EDGE EDITION | Inside the Famed Black Hat NOC

[TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( July 31, 2021 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [Inside the Famed Black Hat NOC]( Network operations center managers Bart Stump and Neil Wyler (aka Grifter) again head up the show network, but with a new hybrid twist. [101: Why BGP Hijacking Just Won't Die]( A look at the dangers of attacks on the Internet's Border Gateway Protocol and what ISPs and enterprises can do about them. [When Software Updates Get Hacked]( Darned if you do, darned if you don't: Software fixes have become extensively automated, which works when software supply chains are secure. Yet with attackers focused on compromising those pipelines, is automated patching such a good idea? [Phishing, Viruses Continue to Dominate the Malware Landscape]( Despite concerns over widely publicized ransomware and supply chain attacks, most enterprises report that phishing attacks and viruses are the most common threats they face. [How Do I Let Go of 'Human Error' as an Explanation for Incidents?]( Successfully learning from incidents requires a deeper and more expansive perspective of them. [MORE NEWS & COMMENTARY]( HOT TOPICS [Top Security Leaders Share Management Tips, Lessons, and Stories]( A panel of experts from Microsoft, Twitter, Cisco, and MongoDB share their thoughts on non-technical CISOs, managing through crises, and how they wish people communicated with them. [How to Secure Your Cryptocurrency Wallet]( With your investments in a digital wallet, under your control, you are the sole owner and can have the peace of mind that no institution can confiscate your digital assets. [When Ransomware Comes to (Your) Town]( While steps for defending against a ransomware attack vary based on the size of the government entity and the resources available to each one, rooting out ransomware ultimately will come down to two things: system architecture and partnerships. [MORE]( EDITORS' CHOICE [How Gaming Attack Data Aids Defenders Across Industries]( Web application attacks against the video game industry quadrupled in 2020 compared to the previous year, but companies outside entertainment can learn from the data. FROM THE NEWS DESK [8 Security Tools to be Unveiled at Black Hat USA]( Security researchers and practitioners share a host of new cyber tools for penetration testing, reverse engineering, malware defense, and more. 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With no-touch monitoring of its third parties' networks, ... - [Making Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Work in Your Enterprise]( Over the past few years, many enterprises have been improving cybersecurity by implementing the Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) framework, which provides a path to collect threat data from multiple sources and respond to some security events automatically. How ... 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