Advanced, Low-Cost Ransomware Tools on the Rise

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[How Top Security Execs are Doing More with Less]( Even the largest corporations aren't immune to the cybersecurity skills gap - an inside look at how they are coping and adjusting. [SWIFT: System Unaffected Following Shadow Brokers Leak]( SWIFT, the interbank messaging system allegedly targeted by the NSA, says there is no indication its network has been compromised. [Identity Thief Faces Potential 22-Year Prison Sentence]( A foreign national pleads guilty to two criminal counts after he and his cohorts steal nearly $1.48 million in bogus tax return refunds following an identity theft hack on a Pittsburgh medical center. [The Implications Behind Proposed Internet Privacy Rules]( The FCC's overreach needed to be undone to protect the FTC's authority over privacy. [MORE NEWS & COMMENTARY]( HOT TOPICS [95% of Organizations Have Employees Seeking to Bypass Security Controls]( Use of TOR, private VPNs on the rise in enterprises, Dtex report shows. [New Breed of DDoS Attack On the Rise]( Akamai Networks since October has detected and mitigated at least 50 DDoS attacks using Connectionless LDAP. [Health Savings Account Fraud: The Rapidly Growing Threat]( As income tax season comes to a close, financially-motivated cybercriminals are honing new tactics for monetizing medical PII. [MORE]( SECURITY LIVE AT INTEROP ITX [MAY 15-19, 2017, MGM GRAND, LAS VEGAS]( Learn how to [defeat social engineering, BEC & Phishing]( during Interop ITX. And don't forget about the two-day [Dark Reading Cybersecurity Summit]( -- a great "what you need to know now" refresher for the overworked infosec pro or security crash course for the IT generalists in your life. 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