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Verizon: Attacks on Mobile Devices Rise
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Companies of all sizes are being hit by mobile attacks and feeling the effects for extended periods of time, according to the 2020 Verizon Mobile Security Index.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 2/25/2020
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Security, Networking Collaboration Cuts Breach Cost
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
CISOs report increases in alert fatigue and the number of records breached, as well as the struggle to secure mobile devices in a new Cisco study.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/24/2020
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SSRF 101: How Server-Side Request Forgery Sneaks Past Your Web Apps
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark Reading
Server-side request forgery is a dangerous attack method that is also becoming an issue for the cloud. Here are some of the basics to help keep your Web server from turning against you.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 2/24/2020
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Enterprise Cloud Use Continues to Outpace Security
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Nearly 60% of IT and security pros say deployment of business services in the cloud has rushed past their ability to secure them.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/24/2020
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Solving the Cloud Data Security Conundrum
Faiyaz Shahpurwala, Chief Product and Strategy Officer for FortanixCommentary
Trusting the cloud involves a change in mindset. You must be ready to use runtime encryption in the cloud.
By Faiyaz Shahpurwala Chief Product and Strategy Officer for Fortanix, 2/24/2020
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Latest Security News from RSAC 2020
Dark Reading Staff, News
Check out Dark Reading's updated, exclusive coverage of the news and security themes that are dominating RSA Conference 2020 in San Francisco.
By Dark Reading Staff , 2/24/2020
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7 Tips to Improve Your Employees' Mobile Security
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
Security experts discuss the threats putting mobile devices at risk and how businesses can better defend against them.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/24/2020
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All About SASE: What It Is, Why It's Here, How to Use It
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Secure Access Service Edge is a new name for a known and growing architecture designed to strengthen security in cloud environments.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/22/2020
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Emotet Malware Rears Its Ugly Head Again
Dark Reading Staff, News
A resurgence in Emotet malware may make it one of the most pervasive security threats of 2020.
By Special to Dark Reading: Brien Posey, ITPro Today , 2/21/2020
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California Man Arrested for Politically Motivated DDoS
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The distributed denial-of-service attacks took a congressional candidate's website offline for a total of 21 hours during the campaign for office.
By Dark Reading Staff , 2/21/2020
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NRC Health Ransomware Attack Prompts Patient Data Concerns
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The organization, which sells patient administration tools to hospitals, could not confirm whether patient data was accessed.
By Dark Reading Staff , 2/21/2020
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Olympics Could Face Disruption from Regional Powers
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Destructive attacks and disinformation will likely target the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, two groups of threat experts say.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 2/21/2020
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How to Get CISOs & Boards on the Same Page
Joe Schorr, Global Executive Services Director, Optiv SecurityCommentary
These two groups have talked past each other for years, each hobbled by their own tunnel vision and misperceptions.
By Joe Schorr Global Executive Services Director, Optiv Security, 2/21/2020
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Security Now Merges With Dark Reading
Tim Wilson, Editor in Chief, Dark Reading, News
Readers of Security Now will join the Dark Reading community, gaining access to a wide range of cybersecurity content.
By Tim Wilson, Editor in Chief, Dark Reading , 2/21/2020
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Popular Mobile Document-Management Apps Put Data at Risk
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Most iOS and Android apps that Cometdocs has published on Google and Apple app stores transmit entire documents - unencrypted.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 2/20/2020
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Microsoft Announces General Availability of Threat Protection, Insider Risk Management
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Microsoft made several security announcements ahead of RSA Conference, including its decision to bring Microsoft Defender to iOS and Android.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/20/2020
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Ransomware Damage Hit $11.5B in 2019
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A new report shows the scale of ransomware's harm and the growth of that damage year-over-year -- an average of $141,000 per incident.
By Dark Reading Staff , 2/20/2020
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It's Time to Break the 'Rule of Steve'
Maxine Holt, Research Director, OmdiaCommentary
Today, in a room full of cybersecurity professionals, there are still more people called Steve than there are women.
By Maxine Holt Research Director, Omdia, 2/20/2020
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Personal Info of 10.6M MGM Resort Guests Leaked Online
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Data published on a hacking forum includes phone numbers and email addresses of travelers ranging from everyday tourists to celebrities and tech CEOs.
By Dark Reading Staff , 2/20/2020
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5 Strategies to Secure Cloud Operations Against Today's Cyber Threats
Chris Christou & Brad Beaulieu, Director of Cloud Security / Cloud Security Engineer at Booz Allen HamiltonCommentary
With these fundamentals in mind, organizations can reduce their security and compliance risks as they reap the cloud's many benefits:
By Chris Christou & Brad Beaulieu Director of Cloud Security / Cloud Security Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton, 2/20/2020
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CVE-2020-8818
PUBLISHED: 2020-02-25
An issue was discovered in the CardGate Payments plugin through 2.0.30 for Magento 2. Lack of origin authentication in the IPN callback processing function in Controller/Payment/Callback.php allows an attacker to remotely replace critical plugin settings (merchant ID, secret key, etc.) and therefore...
CVE-2020-8819
PUBLISHED: 2020-02-25
An issue was discovered in the CardGate Payments plugin through 3.1.15 for WooCommerce. Lack of origin authentication in the IPN callback processing function in cardgate/cardgate.php allows an attacker to remotely replace critical plugin settings (merchant ID, secret key, etc.) and therefore bypass ...
CVE-2020-9385
PUBLISHED: 2020-02-25
A NULL Pointer Dereference exists in libzint in Zint 2.7.1 because multiple + characters are mishandled in add_on in upcean.c, when called from eanx in upcean.c during EAN barcode generation.
CVE-2020-9382
PUBLISHED: 2020-02-24
An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension through 1.4.0 for MediaWiki. Improper title sanitization allowed for the execution of any wiki page as a widget (as defined by this extension) via MediaWiki's } parser function.
CVE-2020-1938
PUBLISHED: 2020-02-24
When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to Apache Tomcat. Tomcat treats AJP connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an attacker, they can be exploited in ways that ...
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How Enterprises Are Developing and Maintaining Secure Applications
The concept of application security is well known, but application security testing and remediation processes remain unbalanced. Most organizations are confident in their approach to AppSec, although others seem to have no approach at all. Read this report to find out more.
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