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FIN7 Cybercrime Gang Rises Again
Robert Lemos, Technology Journalist/Data ResearcherNews
The group now employs a new administrative interface for managing its campaigns, as well as documents that link to SQL databases for downloading its code.
By Robert Lemos Technology Journalist/Data Researcher, 3/21/2019
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Businesses Manage 9.7PB of Data but Struggle to Protect It
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
What's more, their attempts to secure it may be putting information at risk, a new report finds.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/21/2019
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Facebook Employees for Years Could See Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
2,000 Facebook engineers or developers reportedly made some nine million internal queries for data elements with plain text passwords.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/21/2019
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Hacker AI vs. Enterprise AI: A New Threat
Satish Abburi, Founder of Elysium AnalyticsCommentary
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are being weaponized using the same logic and functionality that legitimate organizations use.
By Satish Abburi Founder of Elysium Analytics, 3/21/2019
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SaaS Ecosystem Complexity Ratcheting Up Risk of Insider Threats
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
Even with common security platforms like CASBs, organizations struggle to deal with the volume of apps and accounts that interact with business-critical data.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 3/21/2019
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Microsoft Brings Defender Security Tools to Mac
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Windows Defender becomes Microsoft Defender, and it's available in limited preview for Mac users.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/21/2019
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Police Federation of England and Wales Suffers Apparent Ransomware Attack
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency investigate random attack that locked down the association's data and deleted backups.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/21/2019
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What the Transition to Smart Cards Can Teach the US Healthcare Industry
Joram Borenstein & Rebecca Weintraub, General Manager of Microsoft's Cybersecurity Solutions Group & MD, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical SchoolCommentary
Healthcare information security suffers from the inherent weakness of using passwords to guard information. Chip-based smart cards could change that.
By Joram Borenstein & Rebecca Weintraub General Manager of Microsoft's Cybersecurity Solutions Group & MD, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, 3/21/2019
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Researchers Seek Out Ways to Search IPv6 Space
Robert Lemos, Technology Journalist/Data ResearcherNews
Security researchers regularly search IPv4 address space looking for servers with ports exposing vulnerable software. With the massive number of IPv6 addresses, however, they have lost that ability. Can tricks and workarounds save the day?
By Robert Lemos Technology Journalist/Data Researcher, 3/20/2019
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BEC Scammer Pleads Guilty
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Business email compromise (BEC) operation resulted in $100 million in losses to a multinational technology company and a social media firm, according to the US Attorney's Office.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/20/2019
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Google Photos Bug Let Criminals Query Friends, Location
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The vulnerability, now patched, let attackers query where, when, and with whom victims' photos were taken.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/20/2019
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The Insider Threat: It's More Common Than You Think
Raj Ananthanpillai, Chairman & CEO, EnderaCommentary
A new study shows why security teams must look holistically across cybersecurity, compliance, technology, and human resources to truly address the business effects of workforce risk.
By Raj Ananthanpillai Chairman & CEO, Endera, 3/20/2019
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Less Than 3% of Recycled Computing Devices Properly Wiped
Steve Zurier, Freelance WriterNews
Researchers find that companies that refurbish or accept old equipment as donations don't necessarily clean them of data as promised.
By Steve Zurier Freelance Writer, 3/20/2019
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'Critical' Denial-of-Service Bug Patched in Facebook Fizz
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Researchers report a now-patched DoS vulnerability in Facebook Fizz, its open source implementation of the TLS protocol.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/20/2019
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TLS 1.3: A Good News/Bad News Scenario
Paula Musich, Research Director, Enterprise Management AssociatesCommentary
Stronger encryption standards are improving the privacy of data in motion, but enterprises will need to adapt their security architectures to maintain visibility into network traffic.
By Paula Musich Research Director, Enterprise Management Associates, 3/20/2019
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Microsoft Office Dominates Most Exploited List
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Lone Android vulnerability among the top 10 software flaws most abused by cybercriminals.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 3/19/2019
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DDoS Attack Size Drops 85% in Q4 2018
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The sharp decline follows an FBI takedown of so-called "booter," or DDoS-for-hire, websites in December 2018.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/19/2019
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6 Ways Mature DevOps Teams Are Killing It in Security
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
New survey shows where "elite" DevOps organizations are better able to incorporate security into application security.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 3/19/2019
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The Case of the Missing Data
Mike McKee, CEO of ObserveITCommentary
The latest twist in the Equifax breach has serious implications for organizations.
By Mike McKee CEO of ObserveIT, 3/19/2019
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Norsk Hydro Shuts Plants Amid Ransomware Attack
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingQuick Hits
The cyberattack, first detected on Monday night, has shut down Norsk's entire global network.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/19/2019
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CVE-2018-18913
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
Opera before 57.0.3098.106 is vulnerable to a DLL Search Order hijacking attack where an attacker can send a ZIP archive composed of an HTML page along with a malicious DLL to the target. Once the document is opened, it may allow the attacker to take full control of the system from any location with...
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PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
A Denial of Service vulnerability related to preemptive item deletion in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to send a combination of messages to lmgrd or the vendor daemon, causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor ...
CVE-2018-20032
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
A Denial of Service vulnerability related to message decoding in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to send a combination of messages to lmgrd or the vendor daemon, causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon t...
CVE-2018-20034
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
A Denial of Service vulnerability related to adding an item to a list in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to send a combination of messages to lmgrd or the vendor daemon, causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor ...
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PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
An integer overflow flaw which could lead to an out of bounds write was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way packets are read from the server. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to execute code on the client system when a user connects to the server.
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