The Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies at RIC
@cyberinstri.bsky.social
We promote workforce development, education, and community connections in cybersecurity, AI, and other emerging technologies. Learn more here: https://www.ric.edu/academics/institute-cybersecurity-emerging-technologies
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We're on the move! The NSA has designated Rhode Island College as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, telling the world that @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social is the gold standard for cybersecurity education! Our students are ready to hit the ground running on day one in the workforce.
Should you let Chrome store your driver's license and passport? www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Should you let Chrome store your driver's license and passport? www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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New @ric-cyberinst.bsky.social cyber range at @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social offers students a safe space for close encounters with bad actors. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social
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New RIC cyber range prepares students for real world danger lurking in cyberspace • Rhode Island Current
State leaders celebrated at a “powering up” ceremony at Rhode Island College Wednesday for a new state-of-the-art cyber range, where students gain hands-on learning experience to prevent and respond t...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
New @ric-cyberinst.bsky.social cyber range at @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social offers students a safe space for close encounters with bad actors. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/15/n...
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Congrats to our friends at Traip of Bits for a huge second place finish in the DARPA AIxCC!! Such cool, innovative tech.
Atlanta, Trail of Bits, and Theori have won DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge by developing autonomous vulnerability detection software, agency officials just announced at @defcon.bsky.social. aicyberchallenge.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Congrats to our friends at Traip of Bits for a huge second place finish in the DARPA AIxCC!! Such cool, innovative tech.
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By me: Some 1.1 million Allianz Life customers had personal information stolen in a recent data breach involving its Salesforce CRM database, according to Have I Been Pwned.
Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers | TechCrunch
Data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned notified 1.1 million customers of a July data breach, a number not previously reported.
techcrunch.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
By me: Some 1.1 million Allianz Life customers had personal information stolen in a recent data breach involving its Salesforce CRM database, according to Have I Been Pwned.
Implementing AI in your workflows and customer-facing apps should *not* involve compromising security principles! If anything it makes them even more important.
AI Is Outpacing Cybersecurity, Benchmark Report Shows
Benchmark report says while AI deployment is racing ahead, AI security is crawling behind and cybersecurity needs to wake up and catch up.
www.secureworld.io
July 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Implementing AI in your workflows and customer-facing apps should *not* involve compromising security principles! If anything it makes them even more important.
The RI Treasury is hiring a Director of Cybersecurity. Cyber professionals take note!
Director of Cybersecurity (Treasury)
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Under administrative direction, performs highly responsible and complex administrative work, directing and leading all information technology (IT) security service functi...
www.governmentjobs.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The RI Treasury is hiring a Director of Cybersecurity. Cyber professionals take note!
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We don’t have to warn Rhode Islanders about the scam DMV texts that have been aggressively making the rounds these past few weeks, but do be sure to tell your vulnerable friends and family about them! They wouldn’t keep sending them if it wasn’t working…
June 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We don’t have to warn Rhode Islanders about the scam DMV texts that have been aggressively making the rounds these past few weeks, but do be sure to tell your vulnerable friends and family about them! They wouldn’t keep sending them if it wasn’t working…
Prepping a raspberry pi image for our upcoming K-12 teacher workshops. Look closely and you can see the computer on the chair - pretty good cpu-to-display size ratio!
June 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Prepping a raspberry pi image for our upcoming K-12 teacher workshops. Look closely and you can see the computer on the chair - pretty good cpu-to-display size ratio!
We don’t have to warn Rhode Islanders about the scam DMV texts that have been aggressively making the rounds these past few weeks, but do be sure to tell your vulnerable friends and family about them! They wouldn’t keep sending them if it wasn’t working…
June 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We don’t have to warn Rhode Islanders about the scam DMV texts that have been aggressively making the rounds these past few weeks, but do be sure to tell your vulnerable friends and family about them! They wouldn’t keep sending them if it wasn’t working…
I asked two different LLM’s to give me a rundown of today’s cyber security headlines.
In order, here’s what I got back from Perplexity and from Google Gemini about the same story. Spot the difference?
Bias in AI is real, and it’s insidious.
In order, here’s what I got back from Perplexity and from Google Gemini about the same story. Spot the difference?
Bias in AI is real, and it’s insidious.
May 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I asked two different LLM’s to give me a rundown of today’s cyber security headlines.
In order, here’s what I got back from Perplexity and from Google Gemini about the same story. Spot the difference?
Bias in AI is real, and it’s insidious.
In order, here’s what I got back from Perplexity and from Google Gemini about the same story. Spot the difference?
Bias in AI is real, and it’s insidious.
We're on the move! The NSA has designated Rhode Island College as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, telling the world that @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social is the gold standard for cybersecurity education! Our students are ready to hit the ground running on day one in the workforce.
April 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We're on the move! The NSA has designated Rhode Island College as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, telling the world that @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social is the gold standard for cybersecurity education! Our students are ready to hit the ground running on day one in the workforce.
🚨 Cybersecurity pros: Davies Career & Tech in Lincoln, RI is launching a brand-new Cyber Pathway & needs a leader to build it!
✅ 5+ yrs work exp.
✅ Master’s or equivalent
✅ Eligible for RI CTE cert (don’t need to be a teacher yet!)
✅ Industry certs = bonus
🔗 www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jo...
✅ 5+ yrs work exp.
✅ Master’s or equivalent
✅ Eligible for RI CTE cert (don’t need to be a teacher yet!)
✅ Industry certs = bonus
🔗 www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jo...
April 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🚨 Cybersecurity pros: Davies Career & Tech in Lincoln, RI is launching a brand-new Cyber Pathway & needs a leader to build it!
✅ 5+ yrs work exp.
✅ Master’s or equivalent
✅ Eligible for RI CTE cert (don’t need to be a teacher yet!)
✅ Industry certs = bonus
🔗 www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jo...
✅ 5+ yrs work exp.
✅ Master’s or equivalent
✅ Eligible for RI CTE cert (don’t need to be a teacher yet!)
✅ Industry certs = bonus
🔗 www.schoolspring.com/jobdetail?jo...
The Cyber Institute welcomes Coventry high school to the RIC campus today for a GenCyber half day visit of touring, cybersecurity activities, and lunch in the campus dining center!
April 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Cyber Institute welcomes Coventry high school to the RIC campus today for a GenCyber half day visit of touring, cybersecurity activities, and lunch in the campus dining center!
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Distinguished Chair of @ric-cyberinst.bsky.social at @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social, Jim Langevin, recently appeared on @bostonglobe.com's RI Report podcast to discuss federal cybersecurity cuts, which could adversely affect the nation’s critical infrastructure.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Distinguished Chair of @ric-cyberinst.bsky.social at @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social, Jim Langevin, recently appeared on @bostonglobe.com's RI Report podcast to discuss federal cybersecurity cuts, which could adversely affect the nation’s critical infrastructure.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
NIST is low-key one of the most important government national security agencies. Not only have they worked to develop a standard quantum-safe cryptographic algorithm, they now have a *backup* algorithm in case the first one is compromised.
NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption
The new algorithm will serve as a backup for the general encryption needed to protect data from quantum computers developed in the future
www.nist.gov
March 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NIST is low-key one of the most important government national security agencies. Not only have they worked to develop a standard quantum-safe cryptographic algorithm, they now have a *backup* algorithm in case the first one is compromised.
Another great networking event this week! Thanks to those who joined us for trivia and an insightful panel discussion on the state of government cybersecurity programs.
Join us for our next get-together on Tuesday, April 1st. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/new-englan....
Join us for our next get-together on Tuesday, April 1st. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/new-englan....
February 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Another great networking event this week! Thanks to those who joined us for trivia and an insightful panel discussion on the state of government cybersecurity programs.
Join us for our next get-together on Tuesday, April 1st. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/new-englan....
Join us for our next get-together on Tuesday, April 1st. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/new-englan....
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Ransomware Extortion Declines to 135M in 2024: A Detailed Analysis of the Cybercrime Landscape
2025-02-10 Ransomware attacks have experienced a notable drop in their financial impact, with the total amount extorted by cybercriminals in 2024 standing at $813.5 million. This is a significant…
2025-02-10 Ransomware attacks have experienced a notable drop in their financial impact, with the total amount extorted by cybercriminals in 2024 standing at $813.5 million. This is a significant…
Ransomware Extortion Declines to 135M in 2024: A Detailed Analysis of the Cybercrime Landscape
2025-02-10 Ransomware attacks have experienced a notable drop in their financial impact, with the total amount extorted by cybercriminals in 2024 standing at $813.5 million. This is a significant decrease from the $1.25 billion in 2023, reflecting a shift in the ransomware ecosystem. While ransomware events increased during the second half of the year, payments made by victims dwindled, suggesting that many targeted organizations opted not to pay the ransom demands.
undercodenews.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ransomware Extortion Declines to 135M in 2024: A Detailed Analysis of the Cybercrime Landscape
2025-02-10 Ransomware attacks have experienced a notable drop in their financial impact, with the total amount extorted by cybercriminals in 2024 standing at $813.5 million. This is a significant…
2025-02-10 Ransomware attacks have experienced a notable drop in their financial impact, with the total amount extorted by cybercriminals in 2024 standing at $813.5 million. This is a significant…
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Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption
Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption
The newspaper owner said it was determining what data, if any, was stolen.
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February 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption
This is why we're holding our Cyberlaw panel tonight on what orgs should and shouldn't talk about after an incident or breach! Incorrect information given out the media can come back to haunt you. Register for our event now: www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-tal...
January 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is why we're holding our Cyberlaw panel tonight on what orgs should and shouldn't talk about after an incident or breach! Incorrect information given out the media can come back to haunt you. Register for our event now: www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-tal...
Great turnout last night at the New England Cybersecurity Professionals Meetup at RIC! 🔐 We had cyber trivia, an engaging panel on trends for 2025 w/ Patrick Laverty & David Albernaz, and a sneak peek at the new Cyber Range under construction. Exciting times for our community! 🙌 #CyberSecurity
January 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great turnout last night at the New England Cybersecurity Professionals Meetup at RIC! 🔐 We had cyber trivia, an engaging panel on trends for 2025 w/ Patrick Laverty & David Albernaz, and a sneak peek at the new Cyber Range under construction. Exciting times for our community! 🙌 #CyberSecurity
Mac users, be vigilant and don't download sketchy installers! Banshee has taken "living off the land" to new heights, or is that depths.
Banshee 2.0 Steals Apple's Encryption to Hide on Macs
The most recent iteration of the open source infostealer skates by antivirus programs on Macs, using an encryption mechanism stolen from Apple's own antivirus product.
www.darkreading.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mac users, be vigilant and don't download sketchy installers! Banshee has taken "living off the land" to new heights, or is that depths.
Rhode Islanders are being instructed to freeze their credit, but how exactly is that done? Watch our webinar, presented in partnership with RI Elder Info, that walks you through the steps to freeze (and thaw) your credit reports.
How to Secure Your Credit Reports in the Wake of a Data Breach! | RI Elder Info
How to Secure Your Credit Reports in the Wake of a Data Breach! RI Elder Info in partnership with RI College Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies, and the Rhode Island Commission on t...
rielderinfo.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Rhode Islanders are being instructed to freeze their credit, but how exactly is that done? Watch our webinar, presented in partnership with RI Elder Info, that walks you through the steps to freeze (and thaw) your credit reports.
Some hackers are highly-trained, experienced professionals. Others are greedy 19 year-old kids from Texas who fell in with the wrong crowd. It doesn't take a genius to cause global havoc.
Texas Teen Arrested for Scattered Spider Telecom Hacks
An FBI operation nabbed a member of the infamous cybercrime group, who is spilling the tea on "key Scattered Spider members" and their tactics.
www.darkreading.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Some hackers are highly-trained, experienced professionals. Others are greedy 19 year-old kids from Texas who fell in with the wrong crowd. It doesn't take a genius to cause global havoc.
Distinguished Chair Jim Langevin joined National Cyber Director Harry Coker and dozens of Rhode Island school districts as they pledged to enact a stronger network protection system to safeguard the digital privacy of our K-12 students and their teachers. Together, we will defend our schools.
December 11, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Distinguished Chair Jim Langevin joined National Cyber Director Harry Coker and dozens of Rhode Island school districts as they pledged to enact a stronger network protection system to safeguard the digital privacy of our K-12 students and their teachers. Together, we will defend our schools.
Lots is made of advanced exploits and 0-days being used to breach networks, but why go to the trouble when you have stolen credentials? Lots of good tips in this piece about how to prevent the keys to your cloud being found and compromised. #cybersecurity #cloudsecurity #shodan
Cybercrime Gangs Steal 1,000s of AWS Credentials
Suspected attackers Nemesis and ShinyHunters scanned millions of IP addresses to find exploitable cloud-based flaws, though their operation ironically was discovered due to a cloud misconfiguration of...
www.darkreading.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Lots is made of advanced exploits and 0-days being used to breach networks, but why go to the trouble when you have stolen credentials? Lots of good tips in this piece about how to prevent the keys to your cloud being found and compromised. #cybersecurity #cloudsecurity #shodan