Dark Reading Daily -- August 24, 2019

Haas Formula 1 CIO Builds Security at 230 Miles per Hour

As the CIO for both Formula 1 and NASCAR racing teams, Gary Foote is tackling the same security issues as other manufacturing CIOs - with a huge dash of motorized mayhem thrown in.

How to Avoid Technical Debt in Open Source Projects

Engineering teams have only a certain amount of capacity. Cutting down the volume of rework inherent in the open source business model begins with three best practices.

5 Ways to Improve the Patching Process

So many software vulnerabilities, so little time. But failure to patch them can have serious consequences. Here's help for overwhelmed security teams.

Clogged Cache? The Edge Cartoon Contest Winners

Creativity flowed, but two captions rose to the top.

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80 Charged in Massive BEC Operation Bust

A group of mostly Nigerian nationals attempted to steal $46 million through business email compromise and romance scams, the FBI reports.

IBM Announce Quantum Safe Encryption

Techniques too tough for quantum computing solutions will be part of public cloud and tape storage encryption.

VMware to Buy Carbon Black for $2.1B

Virtual machine giant's big cloud move includes plans to shell out $2.7 billion in stock transactions for Pivotal Software.

Towns Across Texas Hit in Coordinated Ransomware Attack

The state government and cybersecurity groups have mobilized to respond to a mass ransomware attack that simultaneously hit 22 different towns statewide.

Apple Misstep Leaves iPhones Open to Jailbreak

Newest version of iOS contains a critical bug that the company had previously already patched.

Tough Love: Debunking Myths about DevOps & Security

It's time to move past trivial 'shift left' conceptions of DevSecOps and take a hard look at how security work actually gets accomplished.

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10 Low-Cost (or Free!) Ways to Boost Your Security AI Skills

The following hardware and software options will amplify your know-how about artificial intelligence and how to apply it to security - without busting any budgets.

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App Security Still Dogs Developers, End-User Organizations

Lots of re-used code, cost pressures and long lead times for application software all lead to porous security where application software is concerned, says Chris Eng, Chief Research Officer for Veracode. But an emerging role he calls a "security champion" can help circumvent those problems and make apps safer for everyone.

7 Threats & Disruptive Forces Changing the Face of Cybersecurity