Dark Reading Weekly -- December 20, 2018

Cyber Readiness Institute Launches New Program for SMBs

Program seeks to raise employee cyber awareness at small and midsize businesses and give their owners the tools to make a difference.

Lax Controls Leave Fortune 500 Overexposed On the Net

The largest companies in the world have an average of 500 servers and devices accessible from the Internet - and many leave thousands of systems open to attack.

NASA Investigating Breach That Exposed PII on Employees, Ex-Workers

Incident is latest manifestation of continuing security challenges at agency, where over 3,000 security incidents have been reported in recent years.

Privacy Futures: Fed-up Consumers Take Their Data Back

In 2019, usable security will become the new buzzword and signal a rejection of the argument that there must be a trade-off between convenience and security and privacy.

53 Bugs in 50 Days: Researchers Fuzz Adobe Reader

Automatic vulnerability finding tools detect more than 50 CVEs in Adobe Reader and Adobe Pro during a 50-day experiment.

Cryptographic Erasure: Moving Beyond Hard Drive Destruction

In the good old days, incinerating backup tapes or shredding a few hard drives would have solved the problem. Today, we have a bigger challenge.

2019 Attacker Playbook

Security pundits predict the ways that cybercriminals, nation-state actors, and other attackers will refine their tactics, techniques, and procedures in the coming year.

Disk-Wiping 'Shamoon' Malware Resurfaces With File-Erasing Malware in Tow

As with previous attacks, organizations in the Middle East appear to be main targets, Symantec says.

8 Security Tips to Gift Your Loved Ones For the Holidays

Before the wrapping paper starts flying, here's some welcome cybersecurity advice to share with friends and family.

EDITORS' CHOICE

6 CISO Resolutions for 2019

The ultimate to-do list for ambitious security leaders.

Shhhhh! The Secret to Secrets Management

Companies need to take a centralized approach to protecting confidential data and assets. Here are 12 ways to get a handle on the problem.

The Year in Security 2018