Dark Reading Daily -- March 08, 2021

Microsoft Adopted an 'Aggressive' Strategy for Sharing SolarWinds Attack Intel

Rob Lefferts, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365 Security in Security and Compliance, explains the company's approach to keeping its customers and the industry apprised and updated on its findings from the now-infamous attack.

5 Ways Social Engineers Crack Into Human Beings

These common human traits are the basic ingredients in the con-man's recipe for trickery.

On International Women's Day 2021, Does the 'Rule of Steve' Still Apply? Yes.

On International Women's Day 2021, gender diversity has improved in cybersecurity, but there is still a long way to go.

Make Sure That Stimulus Check Lands in the Right Bank Account

If you haven't already, it's time to build trust relationships with your financial institutions, using strong security, privacy protections and secure, unique user credentials.

Microsoft Exchange Server Exploits Hit Retail, Government, Education

Mandiant researchers identify a range of victims affected in attacks targeting newly reported Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities.

Qualys Is the Latest Victim of Accellion Data Breach

Security vendor confirms attackers exploited a previously disclosed vulnerability in the enterprise firewall technology to breach its network.

Intel: More Than 90% of Our Vulnerabilities Found via Research

Internal research and external bug-bounty programs combined to discover the vast majority of reported security issues in the company's software.

Business Apps Spoofed in 45% of Impersonation Attacks

Business-related applications like those from Microsoft, Zoom, and DocuSign are most often impersonated in brand phishing attacks.

EDITORS' CHOICE

8 Ways Ransomware Operators Target Your Network

Security researchers explore how criminals are expanding their arsenals with new, more subtle, and more effective ransomware attack techniques.

Secure Laptops & the Enterprise of the Future

The enterprise of the future will depend upon organizations' ability to extend the company firewall to everywhere people are working.

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Realistic Patch Management Tips, Post-SolarWinds

Patch management and testing are different, exactly the same, and completely out of hand. Here are tips from the experts on how to wrangle patches in a time of malicious software updates.

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