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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
GitHub Among Victims of Massive DDoS Attack WaveGitHub Among Victims of Massive DDoS Attack Wave

GitHub reports its site was unavailable this week when attackers leveraged Memcached servers to generate large, widespread UDP attacks.

byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading
Mar 2, 2018
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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
Number of Sites Hosting Cryptocurrency Miners Surges 725% in 4 MonthsNumber of Sites Hosting Cryptocurrency Miners Surges 725% in 4 Months
byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Mar 1, 2018
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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
'Chafer' Uses Open Source Tools to Target Iran's Enemies'Chafer' Uses Open Source Tools to Target Iran's Enemies
byCurtis Franklin, Principal Analyst, Omdia
Mar 1, 2018
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Equifax Finds 2.4 Million Additional US Victims of its Data BreachEquifax Finds 2.4 Million Additional US Victims of its Data Breach
byDark Reading Staff
Mar 1, 2018
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Memcached Servers Being Exploited in Huge DDoS AttacksMemcached Servers Being Exploited in Huge DDoS Attacks
byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Feb 27, 2018
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Incident 'Management': What IT Security Can Learn from Public SafetyIncident 'Management': What IT Security Can Learn from Public Safety
byJohn Moran
Feb 27, 2018
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Misleading Cyber Foes with Deception Technology
Misleading Cyber Foes with Deception Technology
Feb 27, 2018
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byLaurence Pitt, Strategic Security Director EMEA Juniper Networks
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Attackers Sell Growing Number of Legitimate SSL Certificates
Attackers Sell Growing Number of Legitimate SSL Certificates
Feb 27, 2018
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byDawn Kawamoto, Former Associate Editor, Dark Reading
Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
DDoS Breach Costs Exceed $2M for Enterprises: Kaspersky Lab Report
DDoS Breach Costs Exceed $2M for Enterprises: Kaspersky Lab Report
Feb 24, 2018
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It's Not What You Know, It's What You Can Prove That Matters to Investigators
It's Not What You Know, It's What You Can Prove That Matters to Investigators
Feb 22, 2018
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byYaron Galant, Chief Product Officer at Accellion
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Security Liability in an 'Assume Breach' World
Security Liability in an 'Assume Breach' World
Feb 22, 2018
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byRaymond Pompon, Principal Threat Research Evangelist at F5 Networks
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Global Cybercrime Costs Top $600 Billion
Global Cybercrime Costs Top $600 Billion
Feb 21, 2018
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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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Takeaways from the Russia-Linked US Senate Phishing Attacks
Takeaways from the Russia-Linked US Senate Phishing Attacks
Feb 21, 2018
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byTom Kemp, CEO
Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
7 Cryptominers & Cryptomining Botnets You Can't Ignore
7 Cryptominers & Cryptomining Botnets You Can't Ignore
Feb 21, 2018
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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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SWIFT Network Used in $2 Million Heist at Indian Bank
SWIFT Network Used in $2 Million Heist at Indian Bank
Feb 21, 2018
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byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading
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13 Russians Indicted for Massive Operation to Sway US Election
13 Russians Indicted for Massive Operation to Sway US Election
Feb 16, 2018
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byKelly Sheridan, Former Senior Editor, Dark Reading
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Russian Hackers Sentenced in Heartland Payment Systems Breach Case
Russian Hackers Sentenced in Heartland Payment Systems Breach Case
Feb 16, 2018
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byKelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief, Dark Reading
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Cybercrime Gang Ramps up Ransomware Campaign
Cybercrime Gang Ramps up Ransomware Campaign
Feb 15, 2018
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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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IRS Reports Steep Decline in Tax-Related ID Theft
IRS Reports Steep Decline in Tax-Related ID Theft
Feb 15, 2018
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bySteve Zurier, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
The Mirai Botnet Is Attacking Again…
The Mirai Botnet Is Attacking Again…
Feb 15, 2018
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byDavid Holmes, World-Wide Security Evangelist, F5
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The GDPR Clock Is Running Out. Now What?
The GDPR Clock Is Running Out. Now What?
Feb 14, 2018
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bySimon Eappariello, Senior VP Product & Engineering, EMEIA, iboss
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Equifax Names New CISO
Equifax Names New CISO
Feb 13, 2018
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byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading
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Cyberattack Aimed to Disrupt Opening of Winter Olympics
Cyberattack Aimed to Disrupt Opening of Winter Olympics
Feb 12, 2018
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byKelly Sheridan, Former Senior Editor, Dark Reading
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Attackers Use Infected Plug-In to Install Cryptomining Tool on Over 4200 Websites
Attackers Use Infected Plug-In to Install Cryptomining Tool on Over 4200 Websites
Feb 12, 2018
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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
8 Nation-State Hacking Groups to Watch in 2018
8 Nation-State Hacking Groups to Watch in 2018
Feb 9, 2018
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byKelly Sheridan, Former Senior Editor, Dark Reading
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Sacramento Bee Databases Hit with Ransomware Attack
Sacramento Bee Databases Hit with Ransomware Attack
Feb 9, 2018
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byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading
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Back to Basics: AI Isn't the Answer to What Ails Us in Cyber
Back to Basics: AI Isn't the Answer to What Ails Us in Cyber
Feb 9, 2018
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byAmit Yoran, Chairman & CEO, Tenable Network Security
Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
Radiflow Reveals First Documented Cryptocurrency Malware Attack on a SCADA Network
Radiflow Reveals First Documented Cryptocurrency Malware Attack on a SCADA Network
Feb 8, 2018
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Tennessee Hospital Hit With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Tennessee Hospital Hit With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Feb 8, 2018
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byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading
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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
BrickerBot: Internet Vigilantism Ends Don't Justify the Means
BrickerBot: Internet Vigilantism Ends Don't Justify the Means
Feb 8, 2018
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byJustin Shattuck, Principal Threat Research Evangelist
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North Korean APT Group Employed Rare Zero-Day Attack
North Korean APT Group Employed Rare Zero-Day Attack
Feb 7, 2018
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byKelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief, Dark Reading
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US, International Law Enforcement Shut Down Massive Cybercrime Marketplace
US, International Law Enforcement Shut Down Massive Cybercrime Marketplace
Feb 7, 2018
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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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Uber's Response to 2016 Data Breach Was 'Legally Reprehensible,' Lawmaker Says
Uber's Response to 2016 Data Breach Was 'Legally Reprehensible,' Lawmaker Says
Feb 6, 2018
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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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2017 Smashed World's Records for Most Data Breaches, Exposed Information
2017 Smashed World's Records for Most Data Breaches, Exposed Information
Feb 6, 2018
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byKelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief, Dark Reading
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Two Suspects Arrested in 'Jackpotting' Attack in Connecticut
Two Suspects Arrested in 'Jackpotting' Attack in Connecticut
Feb 6, 2018
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byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

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