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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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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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'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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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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Stealing Corporate Funds Still Top Goal of Messaging Attacks
Robert Lemos, Technology Journalist/Data ResearcherNews
Cybercriminals focus on collecting credentials, blackmailing users with fake sextortion scams, and convincing privileged employees to transfer cash. The latter still causes the most damage, and some signs suggest it is moving to mobile.
By Robert Lemos , 3/19/2019
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New Europol Protocol Addresses Cross-Border Cyberattacks
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The protocol is intended to support EU law enforcement in providing rapid assessment and response for cyberattacks across borders.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/18/2019
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4 Reasons to Take an 'Inside Out' View of Security
Earl D. Matthews, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at VerodinCommentary
When you approach security from the inside out, you're protecting your data by determining the most vital applications and using a risk-based strategy, which focuses on the most valuable and vulnerable assets.
By Earl D. Matthews Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Verodin, 3/14/2019
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The Case for Transparency in End-User License Agreements
Lysa Myers, Security Researcher, ESETCommentary
Why it behooves technology companies to consider EULAs as an opportunity to accurately inform customers about privacy issues and other important information.
By Lysa Myers Security Researcher, ESET, 3/13/2019
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There May Be a Ceiling on Vulnerability Remediation
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Most organizations are doing all they can to keep up with the release of vulnerabilities, new research shows.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 3/12/2019
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How the Best DevSecOps Teams Make Risk Visible to Developers
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
DevOps-minded CISOs say enterprise security teams need to do a better job scoring and visualizing risk for developers and business executives.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 3/12/2019
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Box Mistakes Leave Enterprise Data Exposed
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
User errors in enterprise Box accounts have left hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents exposed to thieves and peeping toms.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/12/2019
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Cybercriminals Think Small to Earn Big
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
As the number of breaches increased 424% in 2018, the average breach size shrunk 4.7 times as attackers aimed for smaller, more vulnerable targets.
By Dark Reading Staff , 3/12/2019
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The 12 Worst Serverless Security Risks
Ory Segal, CTO, PureSecCommentary
A new guide from the Cloud Security Alliance offers mitigations, best practices, and a comparison between traditional applications and their serverless counterparts.
By Ory Segal CTO, PureSec, 3/12/2019
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763M Email Addresses Exposed in Latest Database Misconfiguration Episode
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
MongoDB once again used by database admin who opens unencrypted database to the whole world.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 3/11/2019
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NSA, DHS Call for Info Sharing Across Public and Private Sectors
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Industry leaders debate how government and businesses can work together on key cybersecurity issues.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/11/2019
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3 Places Security Teams Are Wasting Time
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark ReadingNews
Dark Reading caught up with RSA Security president Rohit Ghai at the RSA Conference to discuss critical areas where CISOs and their teams are spinning their wheels.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 3/11/2019
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Shifting Attacks Put Increasing ID Fraud Burden on Consumers
Robert Lemos, Technology Journalist/Data ResearcherNews
Card-present fraud is down, but attackers continue to find new strategies, and consumers are paying the price.
By Robert Lemos , 3/8/2019
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Ultrasound Machine Diagnosed with Major Security Gaps
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Check Point researchers investigate security risks and point to implications for medical IoT devices.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 3/8/2019
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CVE-2018-10091
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
AudioCodes IP phone 420HD devices using firmware version 2.2.12.126 allow XSS.
CVE-2018-10093
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
AudioCodes IP phone 420HD devices using firmware version 2.2.12.126 allow Remote Code Execution.
CVE-2017-2659
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number of password attempts.
CVE-2017-16231
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
** DISPUTED ** In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of st...
CVE-2017-16232
PUBLISHED: 2019-03-21
** DISPUTED ** LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue.