database security

Unsecured databases continue leaking millions of records
UK ISP and telecom provider Virgin Media has confirmed on Thursday that one of its unsecured marketing databases had been accessed by on at least one occasion without …

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 …

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 …

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 …

30% of healthcare databases are exposed online
Despite the fact that electronic health records (EHR) contain extremely sensitive information about individuals, it is shockingly easy for malicious actors to get their hands …

Critical vulnerability in Oracle Database, patch without delay!
Oracle is urging users to patch their Oracle Database installations to plug a critical security issue that can result in complete compromise of the Oracle Database and shell …

OpenEMR flaw leaves millions of medical records exposed to attackers
A vulnerability in the free, open source electronic medical record and medical practice management software OpenEMR can be exploited to steal patients’ medical records …

Unprotected database exposes VINs, owner info of 10 million cars
A database containing information on 10 million cars sold in the US and personal information about their owners has been found exposed online. The unprotected database was …

User info of millions of Wishbone users slurped by hackers
Science Inc., the company behind the popular online poll creation app Wishbone, has suffered a data breach. As a consequence, personal and account information of over 2.2 …

Fighting attackers in the era of data jacking
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Zohar Alon, CEO at Dome9 Security, talks about how attackers can compromise systems with valuable data that are either on-prem …

CloudPets connected toys can be turned into remote surveillance devices
The CloudPets data breach saga continues, as Spiral Toys finally reported the breach to the California Attorney General’s Office. As a reminder: Leaked data provided to …

Cyber extortionists hold MySQL databases for ransom
Ransomware has become cyber crooks’ favorite attack methodology for hitting businesses, but not all cyber extortion attempts are effected with this particular type of …
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