Dark Reading Daily -- November 13, 2017

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November 13, 2017

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

New Locky Ransomware Takes Another Turn

A newly discovered strain of Locky ransomware has been discovered masquerading as legitimate Microsoft Word documents.

Customers Punish Breached Companies

Equifax's 25% reduction in share value and other industry-wide stats show that consumers aren't so apathetic about cybersecurity after all.

Why Common Sense Is Not so Common in Security: 20 Answers

Or, questions vendors need to ask themselves before they write a single word of marketing material.

Google Updates Chrome to Prevent Unwanted Content, Redirects

Changes to Google Chrome aim to prevent users from being redirected to unexpected websites and unwanted content.

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HOT TOPICS
How I Infiltrated a Fortune 500 Company with Social Engineering Getting into the company proved surprisingly easy during a contest. Find out how to make your company better prepared for real-world attacks. Burnout, Culture Drive Security Talent Out the Door Security's efforts to bridge the talent gap mean little when workers don't want to stay in the industry. 'Eavesdropper' Exposes Millions of Mobile Conversations App developers fail to remove their hardcoded credentials, affecting hundreds of millions of data records. MORE

EDITORS' CHOICE

6 Steps for Sharing Threat Intelligence

Industry experts offer specific reasons to share threat information, why it's important - and how to get started.

Inhospitable: Hospitality & Dining's Worst Breaches in 2017

Hotels and restaurants are in the criminal crosshairs this year.

Tech Resources

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Cloud Security: Don't Go Blind While Playing in the Cloud
Attend this webinar to understand the security transformation from an on-prem fortress mentality to federated cloud services functioning outside your traditional zone of control.
Ransomware: Trends, Use Cases & Protection
Ransomware is one of the favorite flavors of malware and is particularly vicious and showing no signs of slowing down. Join this webinar as Senior Security Researcher Kyle Wilhoit helps us to understand ransomware trends, ransomware use cases, the financial ...

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Partner Perspectives

'Goldilocks' Legislation Aims to Clean up IoT Security

The proposed Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 is not too hard, not too soft, and might be just right.

5 Reasons CISOs Should Keep an Open Mind about Cryptocurrency

With untold new markets for Bitcoin and other 'alt-coins,' it's going to be an exciting future -- and security leaders need to get ready for it.

5 Reasons Why the CISO is a Cryptocurrency Skeptic

If you think all you need is technology to defend against bad guys, you shouldn't be a CISO. But technology is all cryptocurrency is, starting with Bitcoin.

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The State of Ransomware
Ransomware has become one of the most prevalent new cybersecurity threats faced by today's enterprises. This new report from Dark Reading includes feedback from IT and IT security professionals about their organization's ransomware experiences, defense plans, and malware challenges. Find ...
Surviving the IT Security Skills Shortage
Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand -- and short supply. Find out what Dark Reading discovered during their 2017 Security Staffing Survey and get some strategies for getting through the drought. Download the report today!

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AllClear ID Launches the Breach Response Industry's First Customer Response War Game

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