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Content tagged with Careers & People posted in January 2017
Security Training 101: Stop Blaming The User
Commentary  |  1/25/2017  | 
To err is human, so it makes sense to quit pointing fingers and start protecting the organization from users -- and vice versa.
JPMorgan Hack: One More Pleads Guilty For Operating Bitcoin Exchange
Quick Hits  |  1/20/2017  | 
Ricardo Hill allegedly operated Coin.mx which exchanged millions of dollars into bitcoin to support the hack scheme.
10 Cocktail Party Security Tips From The Experts
Slideshows  |  1/13/2017  | 
Security pros offer basic advice to help average users ward off the bad guys.
The Sorry State Of Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Commentary  |  1/13/2017  | 
Rules aren't really rules if breaking them has no consequences.
Credit Freeze: The New Normal In Data Breach Protection?
Commentary  |  1/11/2017  | 
In era of rampant identity theft, consumers should be offered the protection of a credit freeze by default, instead of a nuisance fee each time a freeze is placed or removed.
The 3 C's Of Security Awareness
Commentary  |  1/11/2017  | 
Explaining the technical part of security comes easy for many of us. But the soft skills needed to change behavior are often sadly missing.
The Limitations Of Phishing Education
Commentary  |  1/9/2017  | 
Human nature means that education will only go so far. Technology needs to take up the slack.
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty To Hacking Senior Govt. Officials
Quick Hits  |  1/9/2017  | 
Justin Liverman, known online as D3F4ULT, allegedly breached a government database and publicized confidential information.
Naughty & Nice: Dark Reading Caption Contest Winners
Commentary  |  1/7/2017  | 
It was a tough job choosing among our strongest field yet, with more than 100 submissions. And the winners are …
A Look Inside Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure
Commentary  |  1/5/2017  | 
It's time for security researchers and vendors to agree on a standard responsible disclosure timeline.


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Craft is a CMS for creating custom digital experiences. Cross site scripting (XSS) can be triggered by review volumes. This issue has been fixed in version 4.4.7.
CVE-2023-33185
PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
Django-SES is a drop-in mail backend for Django. The django_ses library implements a mail backend for Django using AWS Simple Email Service. The library exports the `SESEventWebhookView class` intended to receive signed requests from AWS to handle email bounces, subscriptions, etc. These requests ar...
CVE-2023-33187
PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
Highlight is an open source, full-stack monitoring platform. Highlight may record passwords on customer deployments when a password html input is switched to `type="text"` via a javascript "Show Password" button. This differs from the expected behavior which always obfuscates `ty...
CVE-2023-33194
PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
Craft is a CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web.The platform does not filter input and encode output in Quick Post validation error message, which can deliver an XSS payload. Old CVE fixed the XSS in label HTML but didn’t fix it when clicking save. This issue was...
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GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file