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How to Mitigate Against Domain Credential Theft
Zur Ulianitzky & Yaron Shani, Head of Security Research , XM Cyber / Senior Cybersecurity Researcher, XM CyberCommentary
Attackers routinely reuse stolen domain credentials. Here are some ways to thwart their access.
By Zur Ulianitzky & Yaron Shani Head of Security Research , XM Cyber / Senior Cybersecurity Researcher, XM Cyber, 5/18/2021
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Cisco Plans to Create 'Premium' SecureX Offering With Kenna Security Features
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Executives from Cisco share insights on the networking giant's ambitious security strategy.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 5/18/2021
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Latest Security News From RSAC 2021
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Check out Dark Reading's updated, exclusive coverage of the news and security themes that are dominating RSA Conference 2021.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/18/2021
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DarkSide Ransomware Variant Targets Disk Partitions
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
A newly discovered DarkSide ransomware variant can detect and compromise partitioned hard drives, researchers report.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/17/2021
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47% of Criminals Buying Exploits Target Microsoft Products
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers examine English- and Russian-language underground exploits to track how exploits are advertised and sold.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/17/2021
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DDoS Attacks Up 31% in Q1 2021: Report
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
If pace continues, DDoS attack activity could surpass last year's 10-million attack threshold.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/17/2021
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Rapid7 Is the Latest Victim of a Software Supply Chain Breach
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Security vendor says attackers accessed some of its source code using a previously compromised Bash Uploader script from Codecov.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 5/17/2021
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RSAC 2021: What Will SolarWinds' CEO Reveal?
Joan Goodchild, Staff Editor
In a keynote conversation with Forrester analyst Laura Koetzle, Sudhakar Ramakrishna will get candid about the historic breach.
By Joan Goodchild Staff Editor, 5/17/2021
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Agility Broke AppSec. Now It's Going to Fix It.
Chen Gour-Arie, Chief Architect, Enso SecurityCommentary
Outnumbered 100 to 1 by developers, AppSec needs a new model of agility to catch up and protect everything that needs to be secured.
By Chen Gour-Arie Chief Architect, Enso Security, 5/17/2021
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Name That Toon: Road Trip
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By John Klossner Cartoonist, 5/17/2021
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Rapid7 Source Code Accessed in Supply Chain Attack
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
An investigation of the Codecov attack revealed intruders accessed Rapid7 source code repositories containing internal credentials and alert-related data.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/14/2021
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How Faster COVID-19 Research Is Being Made Possible by Secure Silicon
Sara Peters, Senior Editor at Dark Reading
When Intel and Leidos set up a "trusted execution environment" to enable a widespread group of researchers to securely share and confidentially compute real-world data, it was no small achievement.
By Sara Peters Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 5/14/2021
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Cisco Confirms Plans to Acquire Kenna Security
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Cisco plans to integrate Kenna's vulnerability management technology into its SecureX platform.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/14/2021
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SOC Teams Burdened by Alert Fatigue Explore XDR
Joan Goodchild, Staff EditorQuick Hits
ESG research finds a complex attack surface and threat landscape make alerts too overwhelming to monitor accurately
By Joan Goodchild Staff Editor, 5/14/2021
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Wi-Fi Design, Implementation Flaws Allow a Range of Frag Attacks
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Every Wi-Fi product is affected by at least one fragmentation and aggregation vulnerability, which could lead to a machine-in-the-middle attack, researcher says.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 5/14/2021
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Security Trends to Follow at RSA Conference 2021
Yonit Wiseman, Associate at YL VenturesCommentary
Here are three key categories of sessions that provide an inside look at some of today's most interesting cybersecurity trends.
By Yonit Wiseman Associate at YL Ventures, 5/14/2021
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Software, Incident Response Among Big Focus Areas in Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Overall objectives are good, but EO may be too prescriptive in parts, industry experts say.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 5/13/2021
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85% of Data Breaches Involve Human Interaction: Verizon DBIR
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Ransomware, phishing, and Web application attacks all increased during a year in which the majority of attacks involved a human element.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/13/2021
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Firms Struggle to Secure Multicloud Misconfigurations
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Half of companies had at least one case of having all ports open to the public, while more than a third had an exposed database.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 5/13/2021
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Dragos & IronNet Partner on Critical Infrastructure Security
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The IT and OT security providers will integrate solutions aimed at improving critical infrastructure security
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/13/2021
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CVE-2021-22117
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-18
RabbitMQ installers on Windows prior to version 3.8.16 do not harden plugin directory permissions, potentially allowing attackers with sufficient local filesystem permissions to add arbitrary plugins.
CVE-2021-3518
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-18
There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVE-2021-3531
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-18
A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ceph Storage RGW in versions before 14.2.21. When processing a GET Request for a swift URL that ends with two slashes it can cause the rgw to crash, resulting in a denial of service. The greatest threat to the system is of availability.
CVE-2002-2438
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-18
TCP firewalls could be circumvented by sending a SYN Packets with other flags (like e.g. RST flag) set, which was not correctly discarded by the Linux TCP stack after firewalling.
CVE-2020-25709
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-18
A flaw was found in OpenLDAP. This flaw allows an attacker who can send a malicious packet to be processed by OpenLDAP’s slapd server, to trigger an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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