How a Fired Contractor Crippled Waste Management with a Simple PowerShell Script

A former IT contractor at Waste Management exploited his insider knowledge after being terminated, using a self‑written PowerShell script to reset thousands of accounts, causing a nationwide outage that cost over $860,000 and highlighted critical gaps in enterprise permission revocation processes.

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How a Fired Contractor Crippled Waste Management with a Simple PowerShell Script

DevOps

Nov 28, 2024 · Information Security

The Myths and Challenges of Security Left‑Shift in Software Development

This article examines the origins, questionable cost‑saving claims, and practical challenges of the security‑left‑shift movement, highlighting CISA’s skeptical report, the over‑reliance on tools, and the need for empirical research to validate security integration early in the software development lifecycle.

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The Myths and Challenges of Security Left‑Shift in Software Development

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Nov 1, 2024 · Information Security

Why the US Government Is Cracking Down on Unsafe Coding Practices

The U.S. CISA and FBI have issued a stern warning to software vendors, demanding the elimination of unsafe coding practices—especially the use of memory‑unsafe languages like C/C++—by January 1 2026, or risk being labeled negligent and jeopardizing national security.

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Why the US Government Is Cracking Down on Unsafe Coding Practices