A Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

More than 200 million records containing a wide range of property-related information on US residents were left exposed on a database that was accessible on the web without requiring any password or authentication.

The exposed data — a mix of personal… Continue reading A Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

Open Raven Launches Open Source Platform to Secure Data

Open Raven has launched an open source platform for securing and managing structured data regardless of silos. Company CEO Dave Cole said the Open Raven Platform enables security teams to navigate the Open Raven Graph to determine where structured dat… Continue reading Open Raven Launches Open Source Platform to Secure Data

Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breach

The healthcare industry has significantly more exposed attack surfaces than any other industry surveyed, according to Censys’s research findings of cloud risks and cloud maturity by industry, revealed at RSA Conference 2020. Leveraging the Censys… Continue reading Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breach

App Used by Israel’s Ruling Party Leaked Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Voters

An election campaigning website operated by Likud―the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu―inadvertently exposed personal information of all 6.5 million eligible Israeli voters on the Internet, just three weeks before the… Continue reading App Used by Israel’s Ruling Party Leaked Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Voters

43% of cloud databases are currently unencrypted

Palo Alto Networks released research showing how vulnerabilities in the development of cloud infrastructure are creating significant security risks. Alerts and events for organizations operating in the cloud The Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report: Spring 2020… Continue reading 43% of cloud databases are currently unencrypted

Best Practices in Database Security Planning

As the volume of enterprise data grows, database security is becoming more challenging than ever before. According to IDC, the volume of data worldwide will increase tenfold to 163 zettabytes by 2025, with most of that being created and managed by org… Continue reading Best Practices in Database Security Planning

Insecure Database Exposes Millions of Private SMS Messages

Researchers discovered an unprotected TrueDialog database hosted by Microsoft Azure with diverse and business-related data from tens of millions of users. Continue reading Insecure Database Exposes Millions of Private SMS Messages

Unsecured Adobe Server Exposes Data for 7.5 Million Creative Cloud Users

The U.S. multinational computer software company Adobe has suffered a serious security breach earlier this month that exposed user records’ database belonging to the company’s popular Creative Cloud service.

With an estimated 15 million subscribers, A… Continue reading Unsecured Adobe Server Exposes Data for 7.5 Million Creative Cloud Users

Stealthy Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware Spotted in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers claim to have discovered a previously undocumented backdoor specifically designed for Microsoft SQL servers that could allow a remote attacker to control an already compromised system stealthily.

Dubbed Skip-2.0, the backdoor… Continue reading Stealthy Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware Spotted in the Wild

Code dependency mapping’s role in securing enterprise software

Enterprise software is only as good as its security. Today, a data breach costs $3.92 million on average. Organizations are expected to spend $124 billion on security in 2019 and will probably invest even more given the alarming rate at which cyberatta… Continue reading Code dependency mapping’s role in securing enterprise software