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Biden Nominates Former NSA Officials for Top Cybersecurity Roles
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
President Biden has nominated Jen Easterly as the new director of CISA and is expected to nominate Chris Inglis as the first national cyber director.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/12/2021
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Microsoft Warns of Malware Delivery via Google URLs
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A new campaign abuses legitimate website contact forms to send URLs that ultimately deliver the IcedID banking Trojan.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/12/2021
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Federal Reserve Chairman Says Cyber-Risk a Top Threat to National Economy
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Jerome Powell tells 60 Minutes that cyberattacks have the potential to do major damage to US financial system.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/12/2021
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Microsoft Uses Machine Learning to Predict Attackers' Next Steps
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
Researchers build a model to attribute attacks to specific groups based on tactics, techniques and procedures, and then figure out their next move.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 4/12/2021
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New Malware Downloader Spotted in Targeted Campaigns
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
Saint Bot is being used to drop stealers on compromised systems but could be used to deliver any malware.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 4/12/2021
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Wake Up and Smell the JavaScript
Deepika Gajaria, VP of Products, Tala SecurityCommentary
The SolarWinds attack showed the true meaning of a supply chain breach. And it's the canary in the coal mine for sensitive data on the Web.
By Deepika Gajaria VP of Products, Tala Security, 4/12/2021
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Omdia Research Spotlight: XDR
Eric Parizo, Senior Analyst, OmdiaCommentary
Few emerging cybersecurity market segments are garnering more attention than XDR. Here, Omdia highlights its recent research on XDR.
By Eric Parizo Senior Analyst, Omdia, 4/12/2021
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Unofficial Android App Store APKPure Infected With Malware
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The APKPure app store was infected with malware that can download Trojans to other Android devices, researchers report.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/9/2021
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CISA Launches New Threat Detection Dashboard
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Aviary is a new dashboard that works with CISA's Sparrow threat detection tool.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/9/2021
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8 Security & Privacy Apps to Share With Family and Friends
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
Mobile apps to recommend to the people in your life who want to improve their online security and privacy.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/9/2021
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Women Are Facing an Economic Crisis & the Cybersecurity Industry Can Help
Sabrina Castiglione, Chief Financial Officer & Acting Head of TalentCommentary
Investing in women's cybersecurity careers can bring enormous benefits and help undo some of the significant economic damage wrought by the pandemic.
By Sabrina Castiglione Chief Financial Officer & Acting Head of Talent, 4/9/2021
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Zoom Joins Microsoft Teams on List of Enterprise Tools Hacked at Pwn2Own
Jai Vijayan, Contributing WriterNews
White-hat hacking event shows yet again why there's no such thing as foolproof security against modern attacks.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 4/8/2021
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Fraudsters Use HTML Legos to Evade Detection in Phishing Attack
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Criminals stitch pieces of HTML together and hide them in JavaScript files, researchers report.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/8/2021
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600K Payment Card Records Leaked After Swarmshop Breach
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A leaked database also contains the nicknames, hashed passwords, contact details, and activity history of Swarmshop admins, sellers, and buyers.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/8/2021
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Handcuffs Over AI: Solving Security Challenges With Law Enforcement
Charles Herring, CTO and Co-Founder, WitFooCommentary
We've tried everything else ... now it's time to make the prospect of getting caught -- and punished -- a real deterrent to cybercrime.
By Charles Herring CTO and Co-Founder, WitFoo, 4/8/2021
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SecOps and DevOps: From Cooperation to Automation
Eric Parizo, Senior Analyst, OmdiaCommentaryVideo
Omdia Principal Analyst Eric Parizo discusses the major obstacles SecOps organizations face as they seek to build ties with DevOps teams, and offers a programmatic approach to help create a path toward DevSecOps.
By Eric Parizo Senior Analyst, Omdia, 4/7/2021
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Did 4 Major Ransomware Groups Truly Form a Cartel?
Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterNews
An analysis of well-known extortion groups and their cryptocurrency transactions reveals the answer.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 4/7/2021
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Voice-Changing Software Found on APT Attackers' Server
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingQuick Hits
Security researchers believe the presence of Morph Vox Pro could indicate APT-C-23 has new plans for their phishing campaigns.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/7/2021
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Cring Ransomware Used in Attacks on European Industrial Firms
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Attackers exploited a vulnerability in Fortigate VPN servers to gain access to target networks, researchers report.
By Dark Reading Staff , 4/7/2021
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Fortune 500 Security Shows Progress and Pitfalls
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark ReadingNews
Fortune 500 companies have improved on email security and vulnerability disclosure programs but struggle in asset management and high-risk services.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/7/2021
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PUBLISHED: 2021-04-12
Synapse is a Matrix reference homeserver written in python (pypi package matrix-synapse). Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. In Synapse before version 1.28.0 Synapse is missing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identif...
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Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
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PUBLISHED: 2021-04-12
A vulnerability in the HTML editor of Slab Quill 4.8.0 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript by storing an XSS payload (a crafted onloadstart attribute of an IMG element) in a text field.
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In Liberty lisPBX 2.0-4, configuration backup files can be retrieved remotely from /backup/lispbx-CONF-YYYY-MM-DD.tar or /backup/lispbx-CDR-YYYY-MM-DD.tar without authentication or authorization. These configuration files have all PBX information including extension numbers, contacts, and passwords.
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PUBLISHED: 2021-04-12
Dell SRM versions prior to 4.5.0.1 and Dell SMR versions prior to 4.5.0.1 contain an Untrusted Deserialization Vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary privileged code execution on the vulnerable application. The severity is Cr...
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