This Dark Reading Tech Digest takes a look at the biggest news stories (so far) of 2017 that shaped the cybersecurity landscape — from Russian hacking, ransomware’s coming-out party, and voting machine vulnerabilities to the massive data breach of credit-monitoring firm Equifax.

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• 'WannaCry' Rapidly Moving Ransomware Attack Spreads to 74 Countries: A wave of ransomware infections took down a wide swath of UK hospitals and is rapidly moving across the globe.
• Equifax Data Breach Prompts Calls for Tougher Security Requirements on Data Aggregators: Credit report bureau discloses breach that exposed data on 143 million US consumers.
• DEF CON Rocks the Vote with Live Machine Hacking: DEF CON 2018 is planning a full-blown election and voting system for hacking in, complete with a simulated presidential race.
• Adobe's Move to Kill Flash Is Good for Security: In recent years, Flash became one of the buggiest widely used apps out there.
• Cybersecurity Faces 1.8 Million Worker Shortfall by 2022: (ISC)² report shows the skills shortage is getting worse.
• Microsoft Beefs Up Enterprise Security in Windows 10, Surface: Microsoft's wave of security news targets hardware, Azure, Office 365, Windows 10, and SQL Server to safeguard business data.
• Shadow Brokers Group Offers Database of Windows Exploits for Sale: Notorious hacking crew claims tools are from the NSA-affiliated Equation Group, and include a plugin for tampering with event logs.
• Google Docs Phishing Scam a Game Changer: Experts expect copycats that take advantage of passive authentication from third-party applications using standards such as OAuth.
• First Malware Designed Solely for Electric Grids Caused 2016 Ukraine Outage: Attackers used CrashOverride/Industroyer to cause a partial power outage in Kiev, Ukraine, but it can be used anywhere, say researchers at Dragos and ESET.
• ...and more.

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