Dark Reading Weekly -- March 08, 2018

How Guccifer 2.0 Got 'Punk'd' by a Security Researcher

Security expert and former Illinois state senate candidate John Bambenek details his two months of online interaction with the 'unsupervised cutout' who shared with him more stolen DCCC documents.

Identity Management: Where It Stands, Where It's Going

How companies are changing the approach to identity management as people become increasingly digital.

Intel SGX Can Be Used to Hide, Execute Malware

The microprocessor giant's Software Guard Extensions security feature can be abused to implement virtually undetectable malware, Graz University researchers say.

Why Cryptocurrencies Are Dangerous for Enterprises

When employees mine coins with work computers, much can go wrong. But there are some ways to stay safe.

Hacking Back & the Digital Wild West

Far from helping organizations defend themselves, hacking back will escalate an already chaotic situation.

More Security Vendors Putting 'Skin in the Game'

Secure messaging and collaboration provider Wickr now publicly shares security testing details of its software.

Millions of Office 365 Accounts Hit with Password Stealers

Phishing emails disguised as tax-related alerts aim to trick users into handing attackers their usernames and passwords.

How & Why the Cybersecurity Landscape Is Changing

A comprehensive new report from Cisco should "scare the pants off" enterprise security leaders.

Memcached Servers Being Exploited in Huge DDoS Attacks

Multiple vendors this week say they have seen a recent spike in UDP attacks coming in via port 11211.

EDITORS' CHOICE

6 Questions to Ask Your Cloud Provider Right Now

Experts share the security-focused issues all businesses should explore when researching and using cloud services.

Pragmatic Security: 20 Signs You Are 'Boiling the Ocean'

Ocean-boiling is responsible for most of the draconian, nonproductive security policies I've witnessed over the course of my career. Here's why they don't work.

How to Cope with the IT Security Skills Shortage