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Dark Reading News Desk Live at Black Hat USA 2017
Dark Reading Staff, Commentary
Over 40 interviews streaming live right from Black Hat USA, July 26-27, from 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. Eastern Time (11 - 4 P.T.).
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/27/2017
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How to Build a Path Toward Diversity in Information Security
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Hiring women and minorities only addresses half the issue for the IT security industry -- the next step is retaining these workers.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/27/2017
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Can Your Risk Assessment Stand Up Under Scrutiny?
Raymond Pompon, Principal Threat Research Evangelist at F5 Networks
Weak risk assessments have gotten a pass up until now, but that may be changing.
By Raymond Pompon Principal Threat Research Evangelist at F5 Networks, 7/27/2017
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The Wild West of Security Post-Secondary Education
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
Black Hat researchers will show how inconsistent security schooling is at the university level.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/26/2017
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Facebook Offers $1 Million for New Security Defenses
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The social media giant has increased the size of its Internet Defense Prize program in order to spur more research into ways to defend users against the more prevalent and common methods of attack.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/26/2017
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Majority of Consumers Believe IoT Needs Security Built In
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Respondents to a global survey say Internet of Things security is a shared responsibility between consumers and manufacturers.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/26/2017
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10 Critical Steps to Create a Culture of Cybersecurity
Edward J. McAndrew, Partner & Co-Chair, Privacy & Data Security Group, Ballard Spahr LLP, Faculty Member of the Compliance, Governance & Oversight CouncilCommentary
Businesses are more vulnerable than they need to be. Here's what you should do about it.
By Edward J. McAndrew Partner & Co-Chair, Privacy & Data Security Group, Ballard Spahr LLP, Faculty Member of the Compliance, Governance & Oversight Council, 7/26/2017
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How 'Postcript' Exploits Networked Printers
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
At Black Hat 2017, a university researcher will demo how attackers can drill into networked printers by way of the ubiquitous PostScript programming language.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/25/2017
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Regulators Question Wells Fargo Regarding Data Breach
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Scrutiny a result of a lawyer's unauthorized release of sensitive information on tens of thousands of wealthy Well Fargo customers.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/25/2017
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Custom Source Code Accounts for 93% of App Vulnerabilities
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A new study finds that third-party libraries account for 79% of the code found in apps, but only 7% of the vulnerabilities found in the software.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/25/2017
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7 Hardware & Firmware Hacks Highlighted at Black Hat 2017
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
Researchers will hammer home potentially devastating attacks, and demo a range of vulnerabilities, techniques and tools.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 7/24/2017
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Majority of Security Pros Let Productivity Trump Security
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
A survey found that 64% of IT security professionals will tweak security to give workers more flexibility to be productive when asked to make that move by top executives.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/24/2017
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Microsoft Rolls Out AI-based Security Risk Detection Tool
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Microsoft Security Risk Detection leverages artificial intelligence to root out bugs in software before it's released.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/21/2017
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Healthcare Industry Lacks Awareness of IoT Threat, Survey Says
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Three-quarters of IT decision makers report they are "confident" or "very confident" that portable and connected medical devices are secure on their networks.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/20/2017
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Major Online Criminal Marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa Shut Down
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
International law enforcement operations result in AlphaBay, the largest online marketplace for selling illegal goods from malware to herion, and Hansa, going dark.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/20/2017
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BEC Attacks Far More Lucrative than Ransomware over Past 3 Years
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
BEC fraud netted cyberthieves five times more profit than ransomware over a three-year period, according to Cisco's midyear report released today.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/20/2017
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Online Courses Projected to Drive Credit Card Fraud to $24B by 2018
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
An underground ecosystem provides cybercriminals with online tutorials, tools, and credit card data they need to commit fraud.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/19/2017
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98% of Companies Favor Integrating Security with DevOps
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
A majority of companies are either planning or have launched an integrated DevOps and security team, a new report shows.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/19/2017
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New Cyber Readiness Institute Aims to Improve Risk Management
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The nonprofit will bring together senior leaders of global companies to discuss best practices for managing security employees, processes, and tech.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/19/2017
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Most Office 365 Admins Rely on Recycle Bin for Data Backup
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Nearly 66% of Office 365 administrators use Recycle Bin to back up their data, a practice that could leave data lost and unrecoverable.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/19/2017
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CVE-2017-0290
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 ...

CVE-2016-10369
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.

CVE-2017-0890
Published: 2017-05-08
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.3 is vulnerable to an inadequate escaping leading to a XSS vulnerability in the search module. To be exploitable a user has to write or paste malicious content into the search dialogue.