Dark Reading Daily -- July 12, 2019

Summer: A Time for Vacations & Cyberattacks?

About a third of cybersecurity professionals believe that their companies see more cyberattacks during the summer, but the survey data does not convince on the reasons for the perception of a summer bump.

APT Groups Make Quadruple What They Spend on Attack Tools

Some advanced persistent threat actors can spend north of $1 million on attacks, but the return on that investment can be huge.

Data Center Changes Push Cyber Risk to Network's Edge

Changes in fundamental enterprise architectures coupled with shifts in human resources mean that companies are considering new risks to their infrastructure.

How to Catch a Phish: Where Employee Awareness Falls Short

Advanced phishing techniques and poor user behaviors that exacerbate the threat of successful attacks.

Persistent Threats Can Last Inside SMB Networks for Years

The average dwell time for riskware can be as much as 869 days.

Most Organizations Lack Cyber Resilience

Despite increasing threats, many organizations continue to run with only token cybersecurity and resilience.

The Security of Cloud Applications

Despite the great success of the cloud over the last decade, misconceptions continue to persist. Here's why the naysayers are wrong.

Software Engineer Charged for Taking Stolen Trade Secrets to China

Xudong Yao reportedly stole proprietary information from his employer and brought it to China, where he is believed to currently reside.

Monroe College Hit with Ransomware Attack

All campuses are affected, with attackers demanding $2 million in Bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys.

10 Ways to Keep a Rogue RasPi From Wrecking Your Network

A Raspberry Pi attached to the network at NASA JPL became the doorway for a massive intrusion and subsequent data loss. Here's how to keep the same thing from happening to your network.

Coast Guard Warns Shipping Firms of Maritime Cyberattacks

A commercial vessel suffered a significant malware attack in February, prompting the US Coast Guard to issues an advisory to all shipping companies: Here be malware.

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Under Active Attack

Microsoft issued fixes for 77 unique vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday, including two zero-day privilege escalation vulnerabilities seen exploited in the wild.

EDITORS' CHOICE

7 Hot Cybersecurity Trends to Be Highlighted at Black Hat

Just some of the research and ideas worth checking out at this year's 'security summer camp.'

NEW FROM THE EDGE

There’s a Security Incident in the Cloud: Who’s Responsible?

It's a valid question, and one many enterprises remain unsure of amid a mass migration that has transformed business over the past few years.

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