Dark Reading Daily -- February 10, 2024

The systems that make up a smart city ecosystem are not easily secured and require better design and better policy to ensure they are not vulnerable.

LATEST SECURITY FEATURES & COMMENTARY

As Smart Cities Expand, So Do the Threats

The systems that make up a smart city ecosystem are not easily secured and require better design and better policy to ensure they are not vulnerable.

Name That Edge Toon: The Great Escape

Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

Managed Everything? Vendors Shift Focus to Services

More companies are opting for managing complex security capabilities, such as data detection and response.

Why Demand for Tabletop Exercises Is Growing

Tabletop exercises can be an effective and affordable way to test an organization's defense and response capabilities against cyberattack.

Google Open Sources AI-Boosted Fuzzing Framework

The fuzzing framework uses AI to boost code coverage and speed up vulnerability discovery.

Microsoft Adds Face Check to Entra Verified ID

Microsoft has released the public preview of Face Check, which detects a person's "liveness" and compares their appearance against existing documents, such as a driver’s license, to verify identity.


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Super Bowl LVIII Presents a Vast Attack Surface for Threat Actors The NFL's digitization of almost all aspects of the event means it has a lot more turf to protect for itself, and for the game's tens of millions of fans. Linux Distros Hit by RCE Vulnerability in Shim Bootloader However, not everyone agrees with the NVD's assessment of CVE-2023-40547 being a near-maximum severity bug. China's Cyberattackers Maneuver to Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure Lurking for 5 years, Volt Typhoon is positioning itself to physically disrupt and cripple US critical infrastructure by gaining access to operational technology networks in the energy, water, communications, and transportation sectors, according to CISA. MORE

PRODUCTS & RELEASES

Cisco Adds New Security and AI Capabilities in Next Step Toward Cisco Networking Cloud Vision

Billington CyberSecurity to Host 1st State and Local Cyber Summit in Wake of Serious Cyberattacks

New Report From Flare Highlights Pervasive Threat of Initial Access Brokers in NATO Countries

etherFAX Pioneering Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Standards

Akamai Announces Content Protector to Stop Scraping Attacks

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EDITORS' CHOICE

A Cyber Insurer's Perspective on How to Avoid Ransomware

Insurance companies have a unique view of the ravages of ransomware, which lets us formulate lessons in how to avoid becoming a victim.

Forget Deepfakes or Phishing: Prompt Injection is GenAI's Biggest Problem

With prompt injection, AI puts new spin on an old security problem

Hook Younger Users With Cybersecurity Education Designed for Them

Security should not be treated as one-size-fits all, and that is doubly true when it comes to security awareness education. Training should be customized by age, learning styles, and preferred media if it is to be effective.

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