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More Prompt||GTFO — Online AI and Cybersecurity Events

🤖 Bruce Schneier highlights three new online events in his Prompt||GTFO series: sessions #4, #5, and #6. These recordings showcase practical and innovative uses of AI in cybersecurity, spanning demonstrations, research discussions, and operational insights. Schneier recommends them as well worth watching for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers interested in AI's applications and risks. The events are available online for convenient viewing.

AWS re:Invent 2025 — Security Sessions & Themes Overview

🔒 AWS re:Invent 2025 highlights an expanded Security and Identity track featuring more than 80 sessions across breakouts, workshops, chalk talks, and hands-on builders’ sessions. The program groups content into four practical themes — Securing and Leveraging AI, Architecting Security and Identity at scale, Building and scaling a Culture of Security, and Innovations in AWS Security — with real-world guidance and demos. Attendees can meet experts at the Security and AI Security kiosks in the expo hall and are encouraged to reserve limited-capacity hands-on sessions early to secure seats.

Bruce Schneier — Speaking Engagements, Nov 2025–Feb 2026

📅 Bruce Schneier lists his upcoming public and virtual speaking engagements through February 2026, including joint appearances with coauthor Nathan E. Sanders and solo presentations. Highlights include a talk on AI and Congress: Practical Steps to Govern and Prepare at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC (Nov 17, noon ET) and a campus presentation on Integrity and Trustworthy AI at North Hennepin Community College (Nov 21, 2:00 PM CT). Additional events are scheduled at the MIT Museum (Dec 1, 6:00 PM ET), a virtual City Lights event on Zoom (Dec 3, 6:00 PM PT), and a book signing at the Chicago Public Library (Feb 5, 2026). The schedule is maintained on his events page for updates and details.

CIO100 & CSO30 ASEAN Awards Celebrate Tech Leadership

🏆 The CIO100 and CSO30 ASEAN and Hong Kong Awards Gala on November 12, 2025 validated the region's maturing technology leadership, drawing winners and teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. With a record 243 nominations, the program highlighted artificial intelligence as the defining strategic imperative reshaping operations, innovation and security. Judges prioritized clear, measurable business impact, recognizing cybersecurity leaders and collaborative public–private initiatives. Headline sponsor was AWS.

Webinar: Reduce Attack Surface Exposure with DASR

🔒 Join a free webinar from The Hacker News and Bitdefender to learn how Dynamic Attack Surface Reduction (DASR) proactively closes exposures and reduces risk without adding operational burden. Experts will explain why traditional scans fall short, how automation and context reduce risks in real time, and how to safely test DASR in your environment. Register to save your seat.

Webinar: Modern Patch Management Strategies for 2026

🔐 On December 2 at 2:00 PM ET, BleepingComputer and SC Media will host a live webinar featuring Gene Moody, Field CTO at Action1, on modern patch management strategies to reduce risk and speed remediation. The session, titled Winning the 2026 vulnerability race, explains how cloud-native, policy-driven tools can address limitations of legacy systems like WSUS. Attendees will learn prioritization techniques, visibility practices, and automation use cases to align patching with business impact.

GitHub Universe 2025: Agents, AI, and Developer Tools

🚀 At GitHub Universe 2025, Microsoft and GitHub presented a vision for agentic development that lets developers see, steer, and build across autonomous agents. The event introduced platform capabilities like Agent HQ, a prompt-first AI Toolkit for VS Code, and the GA release of Azure MCP Server. Announcements focused on enterprise-grade security, standards-based integration, and faster, more intuitive agent creation and governance.

From Checkbox to Continuous Proof: BAS Summit Insights

🔍 At the Picus Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Summit, practitioners and CISOs argued security must move from annual compliance checks to continuous, evidence-driven validation. Speakers emphasized outcome-first testing, purple-team collaboration, and using AI as a curated intelligence relay rather than an improvisational engine. BAS was portrayed as the operational core of CTEM, converting missed detections into prioritized remediation and demonstrable protection for leadership.

Practical AI Tactics for GRC: Opportunities and Risks

🔍 Join a free expert webinar that translates rapid AI advances into practical, actionable tactics for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) teams. The session will showcase real-world examples of AI improving compliance workflows, early lessons from agentic AI deployments, and the common risks teams often overlook. Expect clear guidance on mitigation strategies, regulatory gaps, and how to prepare your team to make AI a competitive compliance advantage.

Hackers Earn $1,024,750 for 73 Zero‑Days at Pwn2Own Ireland

🛡️ Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 concluded in Cork with security researchers awarded $1,024,750 after demonstrating 73 zero-day vulnerabilities across eight product categories. Targets included printers, network-attached storage, messaging apps, smart home and surveillance devices, home networking gear, flagship phones (iPhone 16, Galaxy S25, Pixel 9) and wearables. The contest expanded the attack surface to include USB port exploitation on locked mobile handsets while retaining Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi and NFC vectors. Summoning Team topped the leaderboard with $187,500 and 22 Master of Pwn points.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Exploited on Day Two of Pwn2Own

🔓 Security researchers earned $792,750 on day two of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, exploiting 56 unique zero-day vulnerabilities across smartphones, NAS devices, printers, cameras and smart-home gear. A five-bug chain used by Ken Gannon and Dimitrios Valsamaras successfully compromised the Samsung Galaxy S25, earning $50,000 and 5 Master of Pwn points. Several teams also exploited issues in QNAP and Synology NAS models, printers and IoT devices, and vendors now have 90 days to patch before public disclosure.

Digital Sovereignty Sessions at AWS re:Invent 2025 Guide

📘 The AWS re:Invent 2025 attendee guide highlights the conference's digital sovereignty program, detailing sessions, workshops, and code talks focused on data residency, hybrid and edge deployments, and sovereign infrastructure. Key topics include the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, AWS Outposts, Local Zones, and security features such as the Nitro System. Practical workshops and chalk talks demonstrate RAG, agentic AI, and low-latency SLM deployments with operational controls and compliance patterns. Reserve seating via the attendee portal or access sessions with the free virtual pass.

Fortinet Advances Global Cyber Resilience at AMC25

🔒 Fortinet participated in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity (AMC25) in Dubai, engaging government, industry, and civil leaders to advance global cyber resilience. Fortinet executives Dr. Carl Windsor and Derek Manky led sessions on public‑private collaboration, frameworks for scaling disruption, and the role of the Cybercrime Atlas in enabling coordinated action. They highlighted recent coordinated operations and impact reported in the 2025 Cybercrime Atlas: Impact Report, emphasizing that aligning policy, governance, and technical intelligence is essential to protect supply chains, AI systems, and critical infrastructure.

Google Cloud and NVIDIA Power AI Innovation Week in D.C.

🤝 At the end of October in Washington, D.C., Google Cloud and NVIDIA will lead a week of events highlighting advances in AI, high-performance computing, and secure mission deployments. NVIDIA GTC DC (Oct. 27–29) features keynotes, demos, and hands-on sessions showcasing next-generation models and infrastructure. The Google Public Sector Summit (Oct. 29) convenes government leaders to explore practical uses of technologies like Gemini for Government and discuss secure, scalable AI adoption for mission impact.

Upcoming Speaking Engagements — Fall 2025 and Beyond

📅 This is a current list of scheduled speaking engagements featuring Bruce Schneier and co-speaker Nathan E. Sanders, centered on the book Rewiring Democracy. Events include in-person appearances in Cambridge, Toronto, Strasbourg, and Chicago, as well as virtual talks hosted by Data & Society, Boston Public Library, and City Lights. Most events combine a book discussion with opportunities for audience Q&A and some include signings. Attendees should check the maintained events page for registration details and any updates.

CIO100 and CSO30 ASEAN 2025 Team Awards Finalists Announced

🏆 CIO and CSO ASEAN have named the finalists for the CIO100 ASEAN and CSO30 ASEAN 2025 Team Awards, recognising leading technology and cybersecurity teams across Southeast Asia. Selected by a panel of CIO and CSO executive editors, finalists span six categories including CIO Innovation, CIO Customer Value and CSO Public-Private Partnership. The in-person Gala Night will take place in Singapore on 12 November 2025 to celebrate winners and foster networking among industry leaders.

Securing Agentic AI: Microsoft Ignite Security Guide

🔒 Microsoft Ignite 2025 highlights security-focused sessions and hands-on labs tailored for practitioners and leaders. Join in San Francisco Nov 17–21 (or online Nov 18–20) for briefings, demos, and instructor-led labs covering Microsoft Security Copilot, Sentinel, Defender, Entra, and Purview. A Security Forum (Nov 17) and keynote segments led by senior security executives will explore designing, governing, and protecting agentic AI across the lifecycle.

Cybersecurity Nightmares: Password Graveyard Webinar

🔒 Join The Hacker News and Specops Software for a Halloween webinar, "Cybersecurity Nightmares: Tales from the Password Graveyard," that examines how weak passwords lead to costly breaches and operational strain. The live session reviews real breach stories, explains why traditional complexity rules fail, and offers a live demo showing how Specops blocks breached passwords in real time and builds compliant, user-friendly policies. Attendees will get a straightforward three-step plan to cut helpdesk resets, meet compliance, and stop credential-based attacks.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Move Beyond Passwords

🔐 October's Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds users that passwords alone no longer provide reliable protection. Adopt MFA wherever possible—prefer authenticator apps or hardware security keys over SMS—and consider emerging passwordless options such as passkeys. Organizations should enforce strong authentication to protect systems, customers and reputation. Watch ESET's video with Tony Anscombe for practical guidance.

it-sa 2025: Nearly 1,000 Security Vendors at Nuremberg

🔒 it-sa 2025 opened in Nuremberg on October 7, with organizers reporting 990 exhibitors — a 15% increase over last year — and an expected attendance record to be announced at the close. At the opening press conference, BSI President Claudia Plattner said the agency will implement the Cyber Resilience Act in Germany and exercise market surveillance powers. Industry leaders highlighted strong market growth, rising cybercrime losses, and calls to increase corporate security budgets while supporting European security startups.