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RMM Tools Fuel Stealthy Phishing Campaign Attackers are abusing two remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools to evade detection in a campaign that has impacted over 80 organizations so far.

How the Story of a USB Penetration Test Went Viral Two decades ago Dark Reading posted its first blockbuster — a column by a pen tester who sprinkled rigged thumb drives around a credit union parking lot and let curious employees do the rest. This episode looks back at the history-making piece with its author Steve Stasiukonis, Dark Reading senior editor Becky Bracken, and Dark Reading's editor-in-chief Kelly Jackson Higgins.

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