Dark Reading Daily -- September 20, 2017

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September 20, 2017

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

New Spam Campaign Literally Doubles Down on Ransomware

An upgraded spam campaign alternates Locky and FakeGlobe ransomware, forcing victims to pay twice or lose all their data.

Siemens' New ICS/SCADA Security Service a Sign of the Times

Major ICS/SCADA vendors are entering the managed security services business with cloud-based offerings for energy and other industrial sectors.

How Apple's New Facial Recognition Technology Will Change Enterprise Security

Expect a trickle-down effect, as tech similar to Face ID becomes offered outside of Apple.

Viacom's Secret Cloud Keys Exposed

The entertainment giant is the latest company to misconfigure its Amazon Web Services S3 cloud storage bucket.

GDPR & the Rise of the Automated Data Protection Officer

Can artificial intelligence and machine learning solve the skills shortage as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation deadline approaches?

Avast-Owned Piriform Releases CCleaner Security Update

The Avast subsidiary has released two new versions of CCleaner following the discovery of a supply-chain attack.

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HOT TOPICS
Equifax CIO, CSO Step Down Embattled credit-monitoring company names interim replacements for both positions and outlines more details about the massive breach. Equifax Exec Departures Raise Questions About Responsibility for Breach Disclosed details suggest a failure by the technology team but senior executives and the board are not above responsibility as well, experts say. FTC Opens Probe into Equifax Data Breach Apache Struts flaw was known to be critical and should have been addressed, security researchers say. MORE

EDITORS' CHOICE

10 Ways to Prevent Your Mobile Devices From Becoming Bots

Enterprises may not notice a huge impact on their network's bandwidth, but other repercussions may loom in the background.

Tech Resources

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Building a Cybersecurity Architecture to Combat Today's Risks
"Layered defense" has traditionally been the modus operandi of IT security, but this approach can't be counted on to stand up to today's threats and attacks. In addition, attack surfaces are growing every day as companies adopt technologies like cloud ...
Threat Intelligence Overload?
A wide range of threat intelligence feeds and services have cropped up keep IT organizations up to date on the latest security threats. But without mechanisms in place to actually use the information, these alerts provide little benefit.

Partner Perspectives

Artificial Intelligence: Getting the Results You Want

Finding a vendor that doesn't claim to do AI is hard these days. But getting the benefits you need and expect is even harder.

The Hunt for IoT: The Rise of Thingbots

Across all of our research, every indication is that today's "thingbots" - botnets built exclusively from Internet of Things devices - will become the infrastructure for a future Darknet.

Detection, Prevention & the Single-Vendor Syndrome

Why security teams need to integrate 'Defense in Depth' principles into traditional solutions designed with integration and continuity in mind.

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