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Malware Coming to a Mac Near You? Yes, Say Security Firms
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
While the password-cracking Mimikatz took top honors, Mac-targeted malware accounted for two of the 10 most detected malware samples, according to WatchGuard.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 6/26/2019
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New Linux Worm Attacks IoT Devices
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Silex has 'bricked' more than 2,000 Linux-based IoT devices so far.
By Dark Reading Staff , 6/26/2019
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Developers and Security Teams Under Pressure to Collaborate
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The challenges and benefits to getting two traditionally adversarial groups on the same page.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 6/26/2019
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McAfee Sues 3 Former Staffers Now at Rival Tanium
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Lawsuit alleges sales representatives stole trade secrets from McAfee before joining Tanium.
By Dark Reading Staff , 6/26/2019
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Breaking the Endless Cycle of 'Perfect' Cybercrimes
Jack Danahy, Senior Vice President, Security, Alert LogicCommentary
A two-step strategy for creating an attack environment that is more complex, less profitable, and more likely to expose the attacker.
By Jack Danahy Senior Vice President, Security, Alert Logic, 6/26/2019
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FIDO Alliance to Tackle Identity Verification and IoT Authentication
Steve Zurier, Contributing WriterNews
Standards group forms two new working groups to develop new open specifications.
By Steve Zurier Contributing Writer, 6/26/2019
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Could Foster Kids Help Solve the Security Skills Shortage?
Neal O'Farrell, Founder, Foster WarriorsCommentary
Foster Warriors is a new nonprofit initiative focused on helping foster kids find a place in the world, and especially in the world of security. Join us!
By Neal O'Farrell Founder, Foster Warriors, 6/26/2019
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Email Threats Continue to Grow as Attackers Evolve, Innovate
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Threat actors increasingly using malicious URLs, HTTPS domains, file-sharing sites in email attacks, FireEye says.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 6/25/2019
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AWS CISO Talks Risk Reduction, Development, Recruitment
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Steve Schmidt says limiting access to data has dramatically changed the security posture across Amazon Web Services.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 6/25/2019
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Global Cyberattack Campaign Hit Mobile Carrier Networks
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
A nation-state group possibly out of China has attacked cell carrier networks in search of data on high-value individuals.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 6/25/2019
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Microsoft Adds New Secure Storage Area to OneDrive
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PersonalVault locks down files with MFA and encryption.
By Dark Reading Staff , 6/25/2019
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AWS Makes Control Tower & Security Hub Generally Available
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Security Hub aims to manage security across an AWS environment; Control Tower handles security and compliance for multi-account environments.
By Dark Reading Staff , 6/25/2019
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How to Avoid Becoming the Next Riviera Beach
Todd Weller, Chief Strategy Officer at Bandura CyberCommentary
Be prepared by following these five steps so you don't have to pay a ransom to get your data back.
By Todd Weller Chief Strategy Officer at Bandura Cyber, 6/25/2019
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Companies on Watch After US, Iran Claim Cyberattacks
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
With the cyber conflict between the United States and Iran ramping up, companies traditionally targeted by the countries — such as those in the oil and gas and financial industries — need to bolster their security efforts, experts say.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 6/25/2019
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The Rise of Silence and the Fall of Coinhive
Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet--Office of CISOCommentary
Cryptomining will exist as long as it remains profitable. One of the most effective ways to disrupt that activity is to make it too expensive to run cryptomining malware in your network.
By Derek Manky Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet--Office of CISO, 6/25/2019
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A Socio-Technical Approach to Cybersecurity's Problems
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers explore how modern security problems can be solved with an examination of society, technology, and security.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 6/24/2019
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DDoS-for-Hire Services Doubled in Q1
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Impact of FBI's takedown of 15 'booter' domains last December appears to have been temporary.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 6/24/2019
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Health Insurer Reports Data Breach That Began 9 Years Ago
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Dominion National first spotted something awry in April 2019.
By Dark Reading Staff , 6/24/2019
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Raspberry Pi Used in JPL Breach
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NASA report shows exfiltration totaling more than 100 GB of information since 2009.
By Dark Reading Staff , 6/24/2019
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Never Trust, Always Verify: Demystifying Zero Trust to Secure Your Networks
John Kindervag, Field CTO at Palo Alto NetworksCommentary
The point of Zero Trust is not to make networks, clouds, or endpoints more trusted; it's to eliminate the concept of trust from digital systems altogether.
By John Kindervag Field CTO at Palo Alto Networks, 6/24/2019
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CVE-2019-10133
PUBLISHED: 2019-06-26
A flaw was found in Moodle before 3.7, 3.6.4, 3.5.6, 3.4.9 and 3.1.18. The form to upload cohorts contained a redirect field, which was not restricted to internal URLs.
CVE-2019-10134
PUBLISHED: 2019-06-26
A flaw was found in Moodle before 3.7, 3.6.4, 3.5.6, 3.4.9 and 3.1.18. The size of users' private file uploads via email were not correctly checked, so their quota allowance could be exceeded.
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PUBLISHED: 2019-06-26
A flaw was found in Moodle before versions 3.7, 3.6.4. A web service fetching messages was not restricted to the current user's conversations.
CVE-2019-9039
PUBLISHED: 2019-06-26
The Couchbase Sync Gateway 2.1.2 in combination with a Couchbase Server is affected by a previously undisclosed N1QL-injection vulnerability in the REST API. An attacker with access to the public REST API can insert additional N1QL statements through the parameters ?startkey? and ?endkey? of the ?_a...
CVE-2018-20846
PUBLISHED: 2019-06-26
Out-of-bounds accesses in the functions pi_next_lrcp, pi_next_rlcp, pi_next_rpcl, pi_next_pcrl, pi_next_rpcl, and pi_next_cprl in openmj2/pi.c in OpenJPEG through 2.3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
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