Dark Reading Daily -- October 06, 2021

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October 06, 2021

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

Mandia Alerted NSA on FireEye's SolarWinds Breach

"National security" concerns led former CEO Kevin Mandia to call the NSA when FireEye discovered its breach in late 2020.

Misconfigured Apache Airflow Platforms Threaten Organizations

Security researchers found thousands of credentials for popular cloud-hosted services exposed on insecure instances of the popular workflow management technology.

CVE Data Is Often Misinterpreted: Here's What to Look For

Common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) contain actionable details that can help address your security concerns. Here's how to get more from CVE data.

Why Access Control Has Become an Important Front in the War Against Cybercrime

A Hiscox report has found that spending on cybersecurity from businesses has doubled since 2019. Tomáš Vystavěl, Chief Product Officer at 2N TELEKOMUNIKACE, investigates why access control has become such an important asset in the fight against cybercrime.

Google to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for 150M More Users

The company also provided guidance on how to protect information stored in inactive accounts.

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10 Recent Examples of How Insider Threats Can Cause Big Breaches and Damage Theft of intellectual property, sabotage, exposure of sensitive data and more were caused by malicious behavior and negligence at these organizations The New Security Basics: 10 Most Common Defensive Actions Companies now commonly collect security metrics from their software development life cycle, implement basic security measures, and define their obligations to protect user data as part of a basic security strategy. More Than 90% of Q2 Malware Was Hidden in Encrypted Traffic Analysis of threat trends from last quarter reveals attackers ramped up their use of fileless malware, and zero-day malware accounted for almost two-thirds of all detections. MORE

EDITORS' CHOICE

Windows 11 Available: What Security Pros Should Know

Microsoft discusses the security requirements and changes coming to the newest version of its Windows operating system.

Top 5 Skills Modern SOC Teams Need to Succeed

From basic coding to threat hunting, here are five skills modern SOC teams need to successfully navigate the future of high-scale detection and response.

LATEST FROM THE EDGE

Loss of Intellectual Property, Customer Data Pose Greatest Business Risks

The slightly "good" news? Security professionals are a little less concerned about certain threats than last year, according to Dark Reading's "State of Incident Response 2021" report.

LATEST FROM DR TECHNOLOGY

Mandiant Tackles Ransomware and Breaches With New Tools

Mandiant's new software-as-a-service offerings tap into the company's extensive threat intelligence capabilities to help cybersecurity teams detect and respond to ransomware attacks and data breaches.

Tech Resources

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Defense Strategies to Combat Sophisticated Ransomware and Multi-Vector Attacks
To defend themselves effectively, companies need to detect ransomware attacks early, gather the intelligence to understand the attack and prevent attacks from occurring in the future. In this webinar, Shailesh Athalye, EVP Product Management will discuss ransomware trends, defensive maneuvers ...
Next-Gen Authentication: A Strategy for MFA, Passwordless, and Beyond
Cyber experts agree: Data cannot become more secure until end user authentication goes beyond the simple password. But what are the right tools and strategies for authentication in your organization? How can you move beyond the password and implement next-generation ...

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Enterprise Cybersecurity Plans in a Post-Pandemic World
As the COVID-19 pandemic eases, IT security threats and the challenges involved in responding to them are trending upward. Security leaders expect that cyberattacks like ransomware, phishing, and malware will increase even as the pandemic eventually recedes. Download the Dark ...

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