Dark Reading Daily -- May 28, 2019

7 Recent Wins Against Cybercrime

The increasing number of successful law enforcement actions and prosecutions suggest that cybercriminals have plenty of reason to be looking over their shoulders.

NSS Labs Admits Its Test of CrowdStrike Falcon Was 'Inaccurate'

CrowdStrike, NSS Labs reach confidential settlement over 2017 endpoint product testing dispute.

First American Financial Corp. Left Mortgage Data Exposed on Website

Real estate title firm reportedly has closed a hole in its website that had left hundreds of millions of real estate tile insurance files accessible without authentication, according to KrebsOnSecurity.

Mist Computing Startup Distributes Security AI to the Network Edge

MistNet, founded by former Juniper employees, moves AI processing to the network edge to build distributed detection and analysis models for security.

How Security Vendors Can Address the Cybersecurity Talent Shortage

The talent gap is too large for any one sector, and cybersecurity vendors have a big role to play in helping to close it.

Satan Ransomware Adds More Evil Tricks

The latest changes to the Satan ransomware framework demonstrate attackers are changing their operations while targeting victims more carefully.

How a Manufacturing Firm Recovered from a Devastating Ransomware Attack

The infamous Ryuk ransomware slammed a small company that makes heavy-duty vehicle alternators for government and emergency fleet. Here's what happened.

Russian Nation-State Hacking Unit's Tools Get More Fancy

APT28/Fancy Bear has expanded its repertoire to more than 30 commands for infecting systems, executing code, and reconnaissance, researchers have found.

EDITORS' CHOICE

What You Need to Know About Zero Trust Security

The zero trust model might be the answer to a world in which perimeters are made to be breached. Is it right for your organization?

Proving the Value of Security Awareness with Metrics that 'Deserve More'

Without metrics that matter to the business, awareness programs will continue to be the bastard child of security.

Building and Managing an IT Security Operations Program