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2018's Most Common Vulnerabilities Include Issues New and Old
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
The most common vulnerabilities seen last year run the gamut from cross-site scripting to issues with CMS platforms.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 1/18/2019
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VC Investments in Cybersecurity Hit Record Highs in 2018
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
But rate of funding appears unsustainable, according to Strategic Cyber Ventures.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 1/18/2019
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GDPR Suit Filed Against Amazon, Apple
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
An Austrian non-profit, led by privacy activist and attorney Max Schrems, has filed suit against 8 tech giants for non-compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
By Dark Reading Staff , 1/18/2019
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PCI Council Releases New Software Framework for DevOps Era
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
The PCI Software Security Framework will eventually replace PCI DA-DSS when it expires in 2022.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 1/18/2019
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The Rx for HIPAA Compliance in the Cloud
Jason Polancich, CEO, MusubuCommentary
For medical entities, simply following HIPAA cloud service provider guidelines is no longer enough to ensure that your practice is protected from cyber threats, government investigations, and fines.
By Jason Polancich CEO, Musubu, 1/18/2019
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8 Tips for Monitoring Cloud Security
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
Cloud security experts weigh in with the practices and tools they prefer to monitor and measure security metrics in the cloud.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 1/18/2019
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773 Million Email Addresses, 21 Million Passwords For Sale on Hacker Forum
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
Data appears to be from multiple breaches over past few years, says researcher who discovered it.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 1/17/2019
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Facebook Shuts Hundreds of Russia-Linked Pages, Accounts for Disinformation
Sara Peters, Senior Editor at Dark ReadingQuick Hits
Facebook says the accounts and pages were part of two unrelated disinformation operations aimed at targets outside the US.
By Sara Peters Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 1/17/2019
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Microsoft Launches New Azure DevOps Bug Bounty Program
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A new program will pay bounties of up to $20,000 for new critical bugs in the company's Azure DevOps systems and services.
By Dark Reading Staff , 1/17/2019
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New Attacks Target Recent PHP Framework Vulnerability
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Multiple threat actors are using relatively simple techniques to take advantage of the vulnerability, launching cryptominers, skimmers, and other malware payloads.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 1/17/2019
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The Security Perimeter Is Dead; Long Live the New Endpoint Perimeter
Ofer Amitai, CEO, PortnoxCommentary
The network no longer provides an air gap against external threats, but access devices can take up the slack.
By Ofer Amitai CEO, Portnox, 1/17/2019
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'We Want IoT Security Regulation,' Say 95% of IT Decision-Makers
Sara Peters, Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
New global survey shows businesses are valuing IoT security more highly, but they are still challenged by IoT data visibility and privacy.
By Sara Peters Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 1/17/2019
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Simulating Lateral Attacks Through Email
Igal Gofman, Head of Security Research at XM CyberCommentary
A skilled attacker can get inside your company by abusing common email applications. Here are three strategies to block them.
By Igal Gofman Head of Security Research at XM Cyber, 1/17/2019
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Malware Built to Hack Building Automation Systems
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Researchers dig into vulnerabilities in popular building automation systems, devices.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 1/16/2019
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Oklahoma Data Leak Compromises Years of FBI Data
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The Oklahoma Securities Commission accidentally leaked 3 TB of information, including data on years of FBI investigations.
By Dark Reading Staff , 1/16/2019
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How the US Chooses Which Zero-Day Vulnerabilities to Stockpile
Ricardo Arroyo, Senior Technical Product Manager, Watchguard TechnologiesCommentary
When it comes to acceptable circumstances for government disclosure of zero-days, the new Vulnerabilities Equity Process might be the accountability practice security advocates have been waiting for.
By Ricardo Arroyo Senior Technical Product Manager, Watchguard Technologies, 1/16/2019
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BEC Groups Ramp Up Payroll Diversion Attacks
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
Criminals are increasingly trying to defraud businesses by diverting payrolls of CEOs, other senior executives, Agari says.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 1/16/2019
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Fortnite Players Compromised Via Epic Games Vulnerability
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Bugs in Epic Games' platform could let intruders take over players' accounts, view personal data, and/or buy in-game currency.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 1/16/2019
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Are You Listening to Your Kill Chain?
Ben Haley, SVP Engineering at HOPZERO SecurityCommentary
With the right tools and trained staff, any organization should be able to deal with threats before information is compromised.
By Ben Haley SVP Engineering at HOPZERO Security, 1/16/2019
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Triton/Trisis Attack Was More Widespread Than Publicly Known
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Signs of the attack first showed up two months before it was identified as a cyberattack, but they were mistaken for a pure equipment failure by Schneider Electric, security expert reveals at S4x19.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 1/16/2019
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CVE-2019-6497
PUBLISHED: 2019-01-20
Hotels_Server through 2018-11-05 has SQL Injection via the controller/fetchpwd.php username parameter.
CVE-2018-18908
PUBLISHED: 2019-01-20
The Sky Go Desktop application 1.0.19-1 through 1.0.23-1 for Windows performs several requests over cleartext HTTP. This makes the data submitted in these requests prone to Man in The Middle (MiTM) attacks, whereby an attacker would be able to obtain the data sent in these requests. Some of the requ...
CVE-2019-6496
PUBLISHED: 2019-01-20
The ThreadX-based firmware on Marvell Avastar Wi-Fi devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (block pool overflow) via malformed Wi-Fi packets during identification of available Wi-Fi networks. Exploitation of the Wi-Fi device can lead to exploitation of...
CVE-2019-3773
PUBLISHED: 2019-01-18
Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.
CVE-2019-3774
PUBLISHED: 2019-01-18
Spring Batch versions 3.0.9, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, and older unsupported versions, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.
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Data breach fears and the need to comply with regulations such as GDPR are two major drivers increased spending on security products and technologies. But other factors are contributing to the trend as well. Find out more about how enterprises are attacking the cybersecurity problem by reading our report today.
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