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 February 20, 2021
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Breach Etiquette: How to Mind Your Manners When It Matters
Panic-stricken as you may be in the face of a cyberattack, keeping calm and, perhaps most importantly, responding appropriately are critical to limiting the damage.
Fighting Fileless Malware, Part 3: Mitigations
Attackers can dodge the countermeasures you employ against fileless malware. So how do you mitigate the damage?
How to Run a Successful Penetration Test
These seven tips will help ensure a penetration test improves your organization's overall security posture.
Black History Month 2021: Time to Talk Diversity and Cybersecurity
In an industry that consistently needs new ideas, it's essential to have individuals who think, speak, and act in diverse ways.
Unemployment Fraud: As If Being Out of Work Wasn't Bad Enough
With the pandemic as a backdrop, cybercriminals have recognized an unprecedented opportunity to steer billions of dollars in unemployment claims into the own accounts.

Name That Edge Toon: Be Careful Who You Trust

Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card. The contest ends Feb. 18.


Edge Poll: Hook, Line, and Sinker

How confident are you in your security team's ability to protect your organization from phishing? Let us know.


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What I Wish I Knew at the Start of My InfoSec Career

Security pros identify lessons learned that impact how they view infosec today.

Fighting Fileless Malware, Part 2: Countermeasures

Why do fileless attacks persist? Let's break down the strengths and weaknesses of the existing mitigations.

Water Utility Hack Could Inspire More Intruders
If past cyberattacks are any indication, success begets imitation. In the wake of last week's hack of Florida water utility, other water utilities and users of remote desktop software would be wise to shore up defenses, experts say.

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Hacker Pig Latin: A Base64 Primer for Security Analysts

The Base64 encoding scheme is often used to hide the plaintext elements in the early stages of an attack that can't be concealed under the veil of encryption. Here's how to see through its tricks.


How to Submit a Column to Dark Reading
Have a new idea, a lesson learned, or a call to action for your fellow cybersecurity professionals? Here's how to submit your Commentary pieces to Dark Reading.
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Attackers Already Targeting Apple's M1 Chip with Custom Malware
A proof-of-concept program infects systems with ARM64-compiled binaries and then reaches out to download additional functionality.
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