Dark Reading Daily -- September 11, 2019

New Privacy Features in iOS 13 Let Users Limit Location Tracking

Apple will introduce other features that allow more secure use of iPhones in workplace settings as well.

Two Zero-Days Fixed in Microsoft Patch Rollout

September's Patch Tuesday addressed 80 vulnerabilities, two of which have already been exploited in the wild.

AI Is Everywhere, but Don't Ignore the Basics

Artificial intelligence is no substitute for common sense, and it works best in combination with conventional cybersecurity technology. Here are the basic requirements and best practices you need to know.

Data Is the New Copper

Data breaches fuel a complex cybercriminal ecosystem, similar to copper thefts after the financial crisis.

US Power Grid Cyberattack Due to Unpatched Firewall: NERC

A firewall vulnerability enabled attackers to repeatedly reboot the victim entity's firewalls, causing unexpected outages.

Third-Party Features Leave Websites More Vulnerable to Attack

A new report points out the dangers to customer data of website reliance on multiple third parties.

New Technique Makes Passwords 14M Percent Harder to Crack, Nonprofit Claims

Tide's method for protecting passwords splinters them up into tiny pieces and stores them on distributed nodes.

Meet FPGA: The Tiny, Powerful, Hackable Bit of Silicon at the Heart of IoT

Field-programmable gate arrays are flexible, agile-friendly components that populate many infrastructure and IoT devices - and have recently become the targets of researchers finding vulnerabilities.

Chinese Group Built Advanced Trojan by Reverse Engineering NSA Attack Tool

APT3 quietly monitored an NSA attack on its systems and used the information to build a weapon of its own.

EDITORS' CHOICE

7 Steps to Web App Security

Emerging technologies are introducing entirely new ways to reach, act, and interact with people. That makes app security more important than ever.

NEW FROM THE EDGE

Security Pros' Painless Guide to Machine Intelligence, AI, ML & DL

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, or deep learning? Knowing what the major terms really mean will help you sort through the morass of words on the subject and the security uses of each.

What Are the First Signs of a Cloud Data Leak?

Most cloud data breaches leave only trace signs of malfeasance, so it can be tricky.

DARK READING TECH DIGEST

7 Threats & Disruptive Forces Changing the Face of Cybersecurity

Dark Reading examines the research revealed at Black Hat USA and takes a look at some of the biggest emerging threats and disruptive forces that are changing the face of cybersecurity today.