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Content tagged with Careers & People posted in January 2018
An Action Plan to Fill the Information Security Workforce Gap
Commentary  |  1/29/2018  | 
Nothing says #whorunstheworld like an all-female blue team taking down a male-dominated red team in a battle to protect sensitive customer data, and other ideas to entice women into a cyber career.
Security Automation: Time to Start Thinking More Strategically
Commentary  |  1/24/2018  | 
To benefit from automation, we need to review incident response processes to find the areas where security analysts can engage in more critical thought and problem-solving.
You Break It, They Buy It: Economics, Motivations Behind Bug Bounty Hunting
News  |  1/19/2018  | 
Some bug hunters make 16 times the median salary of software engineers in their home countries.
Tax Reform, Cybersecurity-Style
Commentary  |  1/18/2018  | 
How the security industry can be more effective and efficient by recognizing four hidden "taxes" in the buying and selling process.
How to Keep Blue Teams Happy in an Automated Security World
Commentary  |  1/18/2018  | 
The creativity and intuition of your team members must be developed and nurtured.
Which CISO 'Tribe' Do You Belong To?
News  |  1/17/2018  | 
New research categorizes CISOs into four distinct groups based on factors related to workforce, governance, and security controls.
In Security & Life, Busy Is Not a Badge of Honor
Commentary  |  1/16/2018  | 
All security teams are busy, but not all security teams are productive. The difference between the two is huge.
Doh!!! The 10 Most Overlooked Security Tasks
Slideshows  |  1/16/2018  | 
Here’s a list of gotchas that often slip past overburdened security pros.
Mental Models & Security: Thinking Like a Hacker
Commentary  |  1/16/2018  | 
These seven approaches can change the way you tackle problems.
How to Attract More Women Into Cybersecurity – Now
News  |  1/12/2018  | 
A recent survey finds a number of attributes women seek in their careers can be found in a cybersecurity profession – the dots just need to be connected.
'Tis the Season: Dark Reading Caption Contest Winners
Commentary  |  1/9/2018  | 
Bricked devices, penetration tests, and virtual reality were among the themes submitted in our latest holiday caption competition. And the winners are ...
A Pragmatic Approach to Fixing Cybersecurity: 5 Steps
Commentary  |  1/3/2018  | 
The digital infrastructure that supports our economy, protects our national security, and empowers our society must be made more secure, more trusted, and more reliable. Here's how.


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I Smell a RAT! New Cybersecurity Threats for the Crypto Industry
David Trepp, Partner, IT Assurance with accounting and advisory firm BPM LLP,  7/9/2021
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Attacks on Kaseya Servers Led to Ransomware in Less Than 2 Hours
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer,  7/7/2021
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It's in the Game (but It Shouldn't Be)
Tal Memran, Cybersecurity Expert, CYE,  7/9/2021
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CVE-2023-33196
PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
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...
CVE-2023-2879
PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
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