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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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When AI Becomes the Hacker
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Bruce Schneier explores the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) systems gone rogue in society.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 5/13/2021
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Microsoft Adds GPS Location to Identity & Access Control in Azure AD
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New capabilities let admins restrict access to resources from privileged access workstations or regions based on GPS location.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/13/2021
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Adapting to the Security Threat of Climate Change
Lewis Huynh, Chief Security Officer, NinjaRMCommentary
Business continuity plans that address natural and manmade disasters can help turn a cataclysmic business event into a minor slowdown.
By Lewis Huynh Chief Security Officer, NinjaRM, 5/13/2021
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Defending the Castle: How World History Can Teach Cybersecurity a Lesson
Rob Gurzeev, CEO and Co-Founder of CyCognitoCommentary
Cybersecurity attackers follow the same principles practiced in warfare for millennia. They show up in unexpected places, seeking out portions of an organization's attack surface that are largely unmonitored and undefended.
By Rob Gurzeev CEO and Co-Founder of CyCognito, 5/13/2021
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Verizon DBIR 2021: "Winners" No Surprise, But All-round Vigilance Essential
Maxine Holt, Senior Research Director, Cybersecurity, OmdiaCommentary
Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) covers 2020 -- a year like no other. Phishing, ransomware, and innovation caused big problems.
By Maxine Holt Senior Research Director, Cybersecurity, Omdia, 5/13/2021
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Despite Heightened Breach Fears, Incident Response Capabilities Lag
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Many organizations remain unprepared to detect, respond, and contain a breach, a new survey shows.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 5/12/2021
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Researchers Unearth 167 Fake iOS & Android Trading Apps
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The apps are disguised as financial trading, banking, and cryptocurrency apps from well-known and trusted organizations.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/12/2021
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Putting the Spotlight on DarkSide
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Incident responders share insight on the DarkSide ransomware group connected to the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/12/2021
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66% of CISOs Feel Unprepared for Cyberattacks
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More than half of CISOs surveyed are more concerned about a cyberattack in 2021 than in 2020, researchers report.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/12/2021
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Vulnerable Protocols Leave Firms Open to Further Compromises
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Companies may no longer have Internet-facing file servers or weakly secured Web servers, but attackers that get by the perimeter have a wide-open landscape of vulnerability.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 5/12/2021
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Hashes, Salts, and Rainbow Tables: Confessions of a Password Cracker
Keira Stevens, Manager of Human intelligence, SpyCloudCommentary
Understanding a few basics about how password crackers think and behave could help you keep your users safer.
By Keira Stevens Manager of Human intelligence, SpyCloud, 5/12/2021
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Cybersecurity: What Is Truly Essential?
Joshua Goldfarb, Director of Product Management at F5
In an effort to protect their organizations, security professionals can overdo it. The result often works against them.
By Joshua Goldfarb Director of Product Management at F5, 5/12/2021
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Why You Should Be Prepared to Pay a Ransom
Christopher Muffat, CEO and founderCommentary
Companies that claim they'll never pay up in a ransomware attack are more likely to get caught flat-footed.
By Christopher Muffat CEO and founder, 5/12/2021
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The Long Road to Rebuilding Trust After 'Golden SAML'-Like Attacks
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Eradicating 'privileged intruders' from the network in the aftermath of an attack poses major challenges, experts say.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 5/12/2021
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A Startup With NSA Roots Wants Silently Disarming Cyberattacks on the Wire to Become the Norm
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Trinity Cyber takes a new spin on some traditional network-security techniques, but can its approach catch on widely?
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 5/11/2021
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Adobe Issues Patch for Acrobat Zero-Day
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The vulnerability is being exploited in limited attacks against Adobe Reader users on Windows.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/11/2021
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Application Attacks Spike as Criminals Target Remote Workers
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Application-specific and Web application attacks made up 67% of all attacks in 2020 as criminal strategies shifted in the pandemic.
By Dark Reading Staff , 5/11/2021
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 4 Critical CVEs, 3 Publicly Known, 1 Wormable
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Microsoft releases security patches for 55 vulnerabilities in its monthly roundup, which includes a critical, wormable flaw in the HTTP protocol stack.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/11/2021
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CVE-2021-29510
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-13
Pydantic is a data validation and settings management using Python type hinting. In affected versions passing either `'infinity'`, `'inf'` or `float('inf')` (or their negatives) to `datetime` or `date` fields causes validation to run forever with 100% CPU usage (on one CPU). Pydantic has been patche...
CVE-2021-23906
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-13
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A Message Length is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
CVE-2021-23907
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-13
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. The count in MultiSvGet, GetAttributes, and MultiSvSet is not checked in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
CVE-2021-23908
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-13
An issue was discovered in the Headunit NTG6 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. A type confusion issue affects MultiSvSetAttributes in the HiQnet Protocol, leading to remote code execution.
CVE-2021-23909
PUBLISHED: 2021-05-13
An issue was discovered in HERMES 2.1 in the MBUX Infotainment System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles through 2021. The SH2 MCU allows remote code execution.
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