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Trevor Chandler · Jan 11, 2025

precious said:
Yes, both piggybacking and phishing are common methods hackers use, along with other tactics like pretexting, baiting, and spear phishing, to exploit human vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access...

CompTIA Security plus SY0-701
2.2 Explain common threat vectors and attack surfaces.

If you want to know if any particular concept is covered in any CompTIA course, CIN is the place to come - precious has your answer!!!!

jasoneckert · Jan 11, 2025

Back in early December, I managed to take down O365 email and Teams messaging for my entire organization for 3 days. Anyone who sent an email or Teams message with an attachment would immediately have it quarantined without recourse as "High confidence phish." I didn't realize it was me until a bunch of people from the Microsoft 365 security team sent me LinkedIn requests - and one of them let me know.

So what happened?

I was going down the machine learning rabbit hole while building out a new program for Data Analysis and AI that maps to all of the content on the DataX certification. As a software developer, that meant I was playing with Tensorflow, Keras, Scikit-learn, and so on - and since I have one of those Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs, I was playing with ONNX + QNN for the purposes of automating the creation of my 1-on-1 progress report I have to do each month for my boss. It had full access to my O365/Teams/SharePoint/OneDrive, but all models (mostly quantized) were run locally to ensure that no sensitive data was copied elsewhere.

A bit of automation to comb through my previous month's emails, Teams messages, and key files to fill in a form with my vernacular seemed harmless to me, but freaked out Microsoft Sentinel on the O365 side as it wasn't used to that type of searching/activity.

But it ended well - our IT team got a good chaos engineering exercise, I got my 1-on-1 progress report finished, and others in my organization are now more paranoid about AI in general.

I'm looking forward to generating my 1-on-1 report again next week

jasoneckert · Jan 11, 2025

Predictive analytics is definitely a mature field (many many decades) and commonly used across most industries today

jasoneckert · Jan 11, 2025

It would be a shame if Partner Summit doesn't happen this year.
Mainly because this is the first year in a long time where I'll actually be able to take the time to attend it since I'm doing mostly program administration and not teaching a class.

Steve Linthicum · Jan 11, 2025

On another, and perhaps more important note, I'm being deployed for the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center's efforts for the LA - Fire disaster. In the past I've strongly recommended that all of you and your students consider volunteering for this non-profit organization.

BrianFord · Jan 11, 2025

I'm happy to report that I passed the CompTIA Tech+ FC0-U71 exam today!

Jon L · Jan 11, 2025

@Stephen Schneiter have all the Cloud+ 004 exam vouchers been issued now? I attended all the TTT workshops and completed the other requirements but haven't recieved a voucher yet. Is there any other information that you need from me?

precious · Jan 11, 2025

abiodun1991 said:
Do they use piggybacking or phishing method to execute their plan.

Yes, both piggybacking and phishing are common methods hackers use, along with other tactics like pretexting, baiting, and spear phishing, to exploit human vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access...

CompTIA Security plus SY0-701
2.2 Explain common threat vectors and attack surfaces.

Gregory Childers · Jan 11, 2025

Congratulations on passing the exam. I'm also waiting on the CloudNetX results.

Trevor Chandler · Jan 11, 2025

abiodun1991 said:
Do they use piggybacking or phishing method to execute their plan.

They use some of everything!!!! This is war - and all is fair in love and war!!!!!

Gregory Childers · Jan 11, 2025

Michael Schmitz said:
hm,
the Website still lists CTT+ as part to apply for.
And it does not have all German States listes as Region (only Sachsen). Not all 16.
Sad..

And still this sentence:
Although CompTIA appreciates interest from the training community, applications from trainers, authors, or individuals who may profit or materially benefit from knowledge of the CompTIA credential content are not eligible to participate.

That still removes all Applications from Trainers directly as i understand it. Even i do not teach CompTIA Cloud+

It's not accurate to say that Trainers cannot be SMEs for CompTIA exams. I was retained as an SME to help write exam questions for a Cybersecurity Fundamentals+ exam, which CompTIA ultimately did not choose to pursue further. I was told by the staff at CompTIA that trainers could participate, but they could not produce books or video series where they would financially benefit from being an SME. The trainers could work on the certification. The trainers could take the certification exam. The trainers could teach the class. They could not produce content that could be sold.

Trevor Chandler · Jan 11, 2025

Brian Wafula said:
Happy New Year! I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve been hard at work preparing for the Cloud+ certification, and I’m thrilled to share that I successfully passed the exam this morning! It was quite a challenge—definitely not an easy test. My experience really came into play, and I just managed to scrape by with a passing score.

Now, I’m feeling elated and relieved, and most importantly, I’ve gained valuable experience. I have many exciting projects lined up across various Cloud Service Providers.

I am eagerly waiting for the CloudNetX results. Hoping for a pass too. Thank you CIN for the voucher.

Congratulations on this latest achievement!!!

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

precious said:
I understand your point, and the U.S. does indeed have a strong defensive team. Their ability to adapt and respond quickly to challenges sets them apart. However, it’s also worth considering that end users within the systems are not cybersecurity experts which of course is another weak point-social engineering or hackers might find a clever way of exploiting vulnerabilities in the system

Do they use piggybacking or phishing method to execute their plan.

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

Do they use piggybacking or phishing method to execute their plan.

precious · Jan 11, 2025

abiodun1991 said:
i am talking from the angle , The US have very strong defensive team.

I understand your point, and the U.S. does indeed have a strong defensive team. Their ability to adapt and respond quickly to challenges sets them apart. However, it’s also worth considering that end users within the systems are not cybersecurity experts which of course is another weak point-social engineering or hackers might find a clever way of exploiting vulnerabilities in the system

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

precious said:
How will you wonder if you find some back doors in your system and someone is watching you?

i am talking from the angle , The US have very strong defensive team.

precious · Jan 11, 2025

abiodun1991 said:
how does it happened seriously.

This is even worse

Chinese hackers spent 5 years waiting in U.S. infrastructure, ready to attack, agencies say

precious · Jan 11, 2025

abiodun1991 said:
how does it happened my God.

How will you wonder if you find some back doors in your system and someone is watching you?

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

precious said:
This other breach shows growing sophistication and reach of state-sponsored cyberattacks. Such incidents emphasize the need for robust cybersecurity measures, particularly for government agencies handling sensitive economic and national security information.

how does it happened seriously.

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

how does it happened my God.

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

Brian Wafula said:
Happy New Year! I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve been hard at work preparing for the Cloud+ certification, and I’m thrilled to share that I successfully passed the exam this morning! It was quite a challenge—definitely not an easy test. My experience really came into play, and I just managed to scrape by with a passing score.

Now, I’m feeling elated and relieved, and most importantly, I’ve gained valuable experience. I have many exciting projects lined up across various Cloud Service Providers.

I am eagerly waiting for the CloudNetX results. Hoping for a pass too. Thank you CIN for the voucher.

congratulation

abiodun1991 · Jan 11, 2025

I am happy to announce that I have done my Tech + exam and i pass

@Stephen Schneiter thank for complementary with these vouchers as we attend the webinar.
you also add value to us by upgrading our standard as an instructor. Make us a better instructor.

Michael Schmitz · Jan 11, 2025

hm,
the Website still lists CTT+ as part to apply for.
And it does not have all German States listes as Region (only Sachsen). Not all 16.
Sad..

And still this sentence:
Although CompTIA appreciates interest from the training community, applications from trainers, authors, or individuals who may profit or materially benefit from knowledge of the CompTIA credential content are not eligible to participate.

That still removes all Applications from Trainers directly as i understand it. Even i do not teach CompTIA Cloud+

precious · Jan 11, 2025

Happy New Year, and congratulations on Cloud+..........It’s exciting that you have so many projects lined up across various Cloud Service Providers; it sounds like 2025 is off to a great start for you. Fingers crossed for your CloudNetX results-you’ve got this!

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