Dark Reading Daily -- September 24, 2020

Gaming Industry Hit With 10B+ Attacks In Past Two Years

Criminals scored big with credential stuffing and web app attacks, yet many gamers seem unfazed.

Shopify's Employee Data Theft Underscores Risk of Rogue Insiders

The e-commerce platform has alerted more than 100 merchants of a data breach, highlighting the danger of malicious insiders.

Google Cloud Debuts Threat-Detection Service

Lockdown economics are driving a threat-intelligence business boom. Chronicle Detect is Google's answer to monitoring so much log data created by the distributed workforce.

India's Cybercrime and APT Operations on the Rise

Growing geopolitical tensions with China in particular are fueling an increase in cyberattacks between the two nations, according to IntSights.

7 Non-Technical Skills Threat Analysts Should Master to Keep Their Jobs

It's not just technical expertise and certifications that enable analysts to build long-term careers in cybersecurity.

FBI, DHS Warn of 'Likely' Disinformation Campaigns About Election Results

Nation-state actors and cybercriminals could wage cyberattacks and spread false information about the integrity of the election results while officials certify the final vote counts.

Microsoft's Azure Defender for IoT Uses CyberX Tech

Azure Defender for IoT is built to help IT and OT teams discover IoT and OT assets, identify critical flaws, and detect malicious behavior.

New Google Search Hacks Push Viruses & Porn

Three incidents demonstrate how cybercriminals leverage the scourge of black-hat search engine optimization to manipulate search results.

A Hacker's Playlist

Nine security researchers share their favorite songs and genres.

Remote Work Exacerbating Data Sprawl

More than three-quarters of IT executives worry that data sprawl puts their data at risk, especially with employees working from insecure home networks, survey finds.

EDITORS' CHOICE

12 Bare-Minimum Benchmarks for AppSec Initiatives

The newly published Building Security in Maturity Model provides the software security basics organizations should cover to keep up with their peers.

My Journey Toward SAP Security

When applications are critical to the business's core functions, the CISO and their staff better get the security right.

NEW FROM THE EDGE

Making the Case for Medical Device Cybersecurity

With an increasing number of Internet-connected medical devices in use to manage diabetes, protection against a variety of wireless network attacks could very well be a matter of life and death for patients.

Special Report: Computing's New Normal