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FBI: BEC Scammers Could Abuse Email Auto-Forwarding
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Private Industry Notification warns of the role email auto-forwarding could be used in business email compromise attacks.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/2/2020
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Loyal Employee ... or Cybercriminal Accomplice?
Pam Baker, Contributing Writer
Can the bad guys' insider recruitment methods be reverse-engineered to reveal potential insider threats? Let's take a look.
By Pam Baker Contributing Writer, 12/2/2020
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Automated Pen Testing: Can It Replace Humans?
Alex Haynes, Chief Information Security Officer, CDLCommentary
These tools have come a long way, but are they far enough along to make human pen testers obsolete?
By Alex Haynes Chief Information Security Officer, CDL, 12/2/2020
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Security Slipup Exposes Health Records & Lab Results
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
NTreatment failed to add password protection to a cloud server, exposing thousands of sensitive medical records online.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/2/2020
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Why I'd Take Good IT Hygiene Over Security's Latest Silver Bullet
Avi Shua, Co-Founder, Orca SecurityCommentary
Bells and whistles are great, but you can stay safer by focusing on correct configurations, posture management, visibility, and patching.
By Avi Shua Co-Founder, Orca Security, 12/2/2020
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Free Mobile App Measures Your Personal Cyber Risk
Steve Zurier, Contributing WriterNews
New app for Android and Apple iOS uses an algorithm co-developed with MIT to gauge security posture on an ongoing basis.
By Steve Zurier Contributing Writer, 12/2/2020
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Unmanaged Devices Heighten Risks for School Networks
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Gaming consoles, Wi-Fi Pineapples, and building management systems are among many devices Armis says it discovered on K–12 school networks.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/1/2020
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Inside North Korea's Rapid Evolution to Cyber Superpower
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers examine North Korea's rapid evolution from destructive campaigns to complex and efficient cyber operations.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 12/1/2020
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Malicious or Vulnerable Docker Images Widespread, Firm Says
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
A dynamic analysis of the publicly available images on Docker Hub found that 51% had critical vulnerabilities and about 6,500 of the 4 million latest images could be considered malicious.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 12/1/2020
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SASE 101: Why All the Buzz?
Jennifer Bosavage, Editor In Chief, Solution Providers for Retail
Wide area networking and network security services unite to provide secure, cloud-based connectivity for enterprises' remote employees -- and these days that means billions of workers.
By Jennifer Bosavage Editor In Chief, Solution Providers for Retail, 12/1/2020
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The Cybersecurity Skills Gap: It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Sander Vinberg, Threat Research Evangelist at F5 LabsCommentary
Once it becomes clear that off-the-shelf experts aren't realistic at scale, cultivating entry-level talent emerges as the only long-term solution -- not just for a hiring organization but for the field as a whole.
By Sander Vinberg Threat Research Evangelist at F5 Labs, 12/1/2020
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Call Fraud Operator Ordered to Pay $9M to Victims
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Indian national will serve 20 years in prison for running a large call center fraud operation.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/1/2020
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Ivanti Acquires MobileIron & Pulse Secure
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The company plans to use these acquisitions to strengthen and secure IT connections across remote devices and infrastructure.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/1/2020
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Sophos 2021 Threat Report: Navigating Cybersecurity in an Uncertain World
Dark Reading Staff, News
SPONSORED: Sophos' principal research scientist discusses the fast-changing attacker behaviors of 2020 and how security pros need to evolve.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/1/2020
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Former NSS Labs CEO Launches New Security Testing Organization
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Member-based CyberRatings.org to offer free and tiered paid access to tested security product and services ratings.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 12/1/2020
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Can't Afford a Full-time CISO? Try the Virtual Version
John Roman, President and COO of FoxPointe SolutionsCommentary
A vCISO can align a company's information security program to business strategy and budgeting guidance to senior management.
By John Roman President and COO of FoxPointe Solutions, 12/1/2020
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2020 Cybersecurity Holiday Gift Guide for Kids
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer
Grab some wrapping paper: These STEM toys and games are sure to spark creativity and hone coding and logic skills among a future generation of cybersecurity pros.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, 12/1/2020
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Driven by Ransomware, Cyber Claims Rise in Number & Value
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Companies are on track to file 27% more cyber claims in 2020, one insurer estimates, while another underwriter finds five out of every 100 companies file a claim each year.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 11/30/2020
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Manchester United Cyberattack Highlights Controversy in Paying Ransomware Attackers
Maxine Holt, Research Director, OmdiaCommentary
The Premier League English football (soccer) club team is reportedly being held to ransom by cyberattackers. Manchester United may face a difficult decision: whether to pay a ransom for release of its stolen data.
By Maxine Holt Research Director, Omdia, 11/30/2020
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Baltimore County Public Schools Closed Due to Ransomware Attack
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The incident struck the day before Thanksgiving and interfered with online classes for some 115,000 students, officials report.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 11/30/2020
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Loyal Employee ... or Cybercriminal Accomplice?
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SASE 101: Why All the Buzz?
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CVE-2020-26244
PUBLISHED: 2020-12-02
Python oic is a Python OpenID Connect implementation. In Python oic before version 1.2.1, there are several related cryptographic issues affecting client implementations that use the library. The issues are: 1) The IdToken signature algorithm was not checked automatically, but only if the expecte...
CVE-2020-28206
PUBLISHED: 2020-12-02
An issue was discovered in Bitrix24 Bitrix Framework (1c site management) 20.0. An "User enumeration and Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts" vulnerability exists in the admin login form, allowing a remote user to enumerate users in the administrator group. This also ...
CVE-2017-14451
PUBLISHED: 2020-12-02
An exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) of CPP-Ethereum. A specially crafted smart contract code can cause an out-of-bounds read which can subsequently trigger an out-of-bounds write resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can create/send m...
CVE-2017-2910
PUBLISHED: 2020-12-02
An exploitable Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 2.0. A specially crafted xls file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious xls file to trigger this vulnerability.
CVE-2020-13493
PUBLISHED: 2020-12-02
A heap overflow vulnerability exists in Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 when the software parses compressed sections in binary USD files. A specially crafted USDC file format path jumps decompression heap overflow in a way path jumps are processed. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an atta...
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