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CISO Pressures: Why the Role Stinks and How to Fix It
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CISOs spend much less time in their role than other members of the boardroom. It's a serious problem that must be addressed. Look around the …
GDPR
6 Actions that Made GDPR Real in 2019
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In the wake of recent fines levied against British Airways, Marriott, and Facebook, companies are starting to take data privacy and security more …
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Malware in PyPI Code Shows Supply Chain Risks
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A code backdoor in a package on the Python Package Index demonstrates the importance of verifying code brought in from code repositories. Looks like …
Europol
Europol Head Fears 5G Will Give Criminals an Edge
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Catherine De Bolle is concerned law enforcement will lose its ability to track criminals with the arrival of 5G networks. The evolution of 5G networks …
Information Security
Mirai Groups Target Business IoT Devices
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More than 30% of Mirai attacks, and an increasing number of variants of the malicious malare, are going after enterprise IoT devices, raising the …
CrowdStrike
The Problem with Proprietary Testing: NSS Labs vs. CrowdStrike
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Why apples-to-apples performance tests are the only way to accurately gauge the impact of network security products and solutions. When a company is …
Information Security
Crack the Defenses of iOS and other Platforms at Black Hat USA
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Black Hat USA August 3-8, 2019 Las Vegas, NV, USA Get the latest insights into how to attack and defend platforms like iOS, MacOS, and Windows 10 at …
Programming Languages
Security Lessons From a New Programming Language
darkreading.com - Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading
A security professional needed a secure language for IoT development. So he wrote his own, applying learned lessons about memory and resources in the …
Information Security
BitPaymer Ransomware Operators Wage Custom, Targeted Attacks
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A new framework is allowing the threat group to compile variants of the malware for each victim, Morphisec says. Looks like you've hit your article …
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RDP Bug Takes New Approach to Host Compromise
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Researchers show how simply connecting to a rogue machine can silently compromise the host. Looks like you've hit your article limit. Please or …
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Open Source Hacking Tool Grows Up
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Koadic toolkit gets upgrades - and a little love from nation-state hackers. Looks like you've hit your article limit. Please or register for a free …
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8 Legit Tools and Utilities That Cybercriminals Commonly Misuse
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Threat actors are increasingly 'living off the land,' using publicly available management and administration tools to conceal malicious …
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Bulgarian Tax Breach Nets All the Records
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An attack by a 'wizard hacker' results in leaked records for virtually every Bulgarian taxpayer. A hacker hit Bulgaria's NRA tax agency and gained …
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How Capture the Flag Competitions Strengthen the Cybersecurity Workforce
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These competitions challenge participants with problems involving digital forensics, cryptography, binary analysis, web security, and many other …
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79% of US Consumers Fear Webcams Are Watching
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Widespread privacy concerns have caused 60% of people to cover their laptop webcams - some in creative ways - survey data shows. If you're worried …
Information Security
Calculating the Value of Security
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What will it take to align staff and budget to protect the organization? As much as we'd like to think things have changed in the wake of WannaCry, …
Information Security
MITRE ATT&CK Framework Not Just for the Big Guys
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At Black Hat, analysts from MITRE and Splunk will detail how organizations of many different sizes are leveraging ATT&CK's common language. Biology, …
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Bug Enables Tracking on Windows 10, iOS macOS Devices
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Researchers discover a third-party algorithm in multiple high-profile Bluetooth devices exposes users to third-party tracking and data access. A team …
Information Security
800K Systems Still Vulnerable to BlueKeep
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Organizations with systems exploitable via the RDP flaw pose an increasing risk to themselves and other organizations, BitSight says. New Internet …
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Sprint Reveals Account Breach via Samsung Website
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The last-June breach exposed data includes names, phone numbers, and account numbers. Looks like you've hit your article limit. Please or register for …
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A Password Management Report Card
darkreading.com - Maxine Holt Research Director, Ovum
New research on password management tools identifies the relative strengths and weaknesses of 12 competing offerings.
Data Management
Data Loss, Leakage Top Cloud Security Concerns
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Compliance, accidental exposure of credentials, and data control are also primary concerns for senior IT and security managers. Most (93%) …
Information Security
For Real Security, Don't Let Failure Be Your Measure of Success
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For too long, we've focused almost exclusively on keeping out the bad guys rather than what to do when they get in (and they will). Maintaining …
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Master Next-Level Network Defense Techniques at Black Hat USA
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Brush up on new DDOS defense tricks, 5G network vulnerabilities, and applications of military strategy to cybersecurity. Network technology advances …
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The 10 Essentials of Infosec Forensics
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Whether it's your first investigation or 500th, review the basics of IT forensics to streamline and simplify your discovery. Most infosec forensics …
Lenovo
Lenovo NAS Firmware Flaw Exposes Stored Data
darkreading.com - Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer
More than 5,100 vulnerable devices containing multiple terabytes of data are open to exploitation, researchers found.
Information Security
Security Snapshot: OS, Authentication, Browser Cloud Trends
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New research shows cloud apps are climbing, SMS authentication is falling, Chrome is the enterprise browser favorite, and Android leads outdated …
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FBI Publishes GandCrab Decryption Keys
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Publishing the keys should render existing versions of the ransomware far less dangerous for victims. Looks like you've hit your article limit. Please …
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How Attackers Infiltrate the Supply Chain What to Do About It
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With some security best practices, enterprises can significantly reduce the chances that a potential supply chain attack will affect business …
Information Security
US Mayors Commit to Just Saying No to Ransomware
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The group of more than 1,400 top elected municipal officials takes the admirable, recommended stance against paying ransoms. However, can towns and …

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Dark Reading is one of the most widely read cybersecurity publications online.