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Thursday August 8, 2019

You are receiving this special "Black Hat Daily News" as a courtesy. You will only receive this limited edition newsletter for three days during the Black Hat Conference.

HIGHLIGHTS:
- New Speculative Execution Vulnerability Gives CISOs a New Reason to Lose Sleep
- US Air Force Bug Bounty Program Nets 54 Flaws for $123,000
- Dark Reading News Desk Live at Black Hat USA 2019 Starts Today
- Ongoing Campaign Spoofs Walmart, Dating, Movie Sites
- Executive Women's Forum Meet & Greet

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TOP STORIES
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- New Speculative Execution Vulnerability Gives CISOs a New Reason to Lose Sleep

The vulnerability, dubbed SWAPGS, is an undetectable threat to data security, similar in some respects to Spectre and Meltdown
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/new-speculative-execution-vulnerability-gives-cisos-a-new-reason-to-lose-sleep/d/d-id/1335462

- US Air Force Bug Bounty Program Nets 54 Flaws for $123,000

The Air Force brought together 50 vetted hackers to find the vulnerabilities in the latest bug-bounty program hosted by a branch of the US military
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/vulnerability-management/us-air-force-bug-bounty-program-nets-54-flaws-for-$123000/d/d-id/1335460

- Dark Reading News Desk Live at Black Hat USA 2019 Starts Today!

Watch right for more than 30 video interviews with speakers and sponsors. Streaming live from Black Hat USA Wednesday and Thursday 2 pm - 6 pm ET
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/dark-reading-news-desk-live-at-black-hat-usa-2019/d/d-id/1335369

- NOC Presentation | 10:40 am-10:55 am PT

Neil Wyler and Bart Stump, leaders of the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) will present an overview of the overall network architecture, educate attendees on the network, and share data that they are discovering within the NOC at Black Hat USA.
https://www.blackhat.com/us-19/features/schedule/index.html#noc-presentation-17055

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LATEST NEWS
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- Ongoing Campaign Spoofs Walmart, Dating, Movie Sites

A new investigation detects more than 540 domain names linked to the Walmart brand and camouflaged as career, dating, and entertainment websites.
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/ongoing-campaign-spoofs-walmart-dating-movie-sites/d/d-id/1335459

- Security & the Infinite Capacity to Rationalize

To improve the security posture of our organizations, we must open our eyes to rationalization and put an end to it with logic.
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/security-and-the-infinite-capacity-to-rationalize-/a/d-id/1335400

- When Perceived Cybersecurity Risk Outweighs Reality

Teams need to manage perceived risks so they can focus on fighting the real fires.
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/when-perceived-cybersecurity-risk-outweighs-reality/a/d-id/1335417

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TODAY'S EVENTS
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- August 8: Executive Women's Forum Meet & Greet | South Pacific GH, North Hall, Lower Level | 1:00pm-2:30pm PT
https://www.blackhat.com/us-19/features/schedule/index.html#executive-womens-forum-meet--greet-17307

- August 8: Assessing Cognitive Capacity and Burnout | Coral C, Lower Level, North Hall | 11:15am-12:05pm PT
https://www.blackhat.com/us-19/features/schedule/#assessing-cognitive-capacity-and-burnout-17445

- August 8: BLACK HAT Arsenal
https://www.blackhat.com/us-19/arsenal/schedule/index.html#tab/thursday

- August 8: Black Hat Businsess Hall
https://www.blackhat.com/us-19/business-hall.html

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RESOURCES
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- Dark Reading Tech Digest: Building and Managing an IT Security Operations Program
As cyber threats grow, many organizations are building security operations centers (SOCs) to improve their defenses. In this Tech Digest you will learn tips on how to get the most out of a SOC in your organization - and what to do if you can't afford to build one.
https://www.darkreading.com/drdigital/20190507drtd?cid=smartbox_techweb_drdigital_20190507drtd

- Dark Reading Research Report: The State of IT Operations and Cybersecurity Operations
In this survey, Dark Reading uncovered how IT operations and security teams work together, what technologies they are using, and how they communicate and share responsibility--or create risk by failing to do so.
https://informationweek.com/whitepaper/cybersecurity/security-management-and-analytics/the-state-of-it-operations-and-cybersecurity-operations/407773

- Improving Enterprise Authentication: Taming the Password Beast
In this Dark Reading webinar, a top expert will discuss emerging methods for solving the authentication problem, and for building authentication strategies that go beyond the enterprise premises.
https://webinar.darkreading.com/5347?

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