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Cozy Bear Emerges from Hibernation to Hack EU Ministries
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
The cyber-espionage group, linked to Russia and blamed for hacking the Democratic National Committee in 2016, has been using covert communications and other techniques to escape detection for at least two years.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 10/17/2019
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Data Privacy Protections for the Most Vulnerable — Children
Dimitri Sirota, Founder & CEO of BigIDCommentary
The business case for why companies that respect the privacy of individuals, and especially minors, will have a strong competitive advantage.
By Dimitri Sirota Founder & CEO of BigID, 10/17/2019
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Typosquatting Websites Proliferate in Run-up to US Elections
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
People who mistype the URL for their political candidate or party's website could end up on an opposing party or candidate's website, Digital Shadow's research shows.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 10/16/2019
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How to Build a Rock-Solid Cybersecurity Culture
Joan Goodchild, Contributing Writer
In part one of this two-part series, we start with the basics — getting everyone to understand what's at stake — and then look at lessons from the trenches.
By Joan Goodchild Contributing Writer, 10/16/2019
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Cybersecurity Advice From Betty White
Beyond the Edge, Dark Reading
Among the beloved entertainer's advice: "Double bag those passwords."Thanks, Betty.
By Beyond the Edge Dark Reading, 10/16/2019
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SailPoint Buys Orkus and OverWatchID to Strengthen Cloud Access Governance
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The $37.5 million acquisitions will boost SailPoint's portfolio across all cloud platforms.
By Dark Reading Staff , 10/16/2019
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Schadenfreude Is a Bad Look & Other Observations About Recent Disclosures
James Plouffe, Lead Architect at MobileIronCommentary
The debate about whether Android or iOS is the more inherently secure platform misses the larger issues that both platforms are valuable targets and security today is no guarantee of security tomorrow.
By James Plouffe Lead Architect at MobileIron, 10/16/2019
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Google Cloud Launches Security Health Analytics in Beta
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The tool is designed to help identify misconfigurations and compliance violations in the Google Cloud Platform.
By Dark Reading Staff , 10/16/2019
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Cryptojacking Worm Targets and Infects 2,000 Docker Hosts
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Basic and 'inept' worm managed to compromise Docker hosts by exploiting misconfigurations.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 10/16/2019
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Federal CIOs Zero In on Zero Trust
William Peteroy, Chief Technology Officer, Security, at GigamonCommentary
Here's how federal CIOs can begin utilizing the security concept and avoid predictable obstacles.
By William Peteroy Chief Technology Officer, Security, at Gigamon, 10/16/2019
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Sodinokibi Ransomware: Where Attackers' Money Goes
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers following the ransomware variant uncover new data on how much its affiliates earn and where they spend it.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 10/15/2019
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Targeted Ransomware Attacks Show No Signs of Abating
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Criminals are becoming more sophisticated and targeted in going after enterprise organizations, a new Q2/Q3 report finds.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 10/15/2019
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IoT Attacks Up Significantly in First Half of 2019
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
New research shows attacks increased ninefold year-over-year, coming from more than a quarter-million unique IP addresses.
By Dark Reading Staff , 10/15/2019
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More Breaches, Less Certainty Cause Dark Web Prices to Plateau
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
New research finds it's now less than $10 for full credit details on a consumer, $100 for a distributed denial-of-service attack, and $50 for access to a US bank account.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 10/15/2019
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5 Steps to Protect Against Ransomware Attacks
AJ Nash, Director of Cyber Intelligence Strategy at AnomaliCommentary
Paying a ransom is strongly discouraged by experts. So, how do you protect your organization?
By AJ Nash Director of Cyber Intelligence Strategy at Anomali, 10/15/2019
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Symantec Adds Endpoint Security Tool to Revamp Portfolio
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Symantec Endpoint Security aims to deliver protection, detection, threat hunting, and response in a single tool.
By Dark Reading Staff , 10/15/2019
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14 Hot Cybersecurity Certifications Right Now
Joan Goodchild, Contributing Writer
In an industry where certifications can make or break a job candidacy, which ones have security pros been going after in 2019?
By Joan Goodchild Contributing Writer, 10/15/2019
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Why Bricking Vulnerable IoT Devices Comes with Unintended Consequences
Marc Laliberte, Senior Security Analyst, WatchGuard TechnologiesCommentary
Infosec vigilantism can cause serious harm in the era of industrial IoT and connected medical devices.
By Marc Laliberte Senior Security Analyst, WatchGuard Technologies, 10/15/2019
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Sophos for Sale: Thoma Bravo Offers $3.9B
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Sophos' board of directors plans to unanimously recommend the offer to the company's shareholders.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 10/14/2019
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Cyber Theft, Humint Helped China Cut Corners on Passenger Jet
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Beijing likely saved a lot of time and billions of dollars by copying components for its C919 plane from others, a new report from CrowdStrike says.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 10/14/2019
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CVE-2019-17672
PUBLISHED: 2019-10-17
WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to a stored XSS attack to inject JavaScript into STYLE elements.
CVE-2019-17673
PUBLISHED: 2019-10-17
WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to poisoning of the cache of JSON GET requests because certain requests lack a Vary: Origin header.
CVE-2019-17674
PUBLISHED: 2019-10-17
WordPress before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to stored XSS (cross-site scripting) via the Customizer.
CVE-2019-17675
PUBLISHED: 2019-10-17
WordPress before 5.2.4 does not properly consider type confusion during validation of the referer in the admin pages, possibly leading to CSRF.
CVE-2019-17676
PUBLISHED: 2019-10-17
app/system/admin/admin/index.class.php in MetInfo 7.0.0beta allows a CSRF attack to add a user account via a doSaveSetup action to admin/index.php, as demonstrated by an admin/?n=admin&c=index&a=doSaveSetup URI.
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