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🔎 What is Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity?

Ever wondered what a Digital Forensics Analyst actually does?

What happens during a forensic investigation? What tools do they use? What skills do you need? And how do you get into this career?

In my latest video, I'm breaking down the Digital Forensics Analyst role, including:

🔹 What Digital Forensics is
🔹 Day-to-day responsibilities
🔹 How forensic investigations work
🔹 Tools and skills required
🔹 Where to find Digital Forensics jobs
🔹 How to become an analyst
🔹 Career progression and opportunities
🔹 Whether this career is right for you

If you're exploring different cybersecurity career paths, this series is designed to help you understand what these jobs actually involve before deciding which direction to take!

🎥 Watch the full video now!

🧠 QUIZ TIME!

What is the MOST important purpose of maintaining a chain of custody during a digital forensic investigation?

A) To speed up the investigation
B) To document evidence handling and maintain its integrity
C) To recover deleted files automatically
D) To identify the attacker

👇 Comment your answer (A, B, C or D)!

#DigitalForensics #Cybersecurity #DFIR

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Have you ever used ChatGPT or another AI tool for a work task without checking whether your organisation has approved it? 👀

You might have unknowingly used something called Shadow AI.

Shadow AI refers to employees using AI tools that aren’t part of their organisation’s approved systems and processes.

And it’s becoming an important cybersecurity concern.

Why?

Because when employees use unapproved AI tools, organisations may face risks such as:

🔹 Data exposure: Sensitive company or customer information could end up in services that haven’t been assessed or approved.

🔹 Loss of visibility: Security teams may not know what information employees are sharing, where it’s being stored or how it’s being used.

🔹 New attack opportunities: Vulnerabilities in AI agents could potentially give attackers access to the data and systems those agents can access.

But here’s something important: The solution isn’t simply to stop employees from using AI.

Organisations need to understand why employees are turning to unapproved tools, build a positive cybersecurity culture and provide secure alternatives that actually meet their needs.

As someone learning cybersecurity, Shadow AI is a useful concept to understand because it sits at the intersection of AI adoption, data security, governance and risk management.

Swipe through to understand the concept, the risks and what organisations can do about them.

📌 Save this post for your cybersecurity notes!

#CyberSecurity #ShadowAI #ArtificialIntelligence #CyberSecurityAwareness #InfoSec

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3 days ago | [YT] | 34

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You don’t need to be a manager, director or CISO to be a leader. Last week was a reminder of that. 🥹🏆

I won the Security Leader / Mentor Award at the 10th annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards!

There were 17 brilliant finalists in the category I won, including senior managers, directors, CISOs and CEOs. Just being a finalist alongside them made me so happy. I genuinely didn’t expect my name to be called.

For a long time, I found myself thinking that without a senior title, certain years of experience or a particular label next to my name, I couldn’t possibly be making the same kind of impact.

But I’ve learnt that your title doesn’t define your impact.

You don’t have to wait until you’re a manager or director to do the things you want to do. If you have something to share, an idea you believe in or an opportunity to make a difference, go for it.

Don’t hold yourself back because you think you’re too junior or not experienced enough. I’ve seen firsthand how much you can do without those labels.

I saw so many familiar faces at the awards, and I’m incredibly grateful that in just a few years in the UK, I’ve built a network of some of the most brilliant people in cybersecurity. It really is a special community to be part of. ❤️

Thank you to all the sponsors, organisers and everyone behind the awards for such an amazing evening.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners! 🥂

#cybersecurity #cybersecurityawards

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What Do CTI Analysts Do?

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🚨 Two critical PHP vulnerabilities. A global cybersecurity alert.

AI helped researchers uncover security flaws in PHP that had gone undetected for years, triggering urgent action from organisations worldwide.

The vulnerabilities were rated 9.2/10 in severity, and websites and services were taken offline as a precaution while organisations worked to secure their systems.

Here’s what you need to know 👇

🔹 What is PHP, and why is it so widely used?
🔹 What were the two vulnerabilities?
🔹 How did AI help researchers uncover them?
🔹 Why did organisations take systems offline?
🔹 What should website owners do to protect their systems?

Swipe through for the breakdown, and save this post for your cybersecurity notes! 📌

#CyberSecurity #PHP #CyberSecurityNews #ArtificialIntelligence #InfoSec #VulnerabilityManagement

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1 week ago | [YT] | 59

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In this video, I’m breaking down the role of a Cybersecurity Threat Hunter and what the job actually involves, beyond the title.

We’ll explore what threat hunters look for, how they proactively investigate cyber threats, what their day-to-day work looks like, how they work with security operations and incident response teams, and how someone can begin building a career in threat hunting.

Check it out and let me know in the comments below if this role interests you and why.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 16

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🚨 Meta says hackers stole code and personal data in a GitHub breach affecting around 1,500 people.

Here’s what happened 👇

🔹 How it happened: Hackers accessed some of Meta’s GitHub repositories using an employee’s stolen credentials.

🔹 What was exposed: 99% of the stolen data was business data, including software code related to some Meta products. The remaining 1% was personal data.

🔹 Why it matters: The personal information had been added to the repositories by mistake, violating company policy. Meta has not disclosed the types of personal information involved.

🔹 Who was affected: Most of the approximately 1,500 affected individuals are Meta employees in the US. They are being offered credit and dark web monitoring services.

🔹 What Meta did: The company revoked attackers’ access, rotated secrets found in the repositories, and introduced new controls to prevent personal data from being stored on GitHub. It is also adding proactive scanning to detect data uploaded by mistake.

📌 One important detail: Meta said the incident was not caused by a vulnerability in its products, and its internal systems were not breached. The attackers accessed business data stored in GitHub using stolen employee credentials.

💬 What stands out to you about this incident?

#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #InfoSec #GitHub #CyberNews

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 32

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Cybersecurity has so many different career paths, but how does a beginner know what the job actually involves when all they have heard is the job title?

What does the person do day to day? What are they responsible for? And what does working in that role really look like?

That’s why I’m breaking down actual cybersecurity jobs, one role at a time, focusing on what the work really looks like rather than just listing skills or qualifications.

Today's video focuses on Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). 🔐

📌 In this video, I break down:
• What CISOs actually do
• What a CISO manages and is responsible for
• What a typical day looks like in this role
• Where CISO jobs exist
• What career progression can look like
• Whether a CISO role could be right for you

If you're exploring cybersecurity careers, I hope this series helps you understand the different roles in the industry and what working in each one actually looks like.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 20

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Attackers can compromise legitimate accounts, impersonate trusted people, and exploit normal business workflows to make fraudulent requests look routine.

In this carousel, I break down:
• What BEC (Business Email Compromise) is and why trust is the target
• How attackers compromise trusted accounts
• How fraud moves through business workflows
• Warning signs to look for
• How to verify requests and report suspected BEC

One important habit: pause before acting on unexpected requests involving payments, credentials or sensitive information.

Save this for later and share it with someone who handles business emails or financial requests.

#CyberSecurity #CybersecurityAwareness #BEC #BusinessEmailCompromise #EmailSecurity #Phishing #CyberAwareness #InformationSecurity

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 33

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Helping you understand what a malware analyst actually does in their day job, what tools they use, how to get started in this career and much more!

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