Robert Lemos

Robert Lemos

Dark Reading, Contributing writer

Robert Lemos is a veteran technology journalist and a former research engineer. He's written for more than two dozen publications, including CNET, Dark Reading, MIT's Technology Review, Popular Science and Wired News. He has won five awards for journalism and crunches numbers on various trends using Python and R. 

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Cloud Security
Multifactor Authentication Is Not Enough to Protect Cloud DataMultifactor Authentication Is Not Enough to Protect Cloud Data
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Jun 24, 2024
5 Min Read
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Cybercriminals Weigh Options for Using LLMs: Buy, Build, or Break?Cybercriminals Weigh Options for Using LLMs: Buy, Build, or Break?
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Apr 1, 2024
4 Min Read

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Regulatory Compliance
6 CISO Takeaways From the NSA's Zero-Trust Guidance
6 CISO Takeaways From the NSA's Zero-Trust Guidance
Mar 15, 2024
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5 Min Read
byDark Reading, Robert Lemos
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Java
Misconfigured Custom Salesforce Apps Expose Corporate Data
Misconfigured Custom Salesforce Apps Expose Corporate Data
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5 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Attacks & Breaches
China Infiltrates US Critical Infrastructure in Ramp-up to Conflict
China Infiltrates US Critical Infrastructure in Ramp-up to Conflict
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5 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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With Attacks on the Upswing, Cyber-Insurance Premiums Poised to Rise Too
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Ransomware, Data Breaches Inundate OT & Industrial Sector
Ransomware, Data Breaches Inundate OT & Industrial Sector
Dec 8, 2023
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5 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Azure Cloud
Microsoft Azure Data Leak Exposes Dangers of File-Sharing Links
Microsoft Azure Data Leak Exposes Dangers of File-Sharing Links
Sep 19, 2023
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Attacks & Breaches
What Happened in That Cyberattack? With Some Cloud Services, You May Never Know
What Happened in That Cyberattack? With Some Cloud Services, You May Never Know
Mar 1, 2023
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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IoT
NIST's New Crypto Standard a Step Forward in IoT Security
NIST's New Crypto Standard a Step Forward in IoT Security
Feb 15, 2023
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
cybersecurity incident
Vulnerabilities & Threats
Nearly All Firms Have Ties With Breached Third Parties
Nearly All Firms Have Ties With Breached Third Parties
Feb 2, 2023
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1 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Security Skills Command Premiums in Tight Market
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Security Skills Command Premiums in Tight Market
Security Skills Command Premiums in Tight Market
Dec 19, 2022
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Threat Groups Repurpose Banking Trojans into Backdoors
Vulnerabilities & Threats
Threat Groups Repurpose Banking Trojans into Backdoors
Threat Groups Repurpose Banking Trojans into Backdoors
Oct 25, 2022
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
First 72 Hours of Incident Response Critical to Taming Cyberattack Chaos
Attacks & Breaches
First 72 Hours of Incident Response Critical to Taming Cyberattack Chaos
First 72 Hours of Incident Response Critical to Taming Cyberattack Chaos
Oct 4, 2022
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
35K Malicious Code Insertions in GitHub: Attack or Bug-Bounty Effort?
Vulnerabilities & Threats
35K Malicious Code Insertions in GitHub: Attack or Bug-Bounty Effort?
35K Malicious Code Insertions in GitHub: Attack or Bug-Bounty Effort?
Aug 4, 2022
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Attacks & Breaches
Average Data Breach Costs Soar to $4.4M in 2022
Average Data Breach Costs Soar to $4.4M in 2022
Jul 28, 2022
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1 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Open Source Software Security Begins to Mature
Regulatory Compliance
Open Source Software Security Begins to Mature
Open Source Software Security Begins to Mature
Jun 21, 2022
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1 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
REvil Revival: Are Ransomware Gangs Ever Really Gone?
Vulnerabilities & Threats
REvil Revival: Are Ransomware Gangs Ever Really Gone?
REvil Revival: Are Ransomware Gangs Ever Really Gone?
May 4, 2022
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2 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
The Ransomware Crisis Deepens, While Data Recovery Stalls
Data Backup
The Ransomware Crisis Deepens, While Data Recovery Stalls
The Ransomware Crisis Deepens, While Data Recovery Stalls
May 2, 2022
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1 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
global crypto cloud attacks
Cloud Security
Cybercriminals Fighting Over Cloud Workloads for Cryptomining
Cybercriminals Fighting Over Cloud Workloads for Cryptomining
Mar 31, 2022
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Will the Biggest Clouds Win? Lessons From Google's Mandiant Buy
Cloud Security
Will the Biggest Clouds Win? Lessons From Google's Mandiant Buy
Will the Biggest Clouds Win? Lessons From Google's Mandiant Buy
Mar 21, 2022
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5 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Mobile Threats Skyrocket
Vulnerabilities & Threats
Mobile Threats Skyrocket
Mobile Threats Skyrocket
Mar 14, 2022
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Industrial Systems See More Vulnerabilities, Greater Threat
Vulnerabilities & Threats
Industrial Systems See More Vulnerabilities, Greater Threat
Industrial Systems See More Vulnerabilities, Greater Threat
Mar 7, 2022
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5 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Microsoft Debuts Unified Service for Multicloud ID Management
Hybrid Cloud
Microsoft Debuts Unified Service for Multicloud ID Management
Microsoft Debuts Unified Service for Multicloud ID Management
Feb 23, 2022
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
DDoS Attacks Hitting Victims in High-Bandwidth 'Bursts'
Vulnerabilities & Threats
DDoS Attacks Hitting Victims in High-Bandwidth 'Bursts'
DDoS Attacks Hitting Victims in High-Bandwidth 'Bursts'
Sep 2, 2021
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Attackers Change Their Code Obfuscation Methods More Frequently
Vulnerabilities & Threats
Attackers Change Their Code Obfuscation Methods More Frequently
Attackers Change Their Code Obfuscation Methods More Frequently
Aug 18, 2021
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
securing data in a safe
Regulatory Compliance
Google Releases Tool to Help Developers Enforce Security
Google Releases Tool to Help Developers Enforce Security
Aug 13, 2021
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3 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
collaboration software
IT Security
Security of Open Source Components Requires More Collaborative Efforts
Security of Open Source Components Requires More Collaborative Efforts
Aug 10, 2021
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Containerization
What Does It Take to Secure Containers?
What Does It Take to Secure Containers?
Jul 23, 2021
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5 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Vulnerabilities & Threats
Attacks on Kaseya Servers Led to Ransomware in Less Than 2 Hours
Attacks on Kaseya Servers Led to Ransomware in Less Than 2 Hours
Jul 9, 2021
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6 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
GitHub Unveils AI Tool to Speed Development, but Beware Insecure Code
AI & Machine Learning
GitHub Unveils AI Tool to Speed Development, but Beware Insecure Code
GitHub Unveils AI Tool to Speed Development, but Beware Insecure Code
Jul 2, 2021
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3 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Identity Management & Access Control
Report: Multifactor Authentication Is Not Sufficient for Strong Security
Report: Multifactor Authentication Is Not Sufficient for Strong Security
Jun 10, 2021
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3 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Phishing, E-Mail, Network Security, Computer Hacker, Cloud Computing
Attacks & Breaches
Phished Account Credentials Mostly Verified in Hours
Phished Account Credentials Mostly Verified in Hours
Jun 9, 2021
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3 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
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Software Development Techniques
RSA: Dev-Sec Disconnect Undermines Secure Coding Efforts
RSA: Dev-Sec Disconnect Undermines Secure Coding Efforts
May 21, 2021
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3 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading
Attackers Seek New Strategies to Improve Macros' Effectiveness
Microsoft 365
Attackers Seek New Strategies to Improve Macros' Effectiveness
Attackers Seek New Strategies to Improve Macros' Effectiveness
May 7, 2021
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4 Min Read
byRobert Lemos, Dark Reading

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