Volume 01 📰 March 15-28, 2023

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We are back with our bi-weekly newsletter to keep you up to speed on everything HAIKU and to share important updates and information from the cybersecurity industry.

As always, if you have any questions about Haiku, sales, launches, or anything mentioned here in this article, please don't hesitate to reach out to us HERE.

Let's jump into it!

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World of Haiku - Spring STEAM Sale

Entering the World of Haiku is the first step to acquiring the critical, real-world skills needed to become a cybersecurity professional. This is the first and only gamified cyberpunk experience that teaches you real-world hacking skills and tools as you advance through the game missions. 

Sale Date(s): March 16th - 23rd, 2023

Save 50% on World of Haiku game purchases and new, in-game content is marked down to $1.99 from $7.99... a massive 75% discount!

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💻 New HP Range -- Redisraid --

You are a cybersecurity expert on a mission to secure a vulnerable cache system. The system has been set up with misconfigurations that could be exploited by an attacker. Your mission is to exploit these vulnerabilities, retrieve the flags and secure the system. Time is of the essence, as a successful attack on the cache system could have significant consequences.

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Reconnaissance
• Vulnerability Discovery
• Service Enumeration
• Privilege Escalation

This is a MEDIUM DIFFICULTY range built to develop skills including Linux Privilege Escalation, Config files analysis, TTY shells, and network fundamentals.

Make sure to check out the weekly LIVE STREAMS taking place on the Simply Cyber YouTube channel, with our friend Gerald Auger, Ph.D.

Join him every Monday as he breaks down World of Haiku and/or Haiku Pro. Get immediate access to industry experts and ask questions about the game, training platform, or the cybersecurity industry as a whole.

If you missed this week’s episode, you can catch a replay HERE.

Five Lucrative Cybersecurity Jobs Available Now

Cybersecurity jobs are on the rise and many of them come with surprising pay and benefits. Here are five examples you probably didn’t know about.

There is no doubt about it, cybersecurity is among the world’s most sought-after career demands. The reason is… according to a Clark School study at the University of Maryland, a cyberattack occurs every 39 seconds! As technology continues to grow every day, so does the demand to protect it. Cybersecurity professionals understand just how easy it is to infiltrate an organization and take it down from within. And everyone is susceptible to it, including major government organizations. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

A New Push for Laid-Off Tech Workers to Negotiate

Tech workers are being laid off in staggering numbers and many are successfully negotiating their exit terms.

As the tech industry continues to whittle down its numbers by reducing its tech workforce, laid-off workers are asking for additional benefits in their severance package.

There’s a saying in business – everything is negotiable. And now this ideology is spreading to an unlikely group, tech workers. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

How to Find a Great Employer After Your Haiku Training

Haiku will provide you with the skills to find a career as a cybersecurity professional. But how do you choose the right employer?

Haiku provides the valuable skills necessary to gain employment. We help by offering a gamified experience to education to keep you entertained, engaged, and excited to learn more and more. It’s a great system designed to give you the tools needed to impress employers with real-world knowledge that could easily make the difference between them getting hacked or protecting the business. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

White House Releases Highly Anticipated National Cybersecurity Report

A highly anticipated bipartisan report covering our national cybersecurity strategy for the coming years has finally been published. 

Cybersecurity has been a fast-growing concern in recent years as technology continues to advance. Every sector of American society has been significantly impacted by the growth of technology. From smart to smarter phones, flat to flatter screens and now – dare we say – artificial intelligence; technology is everywhere. And just like anything that grows too fast come oversights, underestimations, and unexpected events. The technology boom is no different. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

How do you train and educate your team on XSS testing and security awareness?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a common web application vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious code into web pages. XSS can compromise user data, hijack sessions, deface websites, and execute unauthorized actions. To prevent XSS attacks, web developers and testers need to use effective tools and techniques to identify and fix XSS vulnerabilities. In this article, we will introduce some of the best XSS testing tools and how to use them in your vulnerability assessment process. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer that Processed Over $3 Billion of Unlawful Transactions

The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international takedown of ChipMixer, a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service responsible for laundering more than $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency, between 2017 and the present, in furtherance of, among other activities, ransomware, darknet market, fraud, cryptocurrency heists, and other hacking schemes. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

SDSU Cyber Security and Intelligence Club, Haiku Inc. Launch New Partnership

As part of a new partnership, the San Diego State University Cyber Security and Intelligence Club and Haiku Inc. are expanding hands-on cybersecurity training tools available to students. Using Haiku Inc.’s “Games that Train,” critical testing and feedback on tactics, tools, and procedures will be available to both cybersecurity and homeland security students to help them develop intelligence skills in a safe, virtual environment. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits to Send Millions of Emails Daily

An open-source adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing kit has found a number of takers in the cybercrime world for its ability to orchestrate attacks at scale.

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team is tracking the threat actor behind the development of the kit under its emerging moniker DEV-1101.

An AiTM phishing attack typically involves a threat actor attempting to steal and intercept a target's password and session cookies by deploying a proxy server between the user and the website. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware

Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat Actor, LockBit has stepped out from the shadows of the Conti ransomware group, who were disbanded in early 2022. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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