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Content tagged with Careers & People posted in November 2020
Failing Toward Zero: Why Your Security Needs to Fail to Get Better
Commentary  |  11/27/2020  | 
Each security incident should lead to a successive reduction in future incidences of the same type. Organizations that fail toward zero embrace failure and learn from their mistakes.
Why Security Awareness Training Should Be Backed by Security by Design
News  |  11/25/2020  | 
Cybersecurity training needs an overhaul, though the training itself is only one small part of how security teams can influence user behavior.
As 'Anywhere Work' Evolves, Security Will Be Key Challenge
News  |  11/23/2020  | 
Companies should plan their future workforce model now, so they have time to implement the necessary tools, including cybersecurity and seamless remote access, a Forrester report says.
10 Undergraduate Security Degree Programs to Explore
Slideshows  |  11/23/2020  | 
Colleges and universities are ramping up cybersecurity education with a wider range of degree programs and more resources for students to build their infosec careers.
2021 Cybersecurity Spending: How to Maximize Value
Commentary  |  11/19/2020  | 
This is a pivotal moment for CISOs. As their influence increases, so does the pressure for them to make the right decisions.
Twitter Taps Mudge
Quick Hits  |  11/16/2020  | 
Noted security researcher Peiter Zatko joins the social network as head of security.
The Sameness of Every Day: How to Change Up Audit Fatigue
Commentary  |  11/13/2020  | 
And with more data compliance laws on the way, audit fatigue could be a real challenge for infosec professionals.
3 Tips For Successfully Running Tech Outside the IT Department
Commentary  |  11/11/2020  | 
When marketing opts for "extra-departmental IT," coordination and communication are required to keep things secured.
Overlooked Security Risks of the M&A Rebound
Commentary  |  11/10/2020  | 
Successful technology integration, post-merger, is tricky in any market, and never more so than with today's remote work environments and distributed IT infrastructure.
Digital Transformation Means Security Must Also Transform
Commentary  |  11/5/2020  | 
Being successful in this moment requires the ability to evolve in terms of team management, visibility, and crisis management.
Online Users Feel Safe, But Risky Behavior Abounds
News  |  11/5/2020  | 
New research also shows a divide between younger and older users in their security practices, including use of two-factor authentication and how often software updates are performed.


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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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Everything You Need to Know About DNS Attacks
It's important to understand DNS, potential attacks against it, and the tools and techniques required to defend DNS infrastructure. This report answers all the questions you were afraid to ask. Domain Name Service (DNS) is a critical part of any organization's digital infrastructure, but it's also one of the least understood. DNS is designed to be invisible to business professionals, IT stakeholders, and many security professionals, but DNS's threat surface is large and widely targeted. Attackers are causing a great deal of damage with an array of attacks such as denial of service, DNS cache poisoning, DNS hijackin, DNS tunneling, and DNS dangling. They are using DNS infrastructure to take control of inbound and outbound communications and preventing users from accessing the applications they are looking for. To stop attacks on DNS, security teams need to shore up the organization's security hygiene around DNS infrastructure, implement controls such as DNSSEC, and monitor DNS traffic
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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