Dark Reading Daily -- November 09, 2019

4 Ways to Soothe a Stressed-Out Incident Response Team

IR teams are under tremendous pressure, often working long hours and putting their needs aside amid a security crisis. Their care is just as important as policy and procedure.

Find New Talent, Don't Fight Over CISSPs: Insights from (ISC)2 COO

The skills gap will only be closed by attracting and retaining new talent. So don't limit your talent search to CISSPs, says the COO of the organization that issues the CISSP certification.

What a Security Products Blacklist Means for End Users & Integrators

A recent US Commerce Department blacklist of several Chinese entities leaves a looming question: What happens if your products are now prohibited?

How HR and IT Can Partner to Improve Cybersecurity

With their lens into the human side of business, human resources can be an effective partner is the effort to train employees on awareness and keep an organization secure.

A Warning About Viruses From Weird Al

Should you get an e-mail with the subject 'stinky cheese'...

The Edge Cartoon Contest: Need a Lift?

Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

32,000+ WiFi Routers Potentially Exposed to New Gafgyt Variant

Researchers detect an updated Gafgyt variant that targets flaws in small office and home wireless routers from Zyxel, Huawei, and Realtek.

Siemens PLC Feature Can Be Exploited for Evil - and for Good

A hidden feature in some newer models of the vendor's programmable logic controllers leaves the devices open to attack. Siemens says it plans to fix it.

Microsoft Security Setting Ironically Increases Risks for Office for Mac Users

Excel's handling of an old macro format gives unauthenticated remote attackers a way to take control of vulnerable systems, Carnegie Mellon's CERT/CC says.

FROM THE NEWS DESK

Bugcrowd Pays Out Over $500K in Bounties in One Week

In all, bug hunters from around the world submitted over 6,500 vulnerabilities in October alone.

Ring Flaw Underscores Impact of IoT Vulnerabilities

A vulnerability in Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras would have allowed a local attacker to gain access to a target's entire wireless network.

Hospital Cyberattacks Linked to Increase in Heart Attack Mortality

Breach remediation processes adversely impact timeliness in patient care and outcomes, a new study finds.

7 Threats & Disruptive Forces Changing the Face of Cybersecurity