Profile of Kelly Sheridan

Staff Editor, Dark Reading Member Since: 11/15/2013
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Kelly Sheridan is the Staff Editor at Dark Reading, where she focuses on cybersecurity news and analysis. She is a business technology journalist who previously reported for InformationWeek, where she covered Microsoft, and Insurance & Technology, where she covered financial services. Sheridan earned her BA in English at Villanova University. You can follow her on Twitter @kellymsheridan.

First US Federal CISO Shares Security Lessons Learned

11/29/2017
Greg Touhill's advice for security leaders includes knowing the value of information, hardening their workforce, and prioritizing security by design.
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Uber's Security Slip-ups: What Went Wrong

11/27/2017
The ride-sharing company's decisions leading to a 2016 data breach and its handling of the incident should serve as a cautionary tale for enterprises facing a breach.
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Uber Paid Hackers $100K to Conceal 2016 Data Breach

11/22/2017
The ride-sharing company has confirmed an October 2016 data breach that compromised 57 million accounts.
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A Call for Greater Regulation of Digital Currencies

11/21/2017
A new report calls for international collaboration to create more transparency with virtual currencies and track money used for cybercrime.
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Researcher Finds Hole in Windows ASLR Security Defense

11/20/2017
A security expert found a way to work around Microsoft's Address Space Randomization Layer, which protects the OS from memory-based attacks.
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Terdot Banking Trojan Spies on Email, Social Media

11/16/2017
Terdot Banking Trojan, inspired by Zeus, can eavesdrop and modify traffic on social media and email in addition to snatching data.
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Fred Kwong: The Psychology of Being a CISO

11/15/2017
Security Pro File: Fred Kwong learned people skills in the classroom and technical skills on the job. The former psychology major, now CISO at Delta Dental, shares his path to cybersecurity and how he applies his liberal arts background to his current role.
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Insider Threats: Red Flags and Best Practices

11/15/2017
Security pros list red flags indicating an insider attack and best practices to protect against accidental and malicious exposure.
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Microsoft Word Vuln Went Unnoticed for 17 Years: Report

11/14/2017
Researchers claim Microsoft Word vulnerability, patched today, has existed for 17 years.
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New Banking Trojan Similar to Dridex, Zeus, Gozi

11/13/2017
IBM researchers uncover a new form of banking malware distributed as a second-stage infection via the Emotet Trojan.
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New Locky Ransomware Takes Another Turn

11/10/2017
A newly discovered strain of Locky ransomware has been discovered masquerading as legitimate Microsoft Word documents.
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Data Breach Record Exposure Up 305% from 2016

11/8/2017
There have been 3,833 publicly disclosed data breaches in the first nine months of 2017, exposing more than seven billion records.
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Burnout, Culture Drive Security Talent Out the Door

11/7/2017
Security's efforts to bridge the talent gap mean little when workers don't want to stay in the industry.
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Less Than One-Third of People Use Two-Factor Authentication

11/7/2017
The number of 2FA users is still lower than expected, but most adopters started voluntarily, researchers found.
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Cognitive Mindhacks: How Attackers Spread Disinformation Campaigns

11/6/2017
Researchers investigate the tools and techniques behind cyber propaganda and fake news and how it changes public opinion.
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8 Older Companies Doing New Things in Security

11/6/2017
These organizations have been around for a while but aren't slowing down on security releases.
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Hackers Poison Google Search Results to Deliver Zeus Panda

11/3/2017
Threat actors leverage SEO to ensure malicious links rank highly in Google results to infect targets with Trojan.
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Social Engineer Spills Tricks of the Trade

11/2/2017
A social engineer points out gaping holes in businesses' human security and shares lessons learned from years of phishing research.
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'Silence' Trojan Mimics Carbanak to Spy, Steal from Banks

11/1/2017
Attackers break into financial organizations and stay there to record employees' activities, steal data, and use it to steal, similar to the Carbanak group.
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