Dark Reading Daily -- November 10, 2017

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November 10, 2017

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

'Eavesdropper' Exposes Millions of Mobile Conversations

App developers fail to remove their hardcoded credentials, affecting hundreds of millions of data records.

Stealthy New PLC Hack Jumps the Air Gap

Researchers at Black Hat Europe next month will demonstrate a data-exfiltration attack on Siemens PLCs that uses combination of code manipulation and Radio Frequency (RF) emissions.

AV Vendors Have Immunity for Malware-Blocking Decisions, Court Says

Enigma Software Group had sued Malwarebytes for characterizing its anti-malware software as unsafe, but its case was dismissed.

OceanLotus APT Group Unfolds New Tactic in Cyber Espionage Campaign

The group has begun using compromised websites to profile and target entities of interest to the Vietnamese government, Volexity says.

Hypervisors: Now a Tool to Protect against Security Blind Spots

By facilitating live introspection of virtual machine memory, the Xen Project is striving to eliminate stealthy attack techniques like EternalBlue.

Cybersecurity Staffing Shortage Tied to Cyberattacks, Data Breaches

Short-staffed cybersecurity teams contribute to data breaches and cyberattacks levied against their organizations, a survey finds.

Barracuda Buys Sonian for Cloud Analytics

Barracuda snaps up Sonian to improve on cloud archiving and email security and management.

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Burnout, Culture Drive Security Talent Out the Door Security's efforts to bridge the talent gap mean little when workers don't want to stay in the industry. How I Infiltrated a Fortune 500 Company with Social Engineering Getting into the company proved surprisingly easy during a contest. Find out how to make your company better prepared for real-world attacks. Data Breach Record Exposure Up 305% from 2016 There have been 3,833 publicly disclosed data breaches in the first nine months of 2017, exposing more than seven billion records. MORE

EDITORS' CHOICE

Inhospitable: Hospitality & Dining's Worst Breaches in 2017

Hotels and restaurants are in the criminal crosshairs this year.

Greg Touhill: How an Air Force Lieutenant Became One of Cybersecurity's Top Guns

Security Pro File: After leading cyber efforts in the military, DHS, and the federal government, the former Federal CISO now sets his sights on new security technology

Tech Resources

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Partner Perspectives

'Goldilocks' Legislation Aims to Clean up IoT Security

The proposed Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 is not too hard, not too soft, and might be just right.

5 Reasons CISOs Should Keep an Open Mind about Cryptocurrency

With untold new markets for Bitcoin and other 'alt-coins,' it's going to be an exciting future -- and security leaders need to get ready for it.

5 Reasons Why the CISO is a Cryptocurrency Skeptic

If you think all you need is technology to defend against bad guys, you shouldn't be a CISO. But technology is all cryptocurrency is, starting with Bitcoin.

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The State of Ransomware
Ransomware has become one of the most prevalent new cybersecurity threats faced by today's enterprises. This new report from Dark Reading includes feedback from IT and IT security professionals about their organization's ransomware experiences, defense plans, and malware challenges. Find ...
[Security Breach Report] Overall Impact of & Steps to Prevent Breaches
Despite the escalation of cybersecurity staffing and technology, enterprises continue to suffer data breaches and compromises at an alarming rate. How do these breaches occur? How are enterprises responding, and what is the impact of these compromises on the business? ...

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