Dark Reading Daily -- February 05, 2018

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February 05, 2018

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

IoT Botnets by the Numbers

IoT devices are a botherder's dream attack-vector.

APIs Pose 'Mushrooming' Security Risk

As APIs grow in prominence, top security concerns include bots and authentication.

3 Ways Hackers Steal Your Company's Mobile Data

The most effective data exfiltration prevention strategies are those that are as rigorous in vetting traffic entering the network as they are traffic leaving it.

Cyberattack Impersonates FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center

Threat actors trick victims into sharing personal information with fake IC3 messages laced with malware.

Russian National Arrested for Kelihos Botnet Sent to US

Peter Levashov, among the world's most notorious email spammers, has been extradited to the US.

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch to Disable Intel's Broken Spectre Fix Affected Windows systems can also be set to "disable" or "enable" the Intel microcode update for Spectre attacks. Thinking about a Career Move in Cybersecurity? The numbers show career opportunities for cyber defenders. DNS Hijacking: The Silent Threat That's Putting Your Network at Risk The technique is easy to carry out and can cause much damage. Here's what you need to know about fighting back. MORE

EDITORS' CHOICE

6 Tips for Building a Data Privacy Culture

Experts say it's not enough to just post data classification guidelines and revisit the topic once a year. Companies have to build in privacy by design.

Digital Extortion to Expand Beyond Ransomware

In the future of digital extortion, ransomware isn't the only weapon, and database files and servers won't be the only targets.

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Building Your Identity-aware Infrastructure
Join Darran Rolls, the CTO & CISO of SailPoint, the leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance and Administration, as he demonstrates how to build an identity-aware infrastructure.
Cybersecurity Crash Course - Session 4: Securing End User Identities
How can enterprises build a security strategy that identifies the end user and applies the appropriate security - no matter what their location or device? This session provides new insights on securing your end users.

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Partner Perspectives

Ramnit's Holiday Shopping Spree: Retailers & E-commerce

This past season, the authors of a traditional banking Trojan focused on what people do between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day: shop, eat, check their bank account, and entertain.

Data Encryption: 4 Common Pitfalls

To maximize encryption effectiveness you must minimize adverse effects in network performance and complexity. Here's how.

Selling Cloud-Based Cybersecurity to a Skeptic

When it comes to security, organizations don't need to look at cloud as an either/or proposition. But there are misconceptions that need to be addressed.

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