Dark Reading Daily -- December 17, 2022

Visibility into every environment, including cloud, enables businesses to mitigate operating risks.

Analysis Shows Attackers Favor PowerShell, File Obfuscation

Aiming to give threat hunters a list of popular attack tactics, a cybersecurity team analyzed collections of real-world threat data to find attackers' most popular techniques.

NIST Finally Retires SHA-1, Kind Of

SHA-1 was deprecated in 2011. NIST has set the hashing algorithm's final retirement date to Dec. 31, 2030.

Improve Confidence and Context to Sell the SOC on Automating

SIEM and XDE made a lot of promises, but they don't quite live up to the SOC team's standards.

Organizations Unprepared for Upcoming Data Privacy Regulations

A comprehensive data privacy program requires involvement from all parts of the business that deal with personal data.

Google Launches Scanner to Uncover Open Source Vulnerabilities

OSV-Scanner generates a list of dependencies in a project and checks the OSV database for known vulnerabilities, Google says.

San Francisco Rolls Back Its Plan for Killer Robots

After an uproar, the city board voted to rescind last week's bill to allow police to use robots to deliver deadly force. The fight isn't over, but there's a good reason it should be.

Key Security Announcements From AWS re:Invent 2022

At AWS re:Invent last week, the cloud giant previewed security services including Amazon Security Lake for security telemetry, Verified Permissions for developers, and a VPN bypass service.

CNAPP Shines a Light Into Evolving Cloud Environments

Cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) addresses security challenges in multicloud environments, including integrating applications across multicloud or hybrid cloud environments.

Name That Edge Toon: Not Your Average Bear

Come up with a clever caption, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

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Live From London: Next-Gen Cybersecurity Takes Stage at Black Hat Europe

Check out our slideshow detailing the emerging cybersecurity trends in cloud, creating a defensible Internet, malware evolution, and more that lit up audiences in London.

10 Hot Talks From Black Hat USA 2022