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Posted every Friday, our “Infosec Ramblings” post takes the best security tweets from the past week and puts them into one easy to digest post.

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It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month! That’s something to celebrate, right?

• Welcome to Cyber Security Awareness Month! RT @mschafer @DCtechSource @evanweisel @FedNewsRadio Spy Museum..: http://bit.ly/jRgSG #
• CYBERSEC AWARENESS MONTH – OCTOBER: Can’t wait for this to start! Thx @sans_isc for pointing this out. http://ow.ly/rrKq #

Who knew that Twitter could be so dangerous.

• RT @angelinaward: Be sure of your DM source, otherwise delete –> Newest Twitter phishing attack is not ‘rofl’-worthy http://ow.ly/rrZd #

Looks like DojoCon is going to be fun; it’s already good PR!

• DojoCon getting some good PR. RT @marcusjcarey @securitypro2009: Infosec Leaders Unite 4 1st-Ever DojoCon.. http://ow.ly/qZye #con #

And speaking of DojoCon, DojoSec just had its one-year anniversary last night!

• DOJOSEC TALKS: @marcusjcarey has just posted the talks for this week’s meeting. http://ow.ly/rxW0 #novablogger #mtg #
• RT @StrongwaterSec @marcusjcarey DojoSec this Thurs, I will be delivering a talk on Enterprise Incident Response with Metasponse #mtg #

Speaking of cons, are you ready for AppSec DC? We are!

• RT @AppSecDC09 10/2 is last day 4 early bird! Register 4 AppSecDC http://bit.ly/2QvoZ & Global Summit http://bit.ly/fERch #con #
• RT @AppSecDC09: In honor of 09 OWASP Global Summit, AppSecDC is extending discount reg until 10/2! Reg now! http://bit.ly/2QvoZ #con #
• RT @AppSecDC09: We pleased 2 announce we will b hosting 09 OWASP Global Summit on 11/11 as part of AppSecDC 2009! http://ow.ly/rf4E #con #
• RT @AppSecDC09: #OWASP Global Summit on 11/11 http://bit.ly/fERch so we are extending Early Bird reg to 10/2. Links at http://appsecdc.org #

We got a chance to check out CapSec this week… how about you?

• Had good time at @capsecdc tonight! Nice to see the regulars as well as meet lots of new people. I’m no longer a capsecdc-virgin. #

In case you missed them, here were some of our top posts this week:

• BLOGGED: 2600 Group – Baltimore Infosec Meetup Event – Friday, 10-02: Normal Meeting http://ow.ly/15R48b #
• BLOGGED: Top 3 NoVA Infosec Blog Posts of the Week http://ow.ly/15R48d #
• BLOGGED: 2600 Group – Arlington Infosec Meetup Event – Friday, 10-02: Normal Meeting http://ow.ly/15R48f #
• BLOGGED: Grec’s Weekly Infosec Ramblings for 2009-09-25 http://ow.ly/15R4El #
• BLOGGED: In Focus: Site Re-Design http://ow.ly/15R7es #
• BLOGGED: Where You Want to Be This Week – 09-28 http://ow.ly/15RAmT #

Dan Philpott once again tweets some of the most useful security information on the net.

• RT @danphilpott NIST has released SP 800-70 Rev 1 National Checklist Program for IT Products http://bit.ly/4jNPso (SCAP related) #
• RT @danphilpott NIST released a video, IT Security for Small Business. It’s not just good business. It’s es.: http://bit.ly/3rSSxP #
• RT @danphilpott NIST released ITL Security Bulletin on Updated Digital Signature Standard Approved As FIPS 186-3: http://bit.ly/uk4hT PDF #
• Make sure u get this one! RT @danphilpott NIST released IR 7581 Sys & Network Sec Acronyms & Abbreviations: http://bit.ly/yW3Es (PDF) #
• RT @danphilpott: Good article covering OMB’s memo M-09-32 requirements for Trusted Internet Connections: http://ow.ly/qZza #
• RT @danphilpott: NIST has released draft IR 7628 Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements: http://bit.ly/vXcPN #
• Fun. RT @danphilpott: NIST looking 4 people w/ limited sec exp 2 audit new Risk Mgmt Framework course. DM me 4 contact info (DC area) #
• RT @danphilpott: OMB released M-09-33 Tech Amendments to OMB Bulletin 07-04, Audit Reqs for Fed Financial Statements http://bit.ly/14p2Gi #
• Man, so many of these now. RT @danphilpott: Reading through S.1438 “Fostering Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act” text: http://ow.ly/qZAK #
• Source of funny quote I RTed last week. RT @danphilpott: “Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach #

Dark Reading also had some great things to say.

• Always sort of figured this. RT @DarkReading: Up To 9 Percent Of Machines In An Enterprise Are Bot-Infected http://ow.ly/qZKv #
• DIGITAL ANTS: @DarkReading has an article on them. Been seeing a lot about this in the news lately. http://ow.ly/rxTz #

Looking for a job or looking for a new one? If so, you need to check this out:

• RT @IBMFedCyber: How to find a job in the intelligence community in … 12… easy steps: http://ow.ly/qZzw #job #

Lastly, who doesn’t love LOLcats? Okay, one more thing…

• TRANSPARENT LOLCATS: @rybolov is at it again. No comment needed. http://ow.ly/qZ2O #novablogger #

Who could forget the tweet of the week?

• LOL RT @rybolov @aeble @rybolov U did land in InfoSec. That has 2 count 4 something.<-even broken watch tells right time twice a day. #totw #

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