Dark Reading Weekly -- July 19, 2018

White House Cybersecurity Strategy at a Crossroads

Trump administration's initial lack of a unified front in the wake of Russian election-hacking indictments worries cybersecurity experts.

Mueller Probe Yields Hacking Indictments for 12 Russian Military Officers

GRU hackers used bitcoin to fund US computer network infrastructure supporting and hiding the operation.

From Bullets to Clicks: The Evolution of the Cyber Arms Race

Cyber strategies have become as important as physical weapons in the battle for political advantage. Here's a quick look at four broad categories.

8 Big Processor Vulnerabilities in 2018

Security researchers have been working in overdrive examining processors for issues - and they haven't come up empty-handed.

SCADA/ICS Dangers & Cybersecurity Strategies

Nearly 60% of surveyed organizations using SCADA or ICS reported they experienced a breach in those systems in the last year. Here are four tips for making these systems safer.

Newly Found Spectre Variants Bring New Concerns

Two new variants on a theme of Spectre underscore the expanding nature of the critical vulnerabilities.

Ukraine Security Service Stops VPNFilter Attack at Chlorine Station

The facility's process control system and emergency-detection system were infected, Interfax Ukraine reports.

Russian National Vulnerability Database Operation Raises Suspicions

Recorded Future says Russia's Federal Service for Technical and Export Control has ability to find, weaponize vulnerabilities under cover of doing technology inspections.

Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus: SANS

Companies are buying next-gen antivirus and fileless attack detection tools but few have the resources to use them, researchers report.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

10 Ways to Protect Protocols That Aren't DNS

Here's how to safeguard three other network foundation protocols so they don't become weapons or critical vulnerabilities.

Lessons from My Strange Journey into InfoSec

Establishing an entree into the security world can be a maddeningly slow process. For those of us already here, it can be an opportunity to help others.

The Changing Role of the CISO