales people, what next?

If, like me, you're unemployed this holiday season, please remember your D. Seuss. Don't focus on the charitable gifts you love to make, spend some time doing charitable work. 1/4

Just had a txt message from a "Danny" that went like this. As you can see, "he" is persistent. There are lots of frauds out there. Be careful!

i did not know this! maybe you also need this tip!

We CISOs need to do a better job of networking with folks in sales, marketing, finance, and other business communities, however, just getting out there and networking is so very important. 1/5

More fraud directed at those who are job hunting: Be careful out there.

What is this? Has NIST finally come to its senses and realized they need to measure their controls to ensure they're successfully (or not) managing risk? content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USN... this is a good step in the right direction.

Ever wonder where scammers get information about your new hires so they can hit them with emails that appear to be from the organization in the hopes you'll be too new to the organization to understand that NO ONE will ask you to buy gift cards? 1/3

For those who are ISSA members, there is an article in the November/December edition of the Journal from me on "The Phish that Matters is Likely the One You Never Saw". Would welcome discussion with those who read it.

Today I’m raising money to send underrepresented folks to @defcon.bsky.social + other technical cons/training next year! Yes, you’ll get a tax write off ❤️ Hear our Scholar Stories for the impact of WISP: www.wisporg.com/scholars Here’s the donation link! wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

One of the funny things about being unemployed and looking for a job is you learn who you've developed a professional relationship with across the years actually cares about you as a person. Those who try to help are true friends. I'm glad I've found a few across the years.

I am very thankful for you. Each of you. Yes, even you. I just wish I had time to interact and get to know you all better.

I cannot deny that this is a real "shut up and take my money" moment

Sysinternals tools expanded to Linux a few years ago, and now we have released the first MacOS Sysinternals tool, Procdump!

These states require employers to offer voting leave (check your state, it varies): AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MA, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, MN, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, UT, WV, WI, and WY.

IT ISN'T TOO LATE TO REGISTER. You can register to vote *on Election Day* in the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NV, NH, NM, RI, UT, VM, VA, WA, WI, WY, + Washington, D.C.

Are you in the US? Off to the polls today? Know your rights!

98-year-old Dick Van Dyke endorses Kamala Harris and reads a speech from 1964 when he shared a stage with MLK: "Hatred is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating, none of those are the transcendent facets of the human personality. They're diseases!"

If you are a US Citizen: Get out and Vote!

The most amusing thing. I'm out of work, but some idiot sales person hadn't noticed that in my linkedin profile and scheduled a sales call with me and a staff of five on his side. I was honest with them when the meeting began, but they continued to push their services. Can't get away from bad sales.

I got a reminder text to board a flight I'd not checked in to. Delta airlines has a problem in their data structures, I hope someone looks into this. As there was no link, this was not phishing, just a SNAFU, as I was supposed to be on the flight but then again, this was all supposedly canceled.

Trying to clean up my social media on Bluesky, which had become an unmanaged mess. I unfollowed a lot of authors I follow on bluesky, as I follow them from @wbjwilliams.bsky.social as I'm also an author. If you're interested in me as an author, that's the right account to follow.

Brilliant resources learned from the ISSA: Organizational leaders should consider joining the Business Resilience Coucil: www.grfbrc.org They should also be aware of the Operational Resilience Framework: www.grf.org/orf

If you're interested in operational resilience, see: www.grf.org/orf

Fascinating: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit... This is why we need a layered defense.