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SEC Attackers Had Authentic Data Used in Business Tests: Reuters
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Sources say the hackers behind last year's SEC breach accessed financial data used by companies testing its EDGAR filing system.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/26/2017
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Why Your Business Must Care about Privacy
Niko Keller, Co-founder and CTO of Opaque CommunicationsCommentary
It might not have something to hide, but it definitely has something to protect.
By Niko Keller Co-founder and CTO of Opaque Communications, 9/26/2017
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Equifax CEO Retires in Wake of Breach
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After the company's CIO and CSO resigned Sep. 14, Chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith follows them out the door.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/26/2017
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FBI's Freese Shares Risk Management Tips
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Deputy Assistant Director Donald Freese advises enterprises to lead with a business case and not fear addressing the C-suite on risk management.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 9/26/2017
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After DHS Notice, 21 States Reveal They Were Targeted During Election
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Election officials in swing states Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania among those who report Russian state-sponsored attackers targeted their systems.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/25/2017
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Microsoft Builds Automation into Windows Defender ATP
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Automation can help manage and respond to alert overflow, but will come with its own specific set of challenges.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 9/25/2017
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Breach at Deloitte Exposes Emails, Client Data
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
Intrusion may have resulted from company's failure to properly secure a key administrator account.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 9/25/2017
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Privacy Shield Framework Gains Popularity in EU, US: Report
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The IAPP-EY Privacy Governance Survey shows marked interest in the Privacy Shield framework to transfer personal data.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/25/2017
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PassGAN: Password Cracking Using Machine Learning
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
Researchers demo how deep neural networks can be trained to generate passwords better than the best password-cracking tools.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 9/25/2017
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Security's #1 Problem: Economic Incentives
Dimitri Stiliadis, CEO of AporetoCommentary
The industry rewards cutting corners rather than making software safe. Case in point: the Equifax breach.
By Dimitri Stiliadis CEO of Aporeto, 9/25/2017
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1.4 Million New Phishing Sites Launched Each Month
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The number of phishing attacks reach a record rate in 2017, but the majority of the phishing sites remain active for just four- to eight hours.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/22/2017
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Americans Rank Criminal Hacking as Their Number One Threat
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Global warming and artificial intelligence rate as less of a threat to human health, safety, and prosperity, than getting hacked, according to a survey released today.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 9/22/2017
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10 Security Product Flaw Scares
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
CCleaner compromise puts the crown on several years' worth of headlines about cybersecurity product weaknesses.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 9/22/2017
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Health IT & Cybersecurity: 5 Hiring Misconceptions to Avoid
Clyde Hewitt, Vice President, Security Strategy, CynergisTekCommentary
Why healthcare organizations need a good strategy to find talent, or get left behind.
By Clyde Hewitt Vice President, Security Strategy, CynergisTek, 9/22/2017
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Where Do Security Vulnerabilities Come From?
Raymond Pompon, Principal Threat Research Evangelist at F5 Networks
There are three major causes: code quality, complexity, and trusted data inputs.
By Raymond Pompon Principal Threat Research Evangelist at F5 Networks, 9/22/2017
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SEC Says Intruders May Have Accessed Insider Data for Illegal Trading
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
2016 breach of the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database dents its reputation as a federal cybersecurity enforcer.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 9/21/2017
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CCleaner Malware Targeted Tech Giants Cisco, Google, Microsoft
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The backdoor discovered in Avast's CCleaner targeted top tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, VMware, and Cisco.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 9/21/2017
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Why Size Doesn't Matter in DDoS Attacks
Nicolai Bezsonoff, General Manager, Security Solutions, NeustarCommentary
Companies both large and small are targets. Never think "I'm not big enough for a hacker's attention."
By Nicolai Bezsonoff General Manager, Security Solutions, Neustar, 9/21/2017
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SMBs Paid $301 Million to Ransomware Attackers
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But small- to midsized businesses are taking a tougher stand against ransomware attacks, according to a survey released today of the 2016-2017 period.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/21/2017
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OPM Data Breach Lawsuit Tossed, Fed Plaintiffs will Appeal
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A judge ruled federal employees cannot sue for damages from the 2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/21/2017
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Published: 2017-05-09
NScript in mpengine in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine with Engine Version before 1.1.13704.0, as used in Windows Defender and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code within ...

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Published: 2017-05-08
unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (preventing terminal launch), or possibly have other impact (bypassing terminal access control).

CVE-2016-8202
Published: 2017-05-08
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts accessing the system via command line interface. With affected version...

CVE-2016-8209
Published: 2017-05-08
Improper checks for unusual or exceptional conditions in Brocade NetIron 05.8.00 and later releases up to and including 06.1.00, when the Management Module is continuously scanned on port 22, may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reload) of the management module.

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