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Visa Warns of Targeted PoS Attacks on Gas Station Merchants
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
At least two North American chains have been hit in sophisticated new campaigns for stealing payment card data.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/13/2019
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'Motivating People Who Want the Struggle': Expert Advice on InfoSec Leadership
Joan Goodchild, Contributing Writer
Industry veteran and former Intel security chief Malcolm Harkins pinpoints three essential elements for leaders to connect with their employees and drive business objectives.
By Joan Goodchild Contributing Writer, 12/13/2019
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Fortinet Buys CyberSponse for SOAR Capabilities
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
It plans to integrate CyberSponse's SOAR platform into the Fortinet Security Fabric.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/13/2019
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Endpoint Protection: Dark Reading Caption Contest Winners
Marilyn Cohodas, Managing Editor, Dark ReadingCommentary
Trojans, knights, and medieval wordplay. And the winners are ...
By Marilyn Cohodas Managing Editor, Dark Reading, 12/13/2019
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Lessons Learned from 7 Big Breaches in 2019
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Capital One, Macy's, FEMA, and others: key takeaways from the year's most notable breaches.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/13/2019
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Android App Analysis Uncovers Seasonal Shopping Risk
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers scanned 4,200 Android apps and found many exhibit malicious behavior or have a dangerous level of permissions.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 12/12/2019
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Cyberattacks on Retailers Could Increase 20% this Holiday Season
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Commodity malware and ransomware continue to be the biggest threats, says VMWare Carbon Black.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/12/2019
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The Most, Least Insecure US Cities for SMBs
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A new report looks at computer activity in the 50 largest metropolitan areas.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/12/2019
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Gallium: The Newest Threat Group on Microsoft's Radar
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Hacking group has been targeting telecommunication providers.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 12/12/2019
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Get Organized Like a Villain
Rob Ragan & Alex DeFreese, Principal Security Researcher & Managing Security Associate at Bishop FoxCommentary
What cybercrime group FIN7 can teach us about using agile frameworks.
By Rob Ragan & Alex DeFreese Principal Security Researcher & Managing Security Associate at Bishop Fox, 12/12/2019
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Thanks, Larry!
Beyond the Edge, Dark Reading
A no-tech trick, a la social engineering, can lead to huge corporate security consequences -- and it might just score the criminal a new car.
By Beyond the Edge Dark Reading, 12/12/2019
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Smart Building Security Awareness Grows
Dark Reading Staff, News
In 2020, expect to hear more about smart building security.
By Special to Dark Reading: Brian Buntz, IoT World Today , 12/12/2019
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Lessons from the NSA: Know Your Assets
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Chris Kubic worked at the National Security Agency for the past 32 years, finishing his tenure as CISO. He talks about lessons learned during his time there and what they mean for the private sector.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 12/12/2019
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Waking Up to Third-Party Security Risk
Robert Bigman, Former CISO at CIA, Independent ConsultantCommentary
You can't rely on the words, intentions, or security measures of others to guard your company, customer and brand.
By Robert Bigman Former CISO at CIA, Independent Consultant, 12/12/2019
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Trickbot Operators Now Selling Attack Tools to APT Actors
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
North Korea's Lazarus Group - of Sony breach and WannaCry fame - is among the first customers.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/11/2019
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Intel Issues Fix for 'Plundervolt' SGX Flaw
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Researchers were able to extract AES encryption key using SGX's voltage-tuning function.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 12/11/2019
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The Next Security Silicon Valley: Coming to a City Near You?
Sara Peters, Senior Editor at Dark Reading
The high cost of doing business in California's San Francisco Bay Area is just one factor driving infosec companies — established and and startups, alike — to pursue their fortunes elsewhere. Here's where many are going.
By Sara Peters Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 12/11/2019
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5 Tips for Keeping Your Security Team on Target
Joshua Goldfarb, Independent ConsultantCommentary
In nearly every security environment, competing priorities are a constant battleground. Here's how to keep the focus on what's important.
By Joshua Goldfarb Independent Consultant, 12/11/2019
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Google Chrome Now Automatically Alerts Users on Compromised Passwords
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A series of security enhancements seek to protect users from phishing and warn them when credentials have been compromised.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/11/2019
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Younger Generations Drive Bulk of 2FA Adoption
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Use of two-factor authentication has nearly doubled in the past two years , pointing to a new wave of acceptance.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 12/11/2019
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This Tech Digest provides a wrap up and overview of the year's top cybersecurity news stories. It was a year of new twists on old threats, with fears of another WannaCry-type worm and of a possible botnet army of Wi-Fi routers. But 2019 also underscored the risk of firmware and trusted security tools harboring dangerous holes that cybercriminals and nation-state hackers could readily abuse. Read more.
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CVE-2019-19807
PUBLISHED: 2019-12-15
In the Linux kernel before 5.3.11, sound/core/timer.c has a use-after-free caused by erroneous code refactoring, aka CID-e7af6307a8a5. This is related to snd_timer_open and snd_timer_close_locked. The timeri variable was originally intended to be for a newly created timer instance, but was used for ...
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PUBLISHED: 2019-12-15
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