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Gideon T. Rasmussen

@gideonras

Cybersecurity Program Design & Assessments | CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CIPP | USAF Veteran

 New Braunfels, TX
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Joined May 2009
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Inside China’s Secret Military Hacking Headquarters | VICE: Cyberwar youtube.com/watch?v=wYKdHnkK…
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Phishing Campaign Chains Old Office Flaw with Fileless XWorm RAT to Evade Detection captechgroup.com/about-us/th…
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DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing ‘millions of computers and devices’ techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/do…
DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing 'millions of computers...

DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing 'millions of computers...

The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government...

techcrunch.com
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Northern District of Ohio | Former Bank Employee Found Guilty of Targeting Elderly Victims in Identity Theft and Fraud Scheme | United States Department of Justice justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/for…
Former Bank Employee Found Guilty of Targeting Elderly Victims in

Former Bank Employee Found Guilty of Targeting Elderly Victims in

A federal jury has convicted a Chinese national of using his role as a bank employee to access confidential client information to target elderly customers and create a scheme to steal their money and...

justice.gov
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Exposed AWS Credentials Lead to AI-Assisted Cloud Breach in 8 Minutes hackread.com/8-minute-takeov…
Exposed AWS Credentials Lead to AI-Assisted Cloud Breach in 8 Minutes

Exposed AWS Credentials Lead to AI-Assisted Cloud Breach in 8 Minutes

Exposed AWS Credentials enabled an AI-assisted cloud breach that escalated to full admin access in just 8 minutes, Sysdig researchers report.

hackread.com
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EDR killer tool uses signed kernel driver from forensic software bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
EDR killer tool uses signed kernel driver from forensic software

EDR killer tool uses signed kernel driver from forensic software

Hackers are abusing a legitimate but long-revoked EnCase kernel driver in an EDR killer that can detect 59 security tools in attempts to deactivate them.

bleepingcomputer.com
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Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/no…
Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch

Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.

techcrunch.com
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Former Google Engineer Found Guilty Of Economic Espionage And Theft Of Confidential AI Technology justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/for…
Former Google Engineer Found Guilty Of Economic Espionage And Theft Of

Former Google Engineer Found Guilty Of Economic Espionage And Theft Of

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury today convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade...

justice.gov
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Exfil Out&Look for Logs: Weaponizing Outlook Add-ins for Zero-Trace Email Exfiltration Includes mitigation and recommendations... varonis.com/blog/outlook-add…
Exfil Out&Look for Logs: Weaponizing Outlook Add-ins for Zero-Trace Email Exfiltration

Exfil Out&Look for Logs: Weaponizing Outlook Add-ins for Zero-Trace Email Exfiltration

Varonis Threat Labs reveals how Outlook add-ins in Microsoft 365 can be exploited to exfiltrate sensitive email data without leaving forensic traces.

varonis.com
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Breaking News: Supreme Court To Consider Who is “Consumer” Under Video Privacy Protection Act technologylaw.fkks.com/post/…

Breaking News: Supreme Court To Consider Who is “Consumer” Under Video Privacy Protection Act (via...

On January 26th, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to address a circuit split on the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”).  The VP...

technologylaw.fkks.com
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A CISO's Guide to Securing AI - Securing AI for Federal, DIB, and DoW Entities techcommunity.microsoft.com/…

A CISO's Guide to Securing AI - Securing AI for Federal, DIB, and DoW Entities | Microsoft Commun...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping federal missions, defense operations, and critical infrastructure. From intelligence analysis to logistics...

techcommunity.microsoft.com
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Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw forbes.com/sites/thomasbrews…
Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw

The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.

forbes.com
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Maryland contractor accused of mishandling government information remains in custody cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/m…

Maryland contractor accused of mishandling government information remains in custody

A Howard County man accused of mishandling and stealing classified information is staying in federal custody after a quick court hearing in Baltimore on Thursday.

cbsnews.com
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Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion

Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion

While ‘traditional’ ransomware attacks remain stable, some gangs are shifting towards exploiting zero-days and supply chains to go straight to stealing data

infosecurity-magazine.com
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Illinois BIPA Suit Targets AI Note‑Takers: Practical Lessons for Meeting Transcription ailawandpolicy.com/2026/01/i…
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ChatGPT is launching a new dedicated Health portal Be cautious if you opt to use it. engadget.com/ai/chatgpt-is-l…
ChatGPT is launching a new dedicated Health portal - Engadget

ChatGPT is launching a new dedicated Health portal - Engadget

OpenAI is launching a new facet for its AI chatbot called ChatGPT Health for people willing to trust the company with their medical information.

engadget.com
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World's smallest AI supercomputer achieves world record with 120B-parameter LLM support on-device techradar.com/pro/worlds-sma…
The world’s smallest AI supercomputer is here, and it packs intelligence

The world’s smallest AI supercomputer is here, and it packs intelligence

The world’s smallest AI supercomputer is here, and it packs intelligence

techradar.com
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Thieves drill into Germany bank vault from parking garage, steal $35 million worth of cash and valuables cbsnews.com/news/germany-ban…
Thieves drill into Germany bank vault from parking garage, steal $35 million worth of cash and...

Thieves drill into Germany bank vault from parking garage, steal $35 million worth of cash and...

Thieves apparently spent much of the weekend plundering deposit boxes inside a German bank vault after tunneling through from a parking garage.

cbsnews.com
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Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity

Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity

A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.

bleepingcomputer.com
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Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight nist.gov/publications/stagin…
Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight

Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight

This document is the third in a series that supplements NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8286, Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).

nist.gov
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