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Name That Toon: Tough Times, Tough Measures
John Klossner, Cartoonist
Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.
By John Klossner Cartoonist, 7/9/2020
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COVID-19: Latest Security News & Commentary
Dark Reading Staff, News
Check out Dark Reading's updated, exclusive news and commentary surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/9/2020
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6 Tips for Getting the Most From Nessus
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark Reading
Books have been written on using the powerful network-discovery and vulnerability-scanning tool. These tips will help get you started.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 7/9/2020
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Pen Testing ROI: How to Communicate the Value of Security Testing
Nabil Hannan, Managing Director at NetSPICommentary
There are many reasons to pen test, but the financial reasons tend to get ignored.
By Nabil Hannan Managing Director at NetSPI, 7/9/2020
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Study Finds 15 Billion Stolen, Exposed Credentials in Criminal Markets
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Data is fueling account takeover attacks in a big way, Digital Shadows says.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 7/8/2020
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New Fraud Ring "Bargain Bear" Brings Sophistication to Online Crime
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
The ring tests the validity of stolen credentials to be used in fraud through an online marketplace.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/8/2020
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More Malware Found Preinstalled on Government Smartphones
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
Researchers report the American Network Solutions UL40 smartphone comes with compromised apps.
By Dark Reading Staff , 7/8/2020
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As More People Return to Travel Sites, So Do Malicious Bots
Nicole Ferraro, Contributing WriterNews
Attacks against travel-related websites are on the rise as the industry begins to slowly recover from COVID-19, new data shows.
By Nicole Ferraro Contributing Writer, 7/8/2020
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US Charges Kazakhstani Citizen With Hacking Into More Than 300 Orgs
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
The accused man, and members of his cybercriminal group, allegedly made at least $1.5 million hacking into companies and selling access to systems over the past three years.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 7/8/2020
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How Advanced Attackers Take Aim at Office 365
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Researchers discuss how adversaries use components of Office 365 that are poorly understood and not closely monitored.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 7/8/2020
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Fresh Options for Fighting Fraud in Financial Services
Simon Armstrong, VP Products at EntersektCommentary
Fraud prevention requires a consumer-centric, data sharing approach.
By Simon Armstrong VP Products at Entersekt, 7/8/2020
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Why Cybersecurity's Silence Matters to Black Lives
Tiffany Ricks, CEO, HacWareCommentary
The industry is missing an opportunity to educate the public about bad actors who capitalize off of protest, voting rights education and police brutality petitions through social engineering and phishing attacks.
By Tiffany Ricks CEO, HacWare, 7/8/2020
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A Most Personal Threat: Implantable Devices in Secure Spaces
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Do implantable medical devices pose a threat to secure communication facilities? A Virginia Tech researcher says they do, and the problem is growing.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 7/8/2020
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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
Dark Reading Staff, Quick Hits
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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CVE-2020-12421
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-09
When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an administrator.) This could have caused add-ons to become out-of-date silently without notification to the user. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 6...
CVE-2020-12422
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-09
In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable to overflow, resulting in an out of bounds write, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
CVE-2020-12423
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-09
When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating sys...
CVE-2020-12425
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-09
Due to confusion processing a hyphen character in Date.parse(), a one-byte out of bounds read could have occurred, leading to potential information disclosure. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
CVE-2020-12426
PUBLISHED: 2020-07-09
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 77. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
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