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Content tagged with Careers & People posted in July 2018
10 More Women in Security You May Not Know But Should
Slideshows  |  7/31/2018  | 
The second installment in a series highlighting women who are driving change in cybersecurity but may not be on your radar – yet.
University of Phoenix Poll: 20% of US Adults Have Considered Infosec Careers
Quick Hits  |  7/30/2018  | 
Many respondents could enter the field by leveraging skills they already have.
The Good & Bad News About Today's Cybersecurity Investment Landscape
Commentary  |  7/25/2018  | 
Lots of things keep CISOs up at night. But instead of guessing what CISOs want, investors and vendors should incorporate customer feedback throughout product ideation and development cycles.
How 'Projection' Slows Down the Path to Security Maturity
Commentary  |  7/24/2018  | 
A little bit of self-awareness goes a long way when it comes to evaluating a company's security maturity level. It's also a prerequisite to improving.
Why Security Startups Fly – And Why They Crash
News  |  7/20/2018  | 
What makes startups stand out in a market flooded with thousands of vendors? Funding experts and former founders share their thoughts.
The Fundamental Flaw in Security Awareness Programs
Commentary  |  7/19/2018  | 
It's a ridiculous business decision to rely on the discretion of a minimally trained user to thwart a highly skilled sociopath, financially motivated criminal, or nation-state.
SOCs Use Automation to Compensate for Training, Technology Issues
News  |  7/13/2018  | 
Executives and front-line SOC teams see human and technology issues in much different ways, according to two new reports.
What's Cooking With Caleb Sima
News  |  7/12/2018  | 
Security Pro File: Web app security pioneer dishes on his teenage security career, his love of electric scooters, Ace Ventura – and a new baby food business venture with his wife and famed chef, Kathy Fang.
Lessons from My Strange Journey into InfoSec
Commentary  |  7/12/2018  | 
Establishing an entrée into the security world can be a maddeningly slow process. For those of us already here, it can be an opportunity to help others.
New Cyber Center Opens at Augusta University in Georgia
Quick Hits  |  7/11/2018  | 
University partners with state on $100 million Georgia Cyber Center for cybersecurity education and research.
WEF: 217 More Years Until Women and Men Reach Economic Equality
News  |  7/5/2018  | 
Progress toward economic parity is in reverse for the first time since 2006, but cybersecurity can help change the game.
4 Basic Principles to Help Keep Hackers Out
Commentary  |  7/5/2018  | 
The most effective hackers keep things simple, something organizations must take into account.
6 Drivers of Mental and Emotional Stress in Infosec
Slideshows  |  7/2/2018  | 
Pressure comes in many forms but often with the same end result: stress and burnout within the security community.


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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
Commentary
It's in the Game (but It Shouldn't Be)
Tal Memran, Cybersecurity Expert, CYE,  7/9/2021
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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...
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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