Profile of Dawn Kawamoto

Associate Editor, Dark Reading News & Commentary Posts: 65

Dawn Kawamoto is an Associate Editor for Dark Reading, where she covers cybersecurity news and trends. She is an award-winning journalist who has written and edited technology, management, leadership, career, finance, and innovation stories for such publications as CNET's News.com, TheStreet.com, AOL's DailyFinance, and The Motley Fool. More recently, she served as associate editor for technology careers site Dice.com.

Broadcom Chipset Bug in Android, iOS Smartphones Allows Remote Attack

7/27/2017
Security researcher found a common flaw in Android and iOS smartphone chipsets that could allow a remote exploit to be unleashed on millions of devices.
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Get Ready for the 2038 'Epocholypse' (and Worse)

7/27/2017
A leading security researcher predicts a sea of technology changes that will rock our world, including the Internet of Things, cryptocurrency, SSL encryption and national security.
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How to Build a Path Toward Diversity in Information Security

7/27/2017
Hiring women and minorities only addresses half the issue for the IT security industry -- the next step is retaining these workers.
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Facebook Offers $1 Million for New Security Defenses

7/26/2017
The social media giant has increased the size of its Internet Defense Prize program in order to spur more research into ways to defend users against the more prevalent and common methods of attack.
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How 'Postcript' Exploits Networked Printers

7/25/2017
At Black Hat 2017, a university researcher will demo how attackers can drill into networked printers by way of the ubiquitous PostScript programming language.
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Majority of Security Pros Let Productivity Trump Security

7/24/2017
A survey found that 64% of IT security professionals will tweak security to give workers more flexibility to be productive when asked to make that move by top executives.
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Healthcare Industry Lacks Awareness of IoT Threat, Survey Says

7/20/2017
Three-quarters of IT decision makers report they are "confident" or "very confident" that portable and connected medical devices are secure on their networks.
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Major Online Criminal Marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa Shut Down

7/20/2017
International law enforcement operations result in AlphaBay, the largest online marketplace for selling illegal goods from malware to herion, and Hansa, going dark.
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BEC Attacks Far More Lucrative than Ransomware over Past 3 Years

7/20/2017
BEC fraud netted cyberthieves five times more profit than ransomware over a three-year period, according to Cisco's midyear report released today.
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98% of Companies Favor Integrating Security with DevOps

7/19/2017
A majority of companies are either planning or have launched an integrated DevOps and security team, a new report shows.
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Catastrophic Cloud Attack Costs Would Rival that of Hurricane Damages

7/19/2017
Lloyd's of London estimates multi-billion-dollar loss figures in worst-case scenarios of a major zero-day exploit or massive cloud outage.
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Apple iOS Malware Growth Outpaces that of Android

7/18/2017
Number of iOS devices running malicious apps more than tripled in three consecutive quarters, while infected Android devices remained largely flat, report shows.
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IoT Security Incidents Rampant and Costly

7/18/2017
New research offers details about the hidden – and not so hidden – costs of defending the Internet of Things.
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Verizon Suffers Cloud Data Leak Exposing Data on Millions of Customers

7/12/2017
Six million of Verizon's US customers had their personal and account information exposed, including PIN numbers.
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Web App Vulnerabilities Decline 25% in 12 Months

7/11/2017
WhiteHat Security's annual Web app report shows the average number of vulns in a Web app is down from four to three.
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IoT Physical Attack Exploit to be Revealed at Black Hat

7/7/2017
Security researcher Billy Rios plans to demonstrate how an exploit can cause an IoT device to launch a physical attack against a human.
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CopyCat Malware Infects 14 Million Android Devices

7/6/2017
A new malware strain is discovered with a novel approach to infecting Android handheld devices with adware.
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Researchers Build Firewall to Deflect SS7 Attacks

7/5/2017
Security researchers will release an open-source SS7 firewall at Black Hat USA that aims to bolster security of mobile operators' core networks.
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