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Cisco Issues 31 Mid-April Security Alerts
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Among them, two are critical and six are of high importance.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 4/18/2019
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Creator of Hub for Stolen Credit Cards Sentenced to 90 Months
Robert Lemos, Technology Journalist/Data ResearcherNews
Coming eight years after he launched the site, the steep sentence for the cybercriminal operator is based on a tab of $30 million in damages calculated by Mastercard and other credit card companies.
By Robert Lemos , 4/18/2019
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6 Takeaways from Ransomware Attacks in Q1
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
Customized, targeted ransomware attacks were all the rage.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 4/18/2019
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Cloud Security Spend Set to Reach $12.6B by 2023
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Growth corresponds with a greater reliance on public cloud services.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/18/2019
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The Cybersecurity Automation Paradox
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
Recent studies show that before automation can reduce the burden on understaffed cybersecurity teams, they need to bring in enough automation skills to run the tools.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 4/18/2019
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How to Raise the Level of AppSec Competency in Your Organization
Sammy Migues, Principal Scientist, SynopsysCommentary
Improving processes won't happen overnight, but it's not complicated either.
By Sammy Migues Principal Scientist, Synopsys, 4/18/2019
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Former Student Admits to USB Killer Attack
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
An Indian national used device to attack computers and peripherals at a New York college.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/18/2019
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GoT Guide to Cybersecurity: Preparing for Battle During a Staffing Shortage
Orion Cassetto, Senior Product Maester, ExabeamCommentary
Faced with an overwhelming adversary, Game of Thrones heroes Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow have a lot in common with today's beleaguered CISOs.
By Orion Cassetto Senior Product Maester, Exabeam, 4/18/2019
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Facebook Accidentally Imported 1.5M Users' Email Data Sans Consent
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The social media giant says it did not access the imported data and is notifying affected users.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/18/2019
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Nation-State Hacker Group Hijacking DNS to Redirect Email, Web Traffic
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writerNews
'Sea Turtle' group has compromised at least 40 national security organizations in 13 countries so far, Cisco Talos says.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 4/17/2019
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VPN Vulnerabilities Point Out Need for Comprehensive Remote Security
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
VPNs are the primary tool for securing remote access, but recently disclosed vulnerabilities point out the weakness of relying on them as the only tool.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 4/17/2019
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Tips for the Aftermath of a Cyberattack
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Incident response demands technical expertise, but you can't fully recover without non-IT experts.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/17/2019
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New Malware Campaign Targets Financials, Retailers
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The attack uses a legitimate remote access system as well as several families of malware.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/17/2019
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Legacy Apps: The Security Risk Lurking in Dusty Corners
Tim Buntel, VP, Application Security Products, Threat StackCommentary
Four best practices to keep old code from compromising your enterprise environment.
By Tim Buntel VP, Application Security Products, Threat Stack, 4/17/2019
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Ever-Sophisticated Bad Bots Target Healthcare, Ticketing
Robert Lemos, Technology Journalist/Data ResearcherNews
From criminals to competitors, online bots continue to scrape information from sites and pose as legitimate users.
By Robert Lemos Technology Journalist/Data Researcher, 4/17/2019
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Inside the Dark Web's How-To Guides for Teaching Fraud
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A new study investigates nearly 30,000 guides to explore what fraudsters sell and teach aspiring cybercriminals.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/17/2019
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Selecting the Right Strategy to Reduce Vulnerability Risk
Tim Erlin, VP of Product Management & Strategy at TripwireCommentary
There's no one-size-fits-all strategy for eliminating vulnerability risk. Knowing how your organization operates is what makes the difference.
By Tim Erlin VP of Product Management & Strategy at Tripwire, 4/17/2019
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7 Tips for an Effective Employee Security Awareness Program
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writer
Breaches and compliance requirements have heightened the need for continuous and effective employee training, security experts say.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 4/17/2019
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Decoding a 'New' Elite Cyber Espionage Team
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Stealthy and well-heeled hacking group went undetected for five years and wields a massive attack framework of some 80 different modules.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 4/16/2019
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Security Audit Shows Gains, Though Privacy Lags
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
The 2018 Online Trust Audit shows that "encryption everywhere" is improving security, while fuzzy language is slowing privacy gains.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 4/16/2019
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CVE-2019-11332
PUBLISHED: 2019-04-18
MKCMS 5.0 allows remote attackers to take over arbitrary user accounts by posting a username and e-mail address to ucenter/repass.php, which triggers e-mail transmission with the password, as demonstrated by 123456.
CVE-2019-9161
PUBLISHED: 2019-04-18
WAC on the Sangfor Sundray WLAN Controller version 3.7.4.2 and earlier has a Remote Code Execution issue allowing remote attackers to achieve full access to the system, because shell metacharacters in the nginx_webconsole.php Cookie header can be used to read an etc/config/wac/wns_cfg_admin_detail.x...
CVE-2019-11015
PUBLISHED: 2019-04-18
A vulnerability was found in the MIUI OS version 10.1.3.0 that allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass Lockscreen based authentication via the Wallpaper Carousel application to obtain sensitive Clipboard data and the user's stored credentials (partially). This occurs because of paste access...
CVE-2019-11331
PUBLISHED: 2019-04-18
Network Time Protocol (NTP), as specified in RFC 5905, uses port 123 even for modes where a fixed port number is not required, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct off-path attacks.
CVE-2019-9160
PUBLISHED: 2019-04-18
WAC on the Sangfor Sundray WLAN Controller version 3.7.4.2 and earlier has a backdoor account allowing a remote attacker to login to the system via SSH (on TCP port 22345) and escalate to root (because the password for root is the WebUI admin password concatenated with a static string).
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