A new report by Positive Technologies underscores the prevalence of serious security flaws in mobile applications. The most common type of vulnerability is insecure data storage, which affects 76% of …
Phishing Attack Exposes Data of 645,000 Oregon DHS Clients
The Department of Human Services (DHS) in Oregon suffered a data breach earlier this year in which a threat actor obtained unauthorized access to the personal data of around 645,000 of the agency's …
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Security breaches: 4 business impacts
The average cyberattack results in damages of $4.6 million, and organizations can expect losses of $10 million as a result of cyberattacks each year, new research by Radware shows. The four major …
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How organizations can better defend against DNS attacks
New research by EfficientIP highlights the growing threat of DNS attacks to organizations. In the past year, 82% of firms suffered a DNS attack and the average business was targeted more than nine …
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FBI warning: Foreign spies using social media to target government contractors
In April of this year, the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) warned government contractors that their employees are being targeted on social media by foreign intelligence services, with the …
Insecure password memory aids: A passwordless future could be the solution
A new survey by Okta shows that many employees are open to passwordless authentication. For example, 70% of employees think that the adoption of biometrics would benefit their organization. According …
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Cyber Weaknesses That Led to Breaches at NASA’s JPL Persist, Says IG
A new report[pdf] by the NASA inspector general exposes major shortcomings in the cybersecurity posture of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a result of which the research center "has experienced …
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Hacker Steals Customer Payment Info in EatStreet Data Breach
On May 3, a threat actor gained unauthorized access to the payment card information of an unknown number of customers of Eatstreet, a popular online food ordering service. The company discovered the …
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Only Quarter of IaaS Users Can Audit Config Settings
A new McAfee report shows that moving to the cloud often has security benefits for organizations, but there are some major drawbacks as well. According to the survey, 87% of organizations “experience …
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Modular Backdoor Can Spread Over Local Network
A new report by Kaspersky provides insight into Plurox, a highly sophisticated piece of malware first discovered in February. Plurox is a modular backdoor capable of distributing itself across …
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