Dark Reading Weekly -- September 29, 2016

New study shows that bug bounties without a secure application development program and testing can be costly.

Clinton, Trump Debate 'Twenty-First Century War' Of Cyberattacks

Lester Holt led with topic of cybersecurity as the first question on national security in Monday's Presidential debate.

Hacking The Polls: Where US Voting Processes Fall Short

The patchwork of 50 decentralized state electoral systems threatens to disrupt our national election through ransomware attacks, hijacked voter registration rolls, and altered voting results.

Spam Levels Spike, Thanks In Part To Ransomware

By shipping banking Trojans and ransomware that turn big profits fast, spammers can now afford the high overhead of high-volume spam campaigns.

Mobile Fraud Changes Outlook for Multifactor Authentication

SMS one-time passcodes just won't cut it anymore. We need new approaches that people will actually use.

Biometric Skimmers Pose Emerging Threat To ATMs

Even as financial institutions move to shore up ATM security with biometric mechanisms, cybercrooks are busy figuring out ways to beat them.

Improving The Security Conversation For CIOs, CISOs, & Board Members

Cybersecurity is a top priority among enterprise leaders, but it's difficult for them to communicate with IT and security teams if they lack an understanding of key security concepts.

Yahoo Reveals Nation State-Borne Data Breach Affecting A Half-Billion Users

But still unconfirmed is whether the newly revealed attack is related to recently dumped Yahoo user credentials in an online cybercrime forum.

Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Hit Mac OS X With New Trojan

Aerospace victim hit by targeted attack that didn't even exploit a Mac vulnerability.

Snowden: Hollywood Highlights 2 Persistent Privacy Threats

Oliver Stone's movie shows us that while most of us have nothing to hide, we all have information worth protecting - both technically and constitutionally.

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