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International Firms Struggle to Adapt as China's Cybersecurity Law Takes Shape
After the release of new guidelines on critical information infrastructure, international companies are still searching for clarity on how to comply with the country's new cyber regime.
Hacking the Security Job Application Process
Simple advice to help job seekers dig out of the black hole of recruiter and employer hiring portals.
How Hackers Hide Their Malware: Advanced Obfuscation
Hackers continue to develop new ways to break into systems. Here are three of them, along with ways to fight back.
Security Analytics: Making the Leap from Data Lake to Meaningful Insight
Once you've got a lake full of data, it's essential that your analysis isn't left stranded on the shore.
Dark Reading Now HTTPS
Moving a site that's more than a decade old to HTTPS has been a journey, and we're almost there.
How Hackers Hide Their Malware: The Basics
Malware depends on these four basic techniques to avoid detection.
Cybersecurity: An Asymmetrical Game of War
To stay ahead of the bad guys, security teams need to think like criminals, leverage AI’s ability to find malicious threats, and stop worrying that machine learning will take our jobs.
A Call for New Voices on the Security Conference Circuit
If the mere idea of talking in public makes you want to hide in a bathroom stall with a stuffed bobcat, think again.
GoT & the Inside Threat: Compromised Insiders Make Powerful Adversaries
What Game of Thrones' Arya Stark and the Faceless Men can teach security pros about defending against modern malware and identity theft.
GDPR Compliance Preparation: A High-Stakes Guessing Game
It's difficult to tell if your company is meeting the EU's data privacy and security standards -- or US standards, for that matter.
The Changing Face & Reach of Bug Bounties
HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos reflects on the impact of vulnerability disclosure on today's security landscape and leadership.
Why You Need to Study Nation-State Attacks
Want to know what attacks against businesses will look like soon? Examine nation-state attacks now.
Coming Soon to Dark Reading...
Event calendar: Dark Reading brings you threat intelligence tomorrow, boardroom communication next week, and coming in November, a brand new conference in the D.C. area.
Battle of the AIs: Don't Build a Better Box, Put Your Box in a Better Loop
Powered by big data and machine learning, next-gen attacks will include perpetual waves of malware, phishes, and false websites nearly indistinguishable from the real things. Here's how to prepare.
Comparing Private and Public Cloud Threat Vectors
Many companies moving from a private cloud to a cloud service are unaware of increased threats.
The Pitfalls of Cyber Insurance
Cyber insurance is 'promising' but it won't totally protect your company against hacks.
Curbing the Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage with AI
By using cognitive technologies, an organization can address the talent shortage by getting more productivity from current employees and improving processes.
Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & the 'Devil’s Rope'
How hackers today are engaging in a modern 'Fence Cutter War' against industrial control systems, and what security professionals need to do about it.
Kill Switches, Vaccines & Everything in Between
The language can be a bit fuzzy at times, but there are real differences between the various ways of disabling malware.
The Day of Reckoning: Cybercrime’s Impact on Brand
Why the security industry needs to invest in architecture that defends against reputational damage as well as other, more traditional threats.
Discover a Data Breach? Try Compassion First
The reactions to a big data breach often resemble the five stages of grief, so a little empathy is needed.
20 Tactical Questions SMB Security Teams Should Ask Themselves
Or why it pays for small- and medium-sized businesses to plan strategically but act tactically.
Cybersecurity: The Responsibility of Everyone
The battle against cybercrime can only be won if we're all focused on the same goals. Here are four ways you can get involved.
What CISOs Need to Know about the Psychology behind Security Analysis
Bandwidth, boredom and cognitive bias are three weak spots that prevent analysts from identifying threats. Here's how to compensate.
Breaches Are Coming: What Game of Thrones Teaches about Cybersecurity
Whether you’re Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch or the CISO of a mainstream business, it’s not easy to defend against a constantly evolving threat that is as deadly as an army of White Walkers.
Taking Down the Internet Has Never Been Easier
Is there a reason why the Internet is so vulnerable? Actually, there are many, and taking steps to remain protected is crucial.
Uptick in Malware Targets the Banking Community
A number of recent attacks, using tactics old and new, have made off with an astonishing amount of money. How can financial institutions fight back?
Automating Defenses Against Assembly-Line Attacks
A manual approach just won't cut it anymore. Here's a toolset to defeat automation and unify control across all attack vectors to stop automated attacks.
Risky Business: Why Enterprises Can’t Abdicate Cloud Security
It's imperative for public and private sector organizations to recognize the essential truth that governance of data entrusted to them cannot be relinquished, regardless of where the data is maintained.
Are Third-Party Services Ready for the GDPR?
Third-party scripts are likely to be a major stumbling block for companies seeking to be in compliance with the EU's new privacy rules. Here's a possible work-around.
Why Cybersecurity Needs a Human in the Loop
It's no longer comparable to Kasparov versus Deep Blue. When security teams use AI, it's like Kasparov consulting with Deep Blue before deciding on his next move.
Staying in Front of Cybersecurity Innovation
Innovation is challenging for security teams because it encompasses two seemingly contradictory ideas: it's happening too slowly and too quickly.
Digital Crime-Fighting: The Evolving Role of Law Enforcement
Law enforcement, even on a local level, has a new obligation to establish an effective framework for combating online crime.
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Everything You Need to Know About DNS AttacksIt'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
Incident Readiness and Building Response Playbook
In this special report, learn the Xs and Os of any good security incident readiness and response playbook.
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