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EDP Renewables Confirms Ransomware Attack
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Its North American branch was notified of the attack because intruders reportedly gained access to 'at least some information' stored in its systems.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/7/2020
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Treasury Releases Fraud and Money Mule ID Tips
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A new advisory from FinCEN helps financial institutions spot illicit activities and actors.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/7/2020
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Microsoft Seizes Domains Used in COVID-19-Themed Attacks
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Court grants company's bid to shut down infrastructure used in recent campaigns against Office 365 users.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 7/7/2020
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Drone Path Often Reveals Operator's Location
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
The threat posed by drones to critical infrastructure and other operational technology is made more serious by the inability of law enforcement to locate operators, researchers say.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 7/7/2020
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Russian Cyber Gang 'Cosmic Lynx' Focuses on Email Fraud
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Cosmic Lynx takes a sophisticated approach to business email compromise and represents a shift in tactics for Russian cybercriminals.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 7/7/2020
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Framing the Security Story: The Simplest Threats Are the Most Dangerous
Douglas Ferguson, Founder & CTO, Pharos SecurityCommentary
Don't be distracted by flashy advanced attacks and ignore the more mundane ones.
By Douglas Ferguson Founder & CTO, Pharos Security, 7/7/2020
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Applying the 80-20 Rule to Cybersecurity
Dan Blum, Cybersecurity & Risk Management StrategistCommentary
How security teams can achieve 80% of the benefit for 20% of the work.
By Dan Blum Cybersecurity & Risk Management Strategist, 7/7/2020
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BEC Busts Take Down Multimillion-Dollar Operations
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The two extraditions of business email compromise attackers indicate a step forward for international law enforcement collaboration.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 7/6/2020
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Attackers Scan for Vulnerable BIG-IP Devices After Flaw Disclosure
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency encourages organizations to patch a critical flaw in the BIG-IP family of application delivery controllers, as firms find evidence that attackers are scanning for the critical vulnerability.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 7/6/2020
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North Korea's Lazarus Group Diversifies Into Card Skimming
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Since at least May 2019, the state-sponsored threat actor has stolen card data from dozens of retailers, including major US firms.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 7/6/2020
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Credit-Card Skimmer Seeks Websites Running Microsoft's ASP.NET
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The payment-card skimmer targets websites hosted on Microsoft IIS servers and running the ASP.NET web framework.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/6/2020
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Android Adware Tied to Undeletable Malware
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Adware on inexpensive Android smartphone can carry additional malware and be undeletable.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/6/2020
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How to Assess More Sophisticated IoT Threats
Jack Mannino, CEO, nVisiumCommentary
Securing the Internet of Things requires diligence in secure development and hardware design throughout the product life cycle, as well as resilience testing and system component analysis.
By Jack Mannino CEO, nVisium, 7/6/2020
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COVID-19: Latest Security News & Commentary
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Check out Dark Reading's updated, exclusive news and commentary surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/6/2020
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Introducing 'Secure Access Service Edge'
Rik Turner, Principal Analyst, Infrastructure Solutions, OmdiaCommentary
The industry's latest buzzword is largely a repackaging exercise that bundles a collection of capabilities together and offers them as a cloud-delivered service.
By Rik Turner Principal Analyst, Infrastructure Solutions, Omdia, 7/3/2020
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Cybersecurity's Lament: There Are No Cooks in Space
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark Reading
Cybersecurity staff are on edge for the same reason that there are no cooks on the ISS: Organizations are carefully watching expenses for jobs that don't require dedicated team members.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 7/3/2020
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Building Security Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and Concerns
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Security experts discuss the rise in cybercrime affecting sub-Saharan Africa and the necessary changes to improve security.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 7/2/2020
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BIG-IP Vulnerabilities Could be Big Trouble for Customers
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Left unpatched, pair of vulnerabilities could give attackers wide access to a victim's application delivery network.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/2/2020
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Anatomy of a Long-Con Phish
Chenxi Wang, Founder and General Partner, Rain CapitalExpert Insights
A fraudster on LinkedIn used my online profile in an apparent attempt to pull off a wide-ranging scam business venture.
By Chenxi Wang Founder and General Partner, Rain Capital, 7/2/2020
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Making Sense of EARN IT & LAED Bills' Implications for Crypto
Seth Rosenblatt, Contributing WriterNews
After Senate Judiciary Committee pushes EARN IT Act a step closer to ratification, raising further concerns for privacy advocates, here's what to know.
By Seth Rosenblatt Contributing Writer, 7/2/2020
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Cybersecurity's Lament: There Are No Cooks in Space
Cybersecurity staff are on edge for the same reason that there are no cooks on the ISS: Organizations are carefully watching expenses for jobs that don't require dedicated team members.
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Projects that were high priorities before the COVID-19 outbreak have taken a back seat to new business needs. For security leaders that has meant new responsibilities that could very well stick around in the pandemic's aftermath.
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CVE-2020-15600
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-07
An issue was discovered in CMSUno before 1.6.1. uno.php allows CSRF to change the admin password.
CVE-2020-15599
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-07
Victor CMS through 2019-02-28 allows XSS via the register.php user_firstname or user_lastname field.
CVE-2020-8916
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-07
A memory leak in Openthread's wpantund versions up to commit 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7, when used in an environment where wpanctl is directly interfacing with the control driver (eg: debug environments) can allow an attacker to crash the service (DoS). We recommend updating, or to res...
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PUBLISHED: 2020-07-07
Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.
CVE-2020-15008
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-07
A SQLi exists in the probe code of all Connectwise Automate versions before 2020.7 or 2019.12. A SQL Injection in the probe implementation to save data to a custom table exists due to inadequate server side validation. As the code creates dynamic SQL for the insert statement and utilizes the user su...
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