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Infosec Decoded Season 4 #87: Cybersecurity Job Market

With Doug Spindler and @sambowne@infosec.exchange

Recorded Fri, Nov 1, 2024

Sam Bowne

Politics

Judge declines to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway as billionaire seeks to move case

Toxic X users sabotage Community Notes that could derail disinfo, report says

Pastors and secret codes: US election officials wage low-tech battle against AI robocalls

RFK Jr. says Trump has 'promised' him 'control of the public health agencies'

Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort

AI

Exclusive: Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama

"$10 billion investment in OpenAI, and Copilot sucks compared to ChatGPT": Microsoft staffers and customers lament Copilot's warm and inviting update — a "step backward" and "absolutely ruined"

GitHub Copilot moves beyond OpenAI models to support Claude 3.5, Gemini

Top AI security certifications to consider

Everything Else

Cybersecurity Job Market Stagnates, Dissatisfaction Abounds
Even though 90% of organizations have unfilled positions or underskilled workers on their cybersecurity teams, hiring for those jobs has, for the first time in six years, ground to a halt. A full 67% of respondents to the ICS2 survey cited budget as their top cause for staffing shortages, replacing last year's No. 1 cited reason for empty positions, which was a lack of qualified talent.

Over 500 Amazon workers decry “non-data-driven” logic for 5-day RTO policy

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals

Inside a Firewall Vendor's 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

Microsoft delays Windows Recall again, now by December

Exposing the Danger Within: Hardcoded Cloud Credentials in Popular Mobile Apps

Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Your iPhone Can Now Record Phone Calls. But There’s a Big Catch.