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FireEye Announces New Bug-Bounty Program
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The program, administered by Bugcrowd, will pay bounties of up to $2,500 per vulnerability.
By Dark Reading Staff , 8/12/2020
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Using 'Data for Good' to Control the Pandemic
Neil Sweeney, Founder & CEO, KilliCommentary
The tech community should unite to develop and distribute a universal COVID-19 contact-tracing application. Here's why and how.
By Neil Sweeney Founder & CEO, Killi, 8/12/2020
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SANS Security Training Firm Hit with Data Breach
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A phishing email allowed an attacker to compromise a SANS employee's email environment, the organization reports.
By Dark Reading Staff , 8/12/2020
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Name That Toon: 'Rise' and Shine
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Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.
By John Klossner Cartoonist, 8/12/2020
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Threats vs. Thrift: Running Effective AppSec During a Global Crisis
Patrick Carey, Vice President Product Management, ExopriseCommentary
By looking at security testing capacity, staff expertise, and risks throughout the software supply chain, application security teams can improve their overall effectiveness.
By Patrick Carey Vice President Product Management, Exoprise, 8/12/2020
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Kr00k, KRACK, and the Seams in Wi-Fi, IoT Encryption
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing WriterNews
Black Hat talk expands on research that uncovered more weaknesses in Wi-Fi chips allowing for the unauthorized decryption of traffic.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, 8/12/2020
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Researchers Trick Facial-Recognition Systems
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Goal was to see if computer-generated images that look like one person would get classified as another person.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 8/11/2020
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Microsoft Patches 120 Vulnerabilities, Two Zero-Days
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The August 2020 Patch Tuesday marks the sixth month in a row Microsoft released patches for more than 110 vulnerabilities.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 8/11/2020
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Developers Need More Usable Static Code Scanners to Head Off Security Bugs
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
As companies "shift left" -- pushing more responsibility for security onto developers -- the tools that are available are falling short, usability researchers say.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 8/11/2020
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Symmetry Systems Emerges from Stealth
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Company behind Data Store and Object Security (DSOS) becomes public knowledge following a $3 million seed round of funding.
By Dark Reading Staff , 8/11/2020
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Zoom Vulnerabilities Demonstrated in DEF CON Talk
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A security researcher demonstrated multiple vulnerabilities, two of which could let an attacker read and steal user data.
By Dark Reading Staff , 8/11/2020
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Is Edtech the Greatest APT?
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Educational technology is critical but can come at huge costs to student and teacher privacy and security. Are those costs too high?
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 8/11/2020
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EU-US Privacy Shield Dissolution: What Happens Next?
Sam Curry, CSO, CybereasonCommentary
In a world that isn't private by design, security and liability implications for US-based cloud companies are huge.
By Sam Curry CSO, Cybereason, 8/11/2020
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Zero-Trust Security 101
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark Reading
What are the tenets and fundamental spirit of zero-trust architecture -- without the marketing speak?
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 8/11/2020
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How to Help Spoil the Cybercrime Economy
Marc Wilczek, Digital Strategist & COO of Link11Commentary
Cybercrime increasingly is turning into a commodity. Stolen PII data and hijacked cloud accounts especially propel the spread, research shows.
By Marc Wilczek Digital Strategist & COO of Link11, 8/11/2020
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17 Essential Stats About the State of Consumer Privacy
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer
These illuminating numbers offer a glimpse into current consumer attitudes and enterprise readiness for protecting their customers' personal data.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, 8/11/2020
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Gamifying Password Training Shows Security Benefits
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
When picking passwords, users often fall back on certain insecure patterns, but good habits can be learned using simple games, a group of researchers find.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 8/10/2020
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Hacking It as a CISO: Advice for Security Leadership
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
A security leader shares tips for adopting a CISO mindset, creating risk management strategies, and "selling infosec" to IT and executives.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 8/10/2020
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Better Business Bureau Warns of New Visa Scam
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Visa limitations due to the novel coronavirus have given rise to a wave of scams aimed at visa-seekers.
By Dark Reading Staff , 8/10/2020
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Can I Use the Same Security Tools on My IT and OT?
Edge Editors, Dark Reading
You can quit worrying about IT tools in the OT environment.
By Edge Editors Dark Reading, 8/10/2020
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PUBLISHED: 2020-08-13
Buffer overflow in a subsystem for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
CVE-2020-12300
PUBLISHED: 2020-08-13
Uninitialized pointer in BIOS firmware for Intel(R) Server Board Families S2600CW, S2600KP, S2600TP, and S2600WT may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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Improper initialization in BIOS firmware for Intel(R) Server Board Families S2600ST, S2600BP and S2600WF may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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PUBLISHED: 2020-08-13
Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Mac prior to 11.5.2 allows local users to gain access to the RiskDB username and password via unprotected log files containing plain text credentials.
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