Dark Reading Daily -- October 07, 2017

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October 07, 2017

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

Russian Hackers Targeted NSA Employee's Home Computer

New reports today say it was a National Security Agency employee, not a a contractor, whose home machine running Kaspersky Lab antivirus was hacked for classified files.

John Kelly's Personal Phone Compromised

Officials fear foreign entities may have accessed White House chief of staff Kelly's phone while he was secretary of Homeland Security.

Rise in Insider Threats Drives Shift to Training, Data-Level Security

As the value and volume of data grows, perimeter security is not enough to battle internal or external threats.

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URL Obfuscation: Still a Phisher's Phriend

There are three primary techniques to trick users into thinking a website link is real: URL shorteners, URL doppelgangers, and URL redirects.

TrickBot Rapidly Expands its Targets in August

TrickBot shifted its focus to U.S banks and credit card companies, soaring past the 1,000 target URL mark in a single configuration.

Where Do Security Vulnerabilities Come From?

There are three major causes: code quality, complexity, and trusted data inputs.

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