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HP Purchases Security Startup Bromium
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The purchase will bring new isolation and threat intelligence capabilities to the HP portfolio.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/20/2019
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Ransomware Strikes 49 School Districts & Colleges in 2019
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The education sector has seen 10 new victims in the past nine days alone, underscoring a consistent trend throughout 2019.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 9/20/2019
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WeWork's Wi-Fi Exposed Files, Credentials, Emails
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For years, sensitive documents and corporate data have been easily viewable on the coworking space's open network.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/20/2019
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A Safer IoT Future Must Be a Joint Effort
Sivan Rauscher, CEO & Co-Founder, SAM Seamless NetworkCommentary
We're just at the beginning of an important conversation about the future of our homes and cities, which must involve both consumers and many players in the industry
By Sivan Rauscher CEO & Co-Founder, SAM Seamless Network, 9/20/2019
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A Beginner's Guide to Microsegmentation
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer
In a world in which the data center perimeter has all but evaporated, traditional segmentation no longer is enough. Enter microsegmentation. Here's what organizations need to do to maximize the benefits of this improved security architecture.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, 9/20/2019
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Lion Air the Latest to Get Tripped Up by Misconfigured AWS S3
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
The breach, which reportedly exposed data on millions of passengers, is one of many that have resulted from organizations leaving data publicly accessible in cloud storage buckets.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 9/19/2019
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Metasploit Creator HD Moore's Latest Hack: IT Assets
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Moore has built a network asset discovery tool that wasn't intended to be a pure security tool, but it addresses a glaring security problem.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 9/19/2019
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California's IoT Security Law Causing Confusion
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
The law, which goes into effect January 1, requires manufacturers to equip devices with 'reasonable security feature(s).' What that entails is still an open question.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 9/19/2019
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BSIMM10 Emphasizes DevOps' Role in Software Security
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
The latest model, with insights from 122 firms, shows DevOps adoption is far enough along to influence how companies approach software security.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 9/19/2019
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Security Pros Value Disclosure ... Sometimes
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Security professionals will coordinate disclosure with researchers but may keep their self-discovered vulnerabilities secret, a new study shows.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/19/2019
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Deconstructing an iPhone Spearphishing Attack
Marc Rogers, Executive Director of Cybersecurity, OktaCommentary
How criminals today bypass smartphone anti-theft protection and harvest AppleID and passwords taken from fake Apple servers.
By Marc Rogers Executive Director of Cybersecurity, Okta, 9/19/2019
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Ping Identity Prices IPO at $15 per Share
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The identity management company plans to sell 12.5 million shares, raising $187.5 million in its initial public offering.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/19/2019
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Crowdsourced Security & the Gig Economy
Alex Haynes, Chief Information Security Officer, CDLCommentary
Crowdsourced platforms have redefined both pentesting and the cybersecurity gig economy. Just not in a good way.
By Alex Haynes Chief Information Security Officer, CDL, 9/19/2019
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The 20 Worst Metrics in Cybersecurity
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer
Security leaders are increasingly making their case through metrics, as well they should — as long as they're not one of these.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, 9/19/2019
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Saudi IT Providers Hit in Cyber Espionage Operation
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark ReadingNews
Symantec identifies new 'Tortoiseshell' nation-state group as the attackers.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 9/18/2019
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WannaCry Detections At An All-Time High
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
More than 12,000 variants of the infamous malware are targeting systems that are still open to the EternalBlue exploit - but the potential danger is low, Sophos warns.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 9/18/2019
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How Cybercriminals Exploit Simple Human Mistakes
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
A new report explores how attackers identify psychological vulnerabilities to effectively manipulate targets.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 9/18/2019
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The Top 'Human Hacks' to Watch For Now
Joan Goodchild, Contributing Writer
Social engineering is as old as mankind. But its techniques have evolved with time. Here are the latest tricks criminals are using to dupe end users.
By Joan Goodchild Contributing Writer, 9/18/2019
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GitHub Becomes CVE Numbering Authority, Acquires Semmle
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Latest moves will make it much more likely that vulnerabilities in open source projects will be found and reported, GitHub says.
By Dark Reading Staff , 9/18/2019
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DevSecOps: Recreating Cybersecurity Culture
Steve Martino, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, CiscoCommentary
Bringing developers and security teams together guided by a common goal requires some risk-taking. With patience and confidence, it will pay off. Here's how.
By Steve Martino Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, Cisco, 9/18/2019
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CVE-2019-15138
PUBLISHED: 2019-09-20
The html-pdf package 2.2.0 for Node.js has an arbitrary file read vulnerability via an HTML file that uses XMLHttpRequest to access a file:/// URL.
CVE-2019-6145
PUBLISHED: 2019-09-20
Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions lower than 6.6.1 have an unquoted search path vulnerability. This enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM user. By default, only local administrators can write executables to the vulnerable directories. Forcepoint thanks Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs ...
CVE-2019-6649
PUBLISHED: 2019-09-20
F5 BIG-IP 15.0.0, 14.1.0-14.1.0.6, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, 11.6.0-11.6.4, and 11.5.1-11.5.9 and Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 may expose sensitive information and allow the system configuration to be modified when using non-default ConfigSync settings.
CVE-2019-6650
PUBLISHED: 2019-09-20
F5 BIG-IP ASM 15.0.0, 14.1.0-14.1.0.6, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, 11.6.0-11.6.4, and 11.5.1-11.5.9 may expose sensitive information and allow the system configuration to be modified when using non-default settings.
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PUBLISHED: 2019-09-20
The epic theme through 2014-09-07 for WordPress allows arbitrary file downloads via the file parameter to includes/download.php.
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Your enterprise's cyber risk may depend upon the relationship between the IT team and the security team. Here’s some insight on what's working – and what isn't – in the data center.
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