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4 Ways to Fight the Email Security Threat
It's time to reimagine employee training with fresh, more aggressive approaches that better treat email security as a fundamentally human problem.
Threat Hunters & Security Analysts: A Dynamic Duo
Fighting spying with spying, threat hunters bring the proactive mindset of network reconnaissance and repair to the enterprise security team.
Not All Multifactor Authentication Is Created Equal
Users should be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the various MFA methods.
The Better Way: Threat Analysis & IIoT Security
Threat analysis offers a more nuanced and multidimensional approach than go/no-go patching in the Industrial Internet of Things. But first, vendors must agree on how they report and address vulnerabilities.
Security Researchers Struggle with Bot Management Programs
Bots are a known problem, but researchers will tell you that bot defenses create problems of their own when it comes to valuable data.
Lessons Learned from the Facebook Breach: Why Logic Errors Are So Hard to Catch
By ensuring that each layer of protection scours an application for unintended uses, you can find the flaws before the bad guys do.
New Domains: A Wide-Open Playing Field for Cybercrime
As bad actors increasingly exploit new domains for financial gain and other nefarious purposes, security teams need to employ policies and practices to neutralize the threat in real time. Here's why and how.
Who Do You Trust? Parsing the Issues of Privacy, Transparency & Control
Technology such as Apple's device trust score that decides "you" is “not you” is a good thing. But only if it works well.
GDPR Report Card: Some Early Gains but More Work Ahead
US companies paid the most, to date, to meet the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, according to a recent study, but UK companies made greater progress in achieving compliance goals.
Putting Security on Par with DevOps
Inside the cloud, innovation and automation shouldn't take a toll on protection.
Stop Saying 'Digital Pearl Harbor'
Yes, there are serious dangers posed by malevolent nation-states. But the hype is distracting us from the reality of the threats.
CISOs: How to Answer the 5 Questions Boards Will Ask You
As boards learn the importance of cybersecurity, certain issues arise on a regular basis. These tips can help you address them.
The Right Diagnosis: A Cybersecurity Perspective
A healthy body and a healthy security organization have a lot more in common than most people think.
How Data Security Improves When You Engage Employees in the Process
When it comes to protecting information, we can all do better. But encouraging a can-do attitude goes a long way toward discouraging users' risky behaviors.
How to Keep Up Security in a Bug-Infested World
Good digital hygiene will lower your risk, and these six tips can help.
Managing Data the Way We Manage Money
In the data-driven enterprise, myriad types of data have become a new form and flow of currency. Why, then, hasn't the CISO achieved parity with the CFO?
A 'Cyber Resilience' Report Card for the Public Sector
Government agencies are making great strides in defending themselves against cyberattacks, according to new research from Accenture. But technology alone won't solve the problem.
Owning Security in the Industrial Internet of Things
Why IIoT leaders from both information technology and line-of-business operations need to join forces to develop robust cybersecurity techniques that go beyond reflexive patching.
The Cloud Security Conundrum: Assets vs. Infrastructure
The issue for cloud adopters is no longer where your data sits in AWS, on-premises, Azure, Salesforce, or what have you. The important questions are: Who has access to it, and how is it protected?
The Human Factor in Social Media Risk
Your employees need help recognizing the warning signs and understanding how to protect themselves online.
Hacking Back: Simply a Bad Idea
While the concept may sound appealing, it's rife with drawbacks and dangers.
Data Manipulation: How Security Pros Can Respond to an Emerging Threat
Industry leaders are scrambling to address the issue, which will take new thinking to overcome.
3 Drivers Behind the Increasing Frequency of DDoS Attacks
What's causing the uptick? Motivation, opportunity, and new capabilities.
Turn the NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Reality: 5 Steps
Actionable advice for tailoring the National Institute of Standards and Technology's security road map to your company's business needs.
WebAuthn, FIDO2 Infuse Browsers, Platforms with Strong Authentication
New standards offer protection against hacking, credential theft, phishing attacks, and hope for the end of an era of passwords as a security construct.
5 Steps to Success for New CISOs
You've been hired to make an impact. These tips can help set you up for continued success.
The Top 5 Security Threats & Mitigations for Industrial Networks
While vastly different than their IT counterparts, operational technology environments share common risks and best practices.
Overhauling the 3 Pillars of Security Operations
Modern apps and the cloud mean that organizations must now rethink older security practices.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Security Teams
Security requires smart people, processes, and technology. Too often, the "people" portion of the PPT equation is neglected.
Cybersecurity Is Only 1 Part of Election Security
Protecting the 2018 election cycle means fixing the information infrastructure.
Enterprise Security Needs an Open Data Solution
What would it look like if more than a tiny fraction of enterprises had access to all the signals hidden in their big data today?
The Increasingly Vulnerable Software Supply Chain
Nation-state adversaries from Iran to Russia have leveraged the supply chain as a vehicle to compromise infrastructure and disrupt businesses.
4 Trends Giving CISOs Sleepless Nights
IoT attacks, budget shortfalls, and the skills gap are among the problems keeping security pros up at night.
Foreshadow, SGX & the Failure of Trusted Execution
Trusted execution environments are said to provide a hardware-protected enclave that runs software and cannot be accessed externally, but recent developments show they fall far short.
4 Practical Measures to Improve Election Security Now
It's more critical than ever for states to protect our democratic system and voting infrastructure from foreign cyber espionage.
DevOps Demystified: A Primer for Security Practitioners
Key starting points for those still struggling to understand the concept.
TLS 1.3 Won't Break Everything
The newest version of TLS won't break everything in your security infrastructure, but you do need to be prepared for the changes it brings.
The Role of Incident Response in ICS Security Compliance
The data-driven nature of IR can provide many of the reporting requirements governing industrial control system safety, finance, consumer privacy, and notifications.
Why a Healthy Data Diet Is the Secret to Healthy Security
In the same way that food is fuel to our bodies, data is the fuel on which our security programs run. Here are 10 action items to put on your cybersecurity menu.
Understanding & Solving the Information-Sharing Challenge
Why cybersecurity threat feeds from intel-sharing groups diminish in value and become just another source of noise. (And what to do about it.)
The Weakest Security Links in the (Block)Chain
Despite the technology's promise to transform how business is done, there are significant limitations and potential risks at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.
Thoughts on the Latest Apache Struts Vulnerability
CVE-2018-11776 operates at a far deeper level within the code than all prior Struts vulnerabilities. This requires a greater understanding of the Struts code itself as well as the various libraries used by Struts.
Lean, Mean & Agile Hacking Machine
Hackers are thinking more like developers to evade detection and are becoming more precise in their targeting.
Why Automation Will Free Security Pros to Do What They Do Best
There are three reasons today's security talent pool is neither scalable nor effective in addressing the rapid evolution of cyberattacks.
Lessons From the Black Hat USA NOC
The conference's temporary network operations center provides a snapshot of what is possible when a variety of professionals work together.
4 Benefits of a World with Less Privacy
The privacy issue is a problem for a lot of people. I see it differently.
How One Company’s Cybersecurity Problem Becomes Another's Fraud Problem
The solution: When security teams see something in cyberspace, they need to say something.
Why Security Needs a Software-Defined Perimeter
Most security teams today still don't know whether a user at the end of a remote connection is a hacker, spy, fraudster -- or even a dog. An SDP can change that.
WhatsApp: Mobile Phishing's Newest Attack Target
In 2018, mobile communication platforms such as WhatsApp, Skype, and SMS have far less protection against app-based phishing than email.
How Can We Improve the Conversation Among Blue Teams?
Dark Reading seeks new ways to bring defenders together to share information and best practices
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From DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database CVE-2018-17534
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From DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database CVE-2018-17534
PUBLISHED: 2018-10-15
Teltonika RUT9XX routers with firmware before 00.04.233 provide a root terminal on a serial interface without proper access control. This allows attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
CVE-2018-17980PUBLISHED: 2018-10-15
NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is execute...
CVE-2018-18259PUBLISHED: 2018-10-15
Stored XSS has been discovered in version 1.0.12 of the LUYA CMS software via /admin/api-cms-nav/create-page.
CVE-2018-18260PUBLISHED: 2018-10-15
In the 2.4 version of Camaleon CMS, Stored XSS has been discovered. The profile image in the User settings section can be run in the update / upload area via /admin/media/upload?actions=false.
CVE-2018-17532PUBLISHED: 2018-10-15
Teltonika RUT9XX routers with firmware before 00.04.233 are prone to multiple unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerabilities in autologin.cgi and hotspotlogin.cgi due to insufficient user input sanitization. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
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