Dark Reading Daily -- March 31, 2018

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March 31, 2018

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

Microsoft Rushes Out Fix for Major Hole Caused by Previous Meltdown Patch

Issue affects Windows 7 x64 and Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 systems.

The Cybersecurity Mandates Keep On Coming

There's a good reason for the proliferation of mandates like the one in New York state, but companies may struggle to answer this question: "Are we in compliance?"

Accused LinkedIn, DropBox Hacker Appears in US Court After Diplomatic Battle

Russian national indicted for the 2012 LinkedIn hack that led to the theft of 117 million passwords has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the US.

Under Armour App Breach Exposes 150 Million Records

A breach in a database for MyFitnessPal exposes information on 150 million users.

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HOT TOPICS
New Ransomware Attacks Endpoint Defenses AVCrypt tries to disable anti-malware software before it can be detected and removed. Bad Bots Increasingly Hide Out in Cloud Data Centers Humans accounted for nearly 58% of website traffic in 2017 -- the rest were bad and good bots. Attackers Shift From Adobe Flaws to Microsoft Products Seven of the Top 10 most commonly exploited vulnerabilities in 2017 were Microsoft-related - not Adobe Flash as in years past, Recorded Future found. MORE

EDITORS' CHOICE

10 Women in Security You May Not Know But Should

The first in a series of articles shining a spotlight on women who are quietly changing the game in cybersecurity.

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Partner Perspectives

Deconstructing a Business Email Compromise Attack

How a tech-savvy New Jersey couple outwitted a German hacker group and saved their home and life savings.

Getting Ahead of Internet of Things Security in the Enterprise

In anticipation of an IoT-centric future, CISOs must be rigorous in shoring up defenses that provide real-time insights across all network access points.

Applications & Identities Initial Targets in 86% of Breaches: Report

The startling numbers of breached data are sobering: 11.8 billion records compromised in 337 of 433 incidents examined by F5 researchers. They include 10.3 billion usernames, passwords, and email accounts.

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2018 State of the Cloud Report
Cloud adoption is growing, but how are organizations taking advantage of it? Interop ITX and InformationWeek surveyed technology decision-makers to find out, read this report to discover what they had to say!
[Forrester's Report] The State of Application Security: 2018 & Beyond

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