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A DDoS or distributed denial of service attack is one of the most known cybersecurity attacks. While the example above isn't too serious, this attack can severely disrupt a company's operations. Companies can use various techniques such as rate-limiting, traffic scrubbing, and load balancing to prevent DDoS attacks. Additionally, they can implement firewall rules, intrusion prevention systems, and anti-DDoS services to help mitigate the attack.

Studying Black American history is essential for understanding the cultural, political, and economic impact Black Americans have had on the United States.

It is important to recognize the struggles, resilience, and accomplishments of Black Americans and their contributions to the nation. From the transatlantic slave trade to the civil rights movement and beyond, understanding Black American history helps us to understand the present social and political climate. Moreover, it helps us to recognize the importance of diversity and the need for continued efforts to create an equitable society.

Over the course of this month, BGH will be showing influential Black Americans who have and are making a positive impact in technology.

Hackers in the wild at the airport. Florida ain’t ready. Tanisha O and Emefa

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BS Electrical and Computer Engineering
MSx4: IT, Healthcare Policy and Management, Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity
MBA Business Administration

You know you’re a few assignments behind but deactivating my account could possibly ruin my whole academic career… but does something here smell phishy to you? What are the giveaways?

As part of our mission to give back to the community, will be celebrating the holidays with some awesome giveaways to make your hacker holiday season festive. Make sure you’re following all our socials for details and this hashtag to find out more!

Pop quiz… without google, why do you typically not see people binding shells on port numbers less than 1024?👇🏾

$90… tempting, tempting but does something here smell phishy to you? What are the giveaways?

End each week with Garrett as he hosts on Thursdays and on Fridays. Both workshops begin at 6 PM CDT and are beginner friendly. See you there!

What does BlackGirlsHack Do? We make a difference in our members lives by meeting them where they are, helping them to get certifications, experience and hands on skills to not only get in the cyber industry but to feel at home there. We’re a community of hackers, coders, scientists, makers and breakers and all are welcome. Join us as we take over the world!

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My squad did not come to play, day 1 was a solid win 🥇! First time village where ? 👏🏾✊🏾

yeah we cute or whatever 🥰

hackers in the wild

We’ve got some exciting news this week! We’re happy to announce our first sponsor for the Girls Hack Village. We’d like to thank Corellium for being our 2022 Diamond Sponsor. They’re committed to supporting education and non-profit initiatives and we’re excited to work with them.

Are you ready to lock those apple phones down? There’s whispers of a new feature to be tested by apple in an upcoming release to help reduce phishing and smishing attacks. Are you hear for it? Sound off in the comments?

Next up on the Girls Hack Village Lineup aka Rebekah Skeete.

Rebekah Skeete is a Security Engineer with Schellman based in Dallas, Texas. As a member of the Infrastructure and Security team, Skeete is part of a collaborative group of technology professionals that serve as the primary technical resource to help safeguard the organization's computer networks and systems. In her role she is responsible for planning and carrying out security measures to monitor and protect sensitive data and systems from infiltration and cyber-attacks. Prior to joining Schellman in 2022, Rebekah worked for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club in a myriad of roles including Cybersecurity Analyst and Manager of IT Applications and Operations. During the construction of the Rangers new state-of-the-art ballpark, Globe Life Field, Skeete assisted the Rangers IT department in creating plans to transition over 200 front office employees to their new workspaces. Outside baseball and IT, Skeete is also interested in politics and started volunteering for campaigns in 2008. From 2013-2016, she served as a Campaign Manager in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In 2015, she attended the Women’s Campaign School at Yale. She is the COO of BlackGirlsHack, a nonprofit organization that provides resources, training, mentoring, and access to black women to increase representation and diversity in the cyber security field. Committed to inclusion and belonging, she holds the firm belief that representation enhances the culture and community of an organization and seeks to amplify underserved voices at any table she has a seat.

She’ll be one of our Day 2 Upper Class speakers at Girls Hack Village @ Defcon30. In her talk, Rebekah's going to discuss how Sharing Our Stories will save Cybersecurity.

So much information, so little time. First up on the Girls Hack Village lineup is aka Tracy Z. Maleeff, Security Researcher at Krebs Stamos Group LLC. Tracy will be at the Girls Hack Village on Saturday discussing validating information so that you don’t unwittingly contribute to the noise of mis/dis/mal-information that pervades our news landscape. If you don't know about Tracy it's time you found out. She'll be one of our Day 2 Varsity speakers at Girls Hack Village @ Defcon30.

Doubles Down on Partnership with BlackGirlsHack to Address Lack of Diversity in Cybersecurity and Skills Shortage

The Cybersecurity and Technology Training nonprofit BlackGirlsHack (BGH) is is excited to announce its continued partnership with RangeForce. RangeForce, in response to the continued lack of representation for diverse groups in Cyber have provided access to all the BlackGirlsHack "Squad" members to allow them to acquire real world skills and realize careers in cybersecurity. The RangeForce web-delivered platform enables users, even on limited functionality devices, to work with leading security tools from Splunk, Carbon Black and others to learn how to defend against and respond to simulated cybersecurity threats. RangeForce. This integrated training platform and cyber range allows BlackGirlsHack to expand its cybersecurity offerings by using the RangeForce platform to help build out their Blue Team Training program. RangeForce has donated licenses for their full range of cybersecurity training to continue to help train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Said Tennisha Martin, founder of BlackGirlsHack, "Our partnership with RangeForce has been an integral part of our mission to empower our learners to acquire practical skills in cybersecurity. RangeForce was not only our first partnership, but they've been part of a growing legacy of training the next generation of cyber professionals in the BlackGirlsHack Foundation. We're excited that they've continued to lead the charge of promoting diversity in our cyber workforce and we can't wait to roll out our Blue Team Training program to help not only the next generation of hackers, but the next generation of cyber defenders as well."

hackers need love too…

We need volunteers! Wanna help? blackgirlshack.org/volunteer

Offense sells tickets, defense sells games. Which side are you playing for?

You got plans for tonight or nawl? Ethical Hacking Explained slow with Professor Roger is tonight at 6pm est Sign up at meetup.com/blackgirlshack

As the cybersecurity skills gap continues to widen, I would like to share a survey looking deeper into the cybersecurity training and education landscape. Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies master’s candidate, Jasmine Newby, has been working very closely with her professors and advisors to successfully conduct the research necessary to better understand the landscape of the industry. The responses to this survey remain anonymous, confidential, and will not be shared with anyone other than Jasmine, her professor, her and capstone advisor. If you have a moment, visit the link below to complete the survey, which should only take 2-3 minutes. Thanks in advance for your time and commitment supporting the cybersecurity industry.

 https://georgetown.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b0XsffNIR7TXZ9c