Voting by Smartphone, Jeff Bezos Hacked, Microsoft Security Breach

In episode 96 of our monthly we discuss the controversy of voting by smartphone in our elections, the Jeff Bezos hacking incident, and the recent Microsoft support security breach. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Seattle-Area Voters To… Continue reading Voting by Smartphone, Jeff Bezos Hacked, Microsoft Security Breach

Microsoft Leaks 250M Customer Details in Azure Fat-Finger Faux Pas

A Microsoft customer support database was discovered by researchers, open to the public internet. No encryption, no passwords, no nothin’.
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Five Microsoft Elasticsearch Servers with Private Data for 250 Million People Found Unsecured Online

Security researchers found a total of 250 million Microsoft customer records spread on five unsecured servers that could have been accessed by anyone using just a web browser. Microsoft has since secured the servers. Unsecured Elasticsearch servers see… Continue reading Five Microsoft Elasticsearch Servers with Private Data for 250 Million People Found Unsecured Online

Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on the internet

The developer of a smartphone app has carelessly left a database accessible to anybody with an internet connection, leaving exposed a database of millions of records containing baby videos and photos, as well as the email addresses of users.
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Searching for possible replacement of open source Search Guard security plugin within ELK stack

I got introduced into the search guard open source security plugin recently and due to lawsuit I heard: https://www.elastic.co/blog/dear-search-guard-users, I wonder if there is comparable plugin that could replace aforementi… Continue reading Searching for possible replacement of open source Search Guard security plugin within ELK stack