Dark Reading Daily -- July 26, 2019

Android Spyware Has Ties to Election Interference

Recently revealed surveillance-ware comes from a consultant with close ties to Russia's GRU who was sanctioned by the US for election-tampering.

Russian Threat Group May Have Devised a 'Man-on-the-Side' Attack

Data from an intrusion last year suggests Iron Liberty group may have a new trick up its sleeve, Secureworks says.

Senate Report: US Election Security 'Sorely Lacking' in 2016

Senate Intelligence Committee report released today cites weaknesses, but finds no evidence of vote-tampering.

Security Training That Keeps Up with Modern Development

Black Hat USA speakers to discuss what it will take to 'shift knowledge left' to build up a corps of security-savvy software engineers.

Johannesburg Ransomware Attack Leaves Residents in the Dark

The virus affected the network, applications, and databases at City Power, which delivers electricity to the South African financial hub.

Louisiana Declares Cybersecurity State of Emergency

A series of attacks on school district systems leads the governor to declare the state's first cybersecurity state of emergency.

Answer These 9 Questions to Determine if Your Data Is Safe

Data protection regulations are only going to grow tighter. Make sure you're keeping the customer's best interests in mind.

How Cybercriminals Break into the Microsoft Cloud

Microsoft and Trimarc researchers explore the most common attacks against the cloud and effective defenses and mitigation.

The War for Cyber Talent Will Be Won by Retention not Recruitment

Six steps for creating a work environment that challenges, stimulates, rewards, and constantly engages employees fighting the good fight against cybercriminals.

8 Legit Tools and Utilities That Cybercriminals Commonly Misuse

Threat actors are increasingly 'living off the land,' using publicly available management and administration tools to conceal malicious activity.

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7 Stats That Show What It Takes to Run a Modern SOC

An inside look at staffing levels, budget allocation, outsourcing habits, and the metrics used by security operations centers (SOCs).

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How to Create Smarter Risk Assessments

Executives and directors need quantitative measurements - such as likelihood of loss and hard-dollar financial impact - to make more informed decisions about security risks.

Building and Managing an IT Security Operations Program