Dark Reading Daily -- September 23, 2019

7 Ways VPNs Can Turn from Ally to Threat

VPNs are critical pieces of the security infrastructure, but they can be vulnerable, hackable, and weaponized against you. Here are seven things to be aware of before you ignore your VPN.

Ransomware Strikes 49 School Districts & Colleges in 2019

The education sector has seen 10 new victims in the past nine days alone, underscoring a consistent trend throughout 2019.

A Safer IoT Future Must Be a Joint Effort

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

Deconstructing an iPhone Spearphishing Attack

How criminals today bypass smartphone anti-theft protection and harvest AppleID and passwords taken from fake Apple servers.

HP Purchases Security Startup Bromium

The purchase will bring new isolation and threat intelligence capabilities to the HP portfolio.

WeWork's Wi-Fi Exposed Files, Credentials, Emails

For years, sensitive documents and corporate data have been easily viewable on the coworking space's open network.

Metasploit Creator HD Moore's Latest Hack: IT Assets

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.

The 20 Worst Metrics in Cybersecurity

Security leaders are increasingly making their case through metrics, as well they should - as long as they're not one of these.

MITRE Releases 2019 List of Top 25 Software Weaknesses

The list includes the most frequent and critical weaknesses that can lead to serious software vulnerabilities.

EDITORS' CHOICE

Cybercriminal's Black Market Pricing Guide

Common prices criminals pay one other for products and services that fuel the cybercriminal ecosystem.

NEW FROM THE EDGE

'Playing Around' Can Teach Serious Security Lessons

A project intended to move a small robot around a hazardous board teaches some solid security lessons.

A Beginner's Guide to Microsegmentation

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.

7 Threats & Disruptive Forces Changing the Face of Cybersecurity