🛡 Cybersecurity & Privacy 🛡 - News

Today's security operations center is all about reducing the number of alerts with emerging technologies - and enhancing old-school human collaboration. Here's how some real-world SOCs are evolving.

The SOC Gets a Makeover

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Why a Healthy Data Diet Is the Secret to Healthy Security

🕴 Why a Healthy Data Diet Is the Secret to Healthy Security 🕴

In the same way that food is fuel to our bodies, data is the fuel on which our security programs run. Here are 10 action items to put on your cybersecurity menu.

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In the same way that food is fuel to our bodies, data is the fuel on which our security programs run. Here are 10 action items to put on your cybersecurity menu.

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🕴 Report: Data Breaches Hit Share Prices, Too 🕴

A data breach has a measurable impact on stock price, according to a report looking at incidents from the past six years

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches recent news | Dark Reading

Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Cyberattacks & Data Breaches, brought to you by the editors of Dark Reading

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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2017-14026

In Ice Qube Thermal Management Center versions prior to version 4.13, the web application does not properly authenticate users which may allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".

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Take (Industrial) Control: A Look at the 2018 ICS Threat Landscape

🕴 Take (Industrial) Control: A Look at the 2018 ICS Threat Landscape 🕴

New research sheds light on the biggest threats to strike ICS systems in the first half of 2018, and what's in store for the rest of this year.

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New research sheds light on the biggest threats to strike ICS systems in the first half of 2018, and what's in store for the rest of this year.

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❌ U.S. Ties Lazarus to North Korea and Major Hacking Conspiracy ❌

The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world."

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U.S. Ties Lazarus to North Korea and Major Hacking Conspiracy

The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world.”

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🕴 The Best Way To Secure US Elections? Paper Ballots 🕴

Voting machines that do not provide a paper trail or cannot be independently audited should immediately be removed, concludes a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Cyber Risk recent news | Dark Reading

Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Cyber Risk, brought to you by the editors of Dark Reading

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❌ ThreatList: Attacks on Industrial Control Systems on the Rise ❌

The main source of infection on industrial control systems was the internet, researchers at Kaspersky Lab found in a new report.

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ThreatList: Attacks on Industrial Control Systems on the Rise

The main source of infection on industrial control systems was the internet, researchers at Kaspersky Lab found in a new report.

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⚠ Dark web sites could be exposed by routine slip-up ⚠

A simple misconfiguration could expose the IP addresses of dark web sites.

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Dark web sites could be exposed by routine slip-up

A simple misconfiguration could expose the IP addresses of dark web sites.

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⚠ Firefox finally casts Windows XP users adrift ⚠

Mozilla's browser is waving goodbye to millions of XP holdouts.

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Firefox finally casts Windows XP users adrift

Mozilla’s browser is waving goodbye to millions of XP holdouts.

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❌ Top MacOS App Exfiltrates Browser Histories Behind Users’ Backs ❌

A macOS App called Adware Doctor blocks ads, but share’s user browser history with a China-based domain.

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Top MacOS App Exfiltrates Browser Histories Behind Users’ Backs

A macOS App called Adware Doctor blocks ads, but shares user browser history with a China-based domain.

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⚠ Teen hacker admits to SWATting schools, airline flight ⚠

The teenager made bomb threats to schools, and to a flight between the UK and San Francisco while it was in mid-air.

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Teen hacker admits to SWATting schools, airline flight

The teenager made bomb threats to schools, and to a flight between the UK and San Francisco while it was in mid-air.

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❌ Threat Actors Eyeing IQY Files To Peddle Malspam ❌

The Necurs Botnet, DarkHydrus and other threat actors are turning to the inconspicuous files.

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Threat Actors Eyeing IQY Files To Peddle Malspam

The Necurs Botnet, DarkHydrus and other threat actors are turning to the inconspicuous files.

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⚠ Former NASA contractor arrested on charges of sextorting seven women ⚠

Richard Gregory Bauer allegedly weaseled private information out of the women on Facebook by pretending to be working on a class project.

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Former NASA contractor arrested on charges of sextorting seven women

Richard Gregory Bauer allegedly weaseled private information out of the women on Facebook by pretending to be working on a class project.

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❌ Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Sept. 7 ❌

The Threatpost team breaks down the biggest news from the week ended Sept. 7.

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Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Sept. 7

The Threatpost team breaks down the biggest news from the week ended Sept. 7.

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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2016-9040

An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFSADDENTRIES when used with a 32 bit model. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploit this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".

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The Role of Incident Response in ICS Security Compliance

🕴 The Role of Incident Response in ICS Security Compliance 🕴

The data-driven nature of IR can provide many of the reporting requirements governing industrial control system safety, finance, consumer privacy, and notifications.

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The data-driven nature of IR can provide many of the reporting requirements governing industrial control system safety, finance, consumer privacy, and notifications.

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🕴 British Airways Issues Apology for Severe Data Breach 🕴

The airline "is deeply sorry" for its worst-ever cyberattack, which has affected 380,000 customers.

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British Airways Issues Apology for Severe Data Breach

The airline is deeply sorry for its worst-ever cyberattack, which has affected 380,000 customers.

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❌ British Airways Website, Mobile App Breach Compromises 380k ❌

The airline said information like name, address and bank card details like CVC code were compromised.

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British Airways Website, Mobile App Breach Compromises 380k

The airline said information like name, address and bank card details like CVC code were compromised.

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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2017-1115

IBM Campaign 9.1, 9.1.2, and 10 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 121153.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".

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