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Internet of Things: 4 Security Tips From The Military
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Dark Reading Radio: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Fail
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Senior Editor, Dark ReadingCommentary
Learn about newly found vulnerabilities in commercial and open-source DLP software in the 7/30 episode of Dark Reading Radio.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Senior Editor, Dark Reading, 7/29/2014
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Scan Shows Possible Heartbleed Fix Failures
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Senior Editor, Dark ReadingQuick Hits
Study indicates many Global 2000 firms patched, but failed to replace digital certificates.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Senior Editor, Dark Reading, 7/29/2014
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The Perfect InfoSec Mindset: Paranoia + Skepticism
Corey Nachreiner, Director, Security Strategy & Research, WatchGuard TechnologiesCommentary
A little skeptical paranoia will ensure that you have the impulse to react quickly to new threats while retaining the logic to separate fact from fiction.
By Corey Nachreiner Director, Security Strategy & Research, WatchGuard Technologies, 7/29/2014
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Internet Of Things Contains Average Of 25 Vulnerabilities Per Device
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
New study finds high volume of security flaws in such IoT devices as webcams, home thermostats, remote power outlets, sprinkler controllers, home alarms, and garage door openers.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/29/2014
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DHS-Funded 'SWAMP' Helps Scour Code For Bugs
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Senior Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Cloud-based platform offering free secure coding tools for developers in government, enterprises, academia, gaining commercial attention as well.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Senior Editor, Dark Reading, 7/28/2014
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Weak Password Advice From Microsoft
Andrey Dulkin, Senior Director, Cyber Innovation, CyberArkCommentary
Tempting as it may seem to do away with strong passwords for low-risk websites, password reuse is still a significant threat to both users and business.
By Andrey Dulkin Senior Director, Cyber Innovation, CyberArk, 7/28/2014
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Myth-Busting Machine Learning In Security
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
Black Hat USA presentation to help quell misconceptions and confusion over machine learning methods in today's security tools.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/28/2014
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Researchers Develop 'BlackForest' To Collect, Correlate Threat Intelligence
Brian Prince, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute develop the BlackForest system to help organizations uncover and anticipate cyberthreats.
By Brian Prince Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/25/2014
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Internet of Things: 4 Security Tips From The Military
Michael K. Daly, CTO, Cybersecurity & Special Missions, Raytheon Intelligence, Information & ServicesCommentary
The military has been connecting mobile command posts, unmanned vehicles, and wearable computers for decades. It’s time to take a page from their battle plan.
By Michael K. Daly CTO, Cybersecurity & Special Missions, Raytheon Intelligence, Information & Services, 7/25/2014
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Travel Agency Fined £150,000 For Violating Data Protection Act
Sara Peters, News
That'll teach them not to retain credit card data in perpetuity.
By Sara Peters , 7/24/2014
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Passwords Be Gone! Removing 4 Barriers To Strong Authentication
Phillip M. Dunkelberger, President & CEO, Nok Nok LabsCommentary
As biometric factors become more prevalent on mobile devices, FIDO Alliance standards will gain traction as an industry-wide authentication solution.
By Phillip M. Dunkelberger President & CEO, Nok Nok Labs, 7/24/2014
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7 Arrested, 3 More Indicted For Roles In Cyber Fraud Ring That Stung StubHub
Sara Peters, News
Arrests made in New York state, London, Toronto, and Spain for money laundering, grand larceny, and using StubHub customers' credit cards to buy and sell 3,500 e-tickets to prime events.
By Sara Peters , 7/23/2014
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RAM Scraper Malware: Why PCI DSS Can't Fix Retail
Brian Riley, Technical Director, Government Programs, Green Hills SoftwareCommentary
There is a gaping hole in the pre-eminent industry security standard aimed at protecting customers, credit card and personal data
By Brian Riley Technical Director, Government Programs, Green Hills Software, 7/23/2014
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Dark Reading Radio: The Winners & Losers of Botnet Takedowns
Sara Peters, Commentary
Our guests are Cheri McGuire, VP of global government affairs and cyber security policy for Symantec, and Craig D. Spiezle, executive director and founder of the Online Trust Alliance.
By Sara Peters , 7/23/2014
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7 Black Hat Sessions Sure To Cause A Stir
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
At Black Hat, researchers will point out the weaknesses in everything from the satellites in outer space to the thermostat in your home.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/22/2014
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Nigerian 419 Scammers Evolving Into Malware Pushers (But Not Very Good Ones)
Sara Peters, Quick Hits
"Silver Spaniel" attacks use commodity malware to damage others' security, but they aren't very good at protecting their own.
By Sara Peters , 7/22/2014
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Infographic: With BYOD, Mobile Is The New Desktop
Adam Ely, COO, BlueboxCommentary
Security teams have no choice but to embrace the rapid proliferation of BYO devices, apps, and cloud services. To ignore it is to put your head in the sand.
By Adam Ely COO, Bluebox, 7/22/2014
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Don't Overestimate EMV Protections, Underestimate Card Thief Sophistication
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
At Black Hat, an AccessData researcher will offer up a crash course in card payment tech and protections to root out security community misconceptions
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/21/2014
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Internet of Things: Security For A World Of Ubiquitous Computing
Candace Worley, SVP & GM, Endpoint Security, McAfeeCommentary
Endpoint security is hardly dead, and claiming that it is oversimplifies the challenges corporations face now and in the not-very-distant future.
By Candace Worley SVP & GM, Endpoint Security, McAfee, 7/21/2014
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Hacking Your Hotel Room
Brian Prince, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
At Black Hat USA next month, a researcher will show how to hack your way into controlling everything in a hotel room -- from lighting to television sets.
By Brian Prince Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/18/2014
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CVE-2014-0103
Published: 2014-07-29
WebAccess in Zarafa before 7.1.10 and WebApp before 1.6 stores credentials in cleartext, which allows local Apache users to obtain sensitive information by reading the PHP session files.

CVE-2014-0475
Published: 2014-07-29
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to bypass ForceCommand restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact via a .. (dot dot) in a (1) LC_*, (2) LANG, or other locale environment variable.

CVE-2014-0889
Published: 2014-07-29
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Atlas Suite (aka Atlas Policy Suite), as used in Atlas eDiscovery Process Management through 6.0.3, Disposal and Governance Management for IT through 6.0.3, and Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management through 6.0.3, allow remote atta...

CVE-2014-2226
Published: 2014-07-29
Ubiquiti UniFi Controller before 3.2.1 logs the administrative password hash in syslog messages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtains sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2014-3020
Published: 2014-07-29
install.sh in the Embedded WebSphere Application Server (eWAS) 7.0 before FP33 in IBM Tivoli Integrated Portal (TIP) 2.1 and 2.2 sets world-writable permissions for the installRoot directory tree, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

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