Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University

Academic center promoting cybersecurity research and education at Bradley University. Follow @BradleyInfosec for security alerts. #BeCyberSmart #CyberAware

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

You're the best, Alethe! Thanks for pouring into our students all weekend. You made it a weekend they will never forget! Your sidekick is a swell guy, too!

[ᗩᒪETᕼE @AletheDenis]

I couldn’t have said it better.

Phenomenal.

Thanks to the teams at Bradley University and @bsidespeoria for one of the best weekends literally ever.

No spoilers @JackRhysider, promise.

Just an incredible group of folks and a wild ride.

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

Last weekend was certainly the highlight of our program, Jack! Thanks for everything! It was truly a pleasure having you on campus. You're welcome back any time!

[Jack Rhysider 🏴‍☠️ @JackRhysider]

I think I just had one of the best times of my life this weekend at Bradley University. No joke. Yesterday page right. Today page left.
I am burning to tell you all about it! It was the best adventure I've gone on for this show yet. I'm going to be buzzing about it for days. gah. still can't believe what this group of students in the left photo did tonight.

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

@MiddleNameGary @bradleyu @RealCandaceO @baroncoleman @IanCarrollShow @realstewpeters @MuppetMasher @AnaEscobarShow @AdmetosL @juliandorey If we were malicious cybercriminals, we could have published a fake website to catch anyone who mistyped the domain name, which is called typosquatting. This is how real attackers might capture credentials or install malware.

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

@MiddleNameGary @bradleyu @RealCandaceO @baroncoleman @IanCarrollShow @realstewpeters @MuppetMasher @AnaEscobarShow @AdmetosL @juliandorey Hello! You have identified what is called a lookalike domain. You are trying to reach witHHeld, but you typed witHeld. We use domains like this to educate people on phishing awareness. Always double check the URL to make sure that it is truly the site you're intending to visit!

[Jack Rhysider 🏴‍☠️ @JackRhysider]

I'll be at @bsidespeoria in 2 weeks! Come say hi! I want to give you stickers.

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

We'll be incorporating a vishing competition @bsidespeoria this year, so consider applying to compete in October! Be sure to follow the Illinois Cyber Foundation for all of the latest updates.

Whew! Please wait as we place you on a not-so-brief hold. **cue the elevator music!**

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

The inaugural Bradley Vishing Competition was an absolute blast! From the incredible OSINT reports each team delivered to the creative call pretexts and hilarious attempts to capture bonus flags, we couldn't have wished for a better experience for everyone involved!

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

Thanks to the competitors, mentors, judges, and audience for making it an unforgettable event! A few brave audience members even donned the headsets for the Crowd Call Challenge! Credit to Jeremy Brockhouse for bringing our custom cell phone awards to life! They were a hit!

[BSides Peoria @bsidespeoria]

Thats a wrap for BSides Peoria 2025. Thank you to all the Attendees, Villages, Sponsors, Speakers, and this years keynote @deviantollam for making the event one for the record books. We'll see you next year on Sat Oct 24 2026 when we do it all again! #bsides #bsidespeoria

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

Join us in the Marty Theatre at 6pm tonight as we show After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News, our third film in the 2025 Cybersecurity Film Series!

In an age of misinformation, what’s the cost of truth?

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #Disinformation #Deepfakes

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

October means it is #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth!

We have an exciting slate of events lined up, beginning with the 2025 Cybersecurity Film Series and culminating in Cybersecurity Day (10/24) and @bsidespeoria (10/25)!

Join us tonight as we kick things off with The Great Hack!

[BSides Peoria @bsidespeoria]

We are now 20 days away from BSides Peoria 2024! The event is quickly approaching, so be sure to secure your tickets!

https://t.co/YFb4Tnn6zA

#Cybersecurity #CybersecurityAwareness #BeCyberSmart #CyberAware #BSides #BSidesPeoria #BSidesConference #BSidesPeoria2024

[The Markup @themarkup]

Rite Aid used facial recognition tech that wrongly and disproportionately identified people of color as likely shoplifters.

The chain is now facing consequences.

Via @byEduardoMedina:
https://t.co/NGOhKfGMAW

[EFF @EFF]

Finally! Google will be changing how it stores location data, effectively ending its ability to respond to dangerous geofence warrants (we hope).

https://t.co/uoZcGiqJSj

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

@josephfcox Thanks for the excellent reporting! We wanted to also mention the considerable parallels that Fusus has to this scene from The Dark Knight in terms of mass surveillance capability, asymmetrical power dynamics, and threats to citizen privacy and security: https://t.co/mO1VCXFx0P

[Hacking is NOT a Crime @hacknotcrime]

Remember, remember the 5th of November.

It is becoming increasingly evident the world is approaching a precipice from which it may not return. The status quo establishment's divide-and-conquer tactics have long sought to divert our discontent away from it and toward one another.

We believe the hacker community is the last bastion of hope for free expression, security, privacy, creativity, and access to knowledge. The digital world, and by extension, the physical world, is ours to safeguard.

Because a unified hacker community is a more resilient one, it is also increasingly likely we will be targets of these divide-and conquer tactics. The power imbalance we pose threatens the status quo, only self-sabotage can diminish it.

Don't let it happen.

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

The only thing spookier than today being Halloween is that today is also the last day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Thank you to everyone who tuned in for our posts and attended our various events throughout the month! #Cybersecurity #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

[Center for Cybersecurity - Bradley University @BradleyCybersec]

October = #PSL + #Halloween + #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth. What are you doing to keep the internet safer and more secure? #BeCyberSmart

[BSides Peoria @bsidespeoria]

Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Yesterday was one for the books and we couldn't have done it without the support of our Sponsors, Speakers, Volunteers, and most importantly: our attendees. We cannot wait to do this again, but first we're going to take a nap.

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

PSA: if you take or edit photos of crowds or strangers with Signal, you can use our face blur tool to quickly hide people's biometric face data.

You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.

More on this feature here: https://t.co/gihjTPGKw7