Book signings at Black Hat today (Tuesday) at the Breakers Registration Desk, Level 2: Helen Patton at 12:45 PM for ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ (HoF Winner) and ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง (new book) Sarah Armstrong-Smith at 3:30 PM for ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ (HoF Nominee)
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"๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌโ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." -- Caroline Wong in her review of Justin "Hutch" Hutchens' ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ
๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ! ๐ Jack Freund reviews ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐-๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐ : ๐ผ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง, ๐๐๐๐ง๐-๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, authored by Bill Bonney, Chris Forbes, Gary Hayslip, Andrea Little Limbago, and Matt Stamper. ๐ Review: tinyurl.com/3aahu3rm
๐๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๏ธ Be sure to check out our newsletter. This edition highlights Hall of Famer, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ, and a recent review of ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐ cybercanon.substack.com/p/july-newsl...
๐คซ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ต (or not!) This week, Helen Patton reviews Ross Young's ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎโ๐จ ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ: ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐: ๐ Review: tinyurl.com/jdrdsjs4 #CyberCanonReview #CybersecurityBooks #CISO
๐ HoF Nominee: ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. -Daniel 'Rags' Ragsdale of ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐จ ๐ฟ. ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ: ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ by Melvin Urofsky
๐ June Review Recap ๐ We had a strong June, publishing 6 new book reviews! In case you missed any, you can browse our recent reviews here: cybercanon.org/books/ Also, we greatly appreciate it if you could share with your networks. ๐ #CybersecurityBooks #CyberCanonReview
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ! Today, Jonathan Cote provides an in-depth analysis of Kurtis Minder's ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ: ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. โ cybercanon.org/cyber-recon-... #CyberCanonReview #RansomwareNegotation #CTI #CyberCrime #CybersecurityBooks | @jon24cote.bsky.social
๐ Latest Newsletter is In ๐ As always, we provide recent reviews and highlight a Hall of Famer: cybercanon.substack.com/p/june-2026-... #CybersecurityBooks #Newsletter
โจ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ง โWhen I review the current Internet security landscape, I see an environment shaped by corporate decisions to maximize profits and government abdication of its regulatory role to protect all citizens.โ -Bruce Schneier (from Click Here to Kill Everybody)
This week, Brandon Karpf makes a Hall of Fame pitch for Patrick Lencioni's ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข. ๐Review: cybercanon.org/the-five-dys... Also, don't forget that our review pages contain Bookshop links, where you can support both your local bookstore and the Canon. ๐
Our Committee Monthly Meeting was held this past Friday, and we had two engaging discussions about Hall of Fame-nominated books. ๐ง Kevin Magee presented his case for Sarah Armstrong-Smith's "Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset." ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Jeff Schiemann dug into Geoff White's "Lazarus Heist"
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐! ๐ฆ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐: ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ก๐ - ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ช๐จ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ก Read Jose Miguel Parrellaโs review of the story by VirusTotal founder, Bernardo Quintero. cybercanon.org/infected/ #CybersecurityBooks
Amazon Prime Days are here This week, if you're planning to shop, consider starting with a #CyberCanonHallofFame book using one of our affiliate links. Buy a book. Build your library. Support the Canon. ๐ Explore the Hall of Fame and use an affiliate link: cybercanon.org/category/hal...
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ! Today, Todd Inskeep provides insight into Michael S. Oberlaender's ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐พ๐๐๐: ๐ Full review: cybercanon.org/premier-ciso... Also, stay tuned as we have a bonus review coming this week. #CyberCanonReview #CybersecurityBooks #CISO #Leadership
Our latest newsletter highlights one of the few novels in our Hall of Fameโฆ ๐๏ธ open.substack.com/pub/cybercan...
๐ต๏ธ ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐! ๐ Check out Josiah Dykstra's review of ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ, by Jon Lindsay. โ tinyurl.com/mr3pv9n5 #CyberCanonReview #CybersecurityBooks #Cyberwarfare | @cornellupress.bsky.social | @josiahdykstra.bsky.social | @jonrlindsay.bsky.social
๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ญ This week's book review topic is #OperationsTechnology (OT), with a no-nonsense title, ๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ, authored by Andrew Ginter. โ Dr. Georgianna Shea provides her qualified assessment: cybercanon.org/secure-opera... #CybersecurityBooks #OTSecurity
๐๏ธ Did you catch our Newsletter published last weekend? ๐๏ธ We cover recent reviews, our new Speakerโs Burueau, and highlight Chase Cunninghamโs Hall of Fame winner โCyber Warfare โTruth, Tactics and Strategiesโ. ๐ tinyurl.com/2nf9br56 #CyberCanonHallofFame #CybersecurityBooks #Cyberwarfare
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๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐! Dave Heaney takes on Perry Carpenter's ๐๐ผ๐๐: ๐ผ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ, ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐-๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ. โ tinyurl.com/yc827cf4 Perry is a HoF author of Transformational Security Awareness, and knows his stuff @perrycarpenter.bsky.social
๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ โ Did you know that 2 of the most famous nation-state cyberattacks are connected to June? On June 17, 2010, the #Stuxnet worm was first uncovered. Read more in ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ, by Kim Zetter. @kimzetter.bsky.social โ tinyurl.com/5ymfkr8w (1/2...)
๐๏ธ๐ก๏ธ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ! Steve Winterfeld reviews ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง by Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff. What happens when Silicon Valley speed collides with Pentagon bureaucracy? ๐ tinyurl.com/46up69ay #CybersecurityBooks
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ! This week, Susan Hansche explores ๐๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ฎ by Michio Kaku. ๐ cybercanon.org/quantum-supr... ๐ amzn.to/4d5DT5U #CyberCanonReview #QuantumComputing (1/2...)
๐ค๐ป ๐ค In this weekโs #CyberCanonReview, Jeff Thompson takes on ๐ผ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐ by Marjorie McShane, Sergei Nirenburg, and Jesse English, a research team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ๐ tinyurl.com/2fduxxhm ๐ tinyurl.com/4f2v3rtd #CybersecurityBooks #AISecurity (1/2...)
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๐ณ๏ธ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ! ๐๏ธ Ben Rothke provides a Hall of Fame reco of ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ, by Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders... โ๏ธ His insightful review: cybercanon.org/rewiring-dem... #CybersecurityBooks #AISecurity @benrothke.bsky.social (1/2...)
We had another strong month of reviews! Did you catch them all? If not, we are here for you... ๐ฆพ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ผ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐จ Bookmark cybercanon.org/books/ for the most recent reviews. #CybersecurityBooks
๐๏ธ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๏ธ Be sure to subscribe to the #CyberCanon #Newsletter to be informed of our latest reviews, Hall of Fame book highlights, and more. In this edition, we give a special shout-out to our friends at #TheCyberNest.๐ชน cybercanon.substack.com/p/cybercanon... #CybersecurityBooks
๐ฃ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐! ๐ฃ Our roster of speakers includes Hall of Fame authors and leaders who've shaped the field through real-world executive experience. ๐Check out our new site and consider booking a CyberCanon speaker for an upcoming event: cybercanon.org/speaker-bure...