An access control misconfiguration on Oracle NetSuite ecommerce sites exposes customer data to unauthorized access, with many businesses unaware of deployed default instances.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
As the turmoil and momentum of a critical election year heightens, the biggest danger isn't necessarily the security of ballot machines. Instead, it lies in misinformation, exacerbated by the nature of social media, biased algorithms, and the proliferation of fake news.
Vietnam’s controversial new cyber law went into effect on Jan 1, 2019. Google and Facebook has reason to be cautious about entering into what could easily become a global discussion over freedom of speech.
A data breach that exposed usernames and passwords of 28,000 GoDaddy web hosting accounts had raised security concerns over the authentication methods being used.
A cyber attack on the largest telecommunications service provider in the Netherlands, Odido, has leaked the personal information of over 6 million customers.
There is now a new breed of highly sophisticated cyber criminals who are attracted by the huge financial gains made possible by highly targeted ransomware attacks. Today, with IoT being adopted across a wide variety of industries, it seems that it’s only a matter of time before cyber criminals take Internet of Things (IoT) devices hostage using ransomware, potentially placing hundreds of thousands of people at risk. In this article, we examine the rising threat of ransomware, the potential impact on the IoT environment and how we can avoid a global ransomware pandemic.
Fraudsters stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 users in a Coinbase hack attributed to a multi-factor authentication flaw that allowed them to exploit the account recovery process.
Huawei’s dream of becoming a leader in 5G networks remains on hold as new study found many of its employees had prior links to Chinese intelligence and worked in projects eavesdropping on citizens or scooping up valuable data.
Concerns over mobile app privacy and security have grown so much that the FTC recently voted to specifically include mobile apps in the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). Recent settlements also highlight the FTC’s aggressive action toward organizations that fail to prioritize digital privacy and security.
Mee6 is a very popular Discord bot that automates a wide variety of functions. A compromise led to an assortment of associated NFT services seeing spam and hacking attempts.










