Nearly 250 million Microsoft Customer Service and Support (CSS) records were found exposed to the Internet in five insecure Elasticsearch databases, Comparitech reports. read more Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Microsoft Exposed 250 Million Customer…
The Challenge of Compliance in the Cloud
By Trisha Paine, Head of Cloud Marketing Programs, published January 22 2020 Compliance programs are designed to address perceived threats or risks to an industry or community. Typically, an industry authority (e.g., government or industry consortium) sets regulatory standards in…
BitPyLock Ransomware Now Threatens To Publish Stolen Data
As reported by Bleeping Computer, a new ransomware called BitPyLock has quickly gone from targeting individual workstations to trying to compromise networks and stealing files before encrypting devices. BitPyLock was first discovered by MalwareHunterTeam on January 9th, 2020 and has since seen a…
New Muhstik Botnet Attacks Target Tomato Routers
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers observed a variant of the wormlike botnet that adds scanner technology to brute-force Web authentication. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: New Muhstik Botnet Attacks Target Tomato Routers
ProtonVPN apps handed to open source community in transparency push
The code backing ProtonVPN apps on all platforms can now be examined at leisure. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: ProtonVPN apps handed to open source community in transparency push
Panorays And Hysolate Comment On New NIST 1.0 Privacy Framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just released its first version of its privacy framework, a tool to give organizations guidance on how to manage risks and be in compliance with new privacy laws. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Panorays…
Anchore raises $20 million to automate container security management
Anchore, a startup offering security solutions for containerized apps and services, has raised $20 million in series A funding. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Anchore raises $20 million to automate container security management
Hysolate Comments On Hackers Aiming For The Biggest Enterprise Targets
Hackers are targeting MSPs in an effort to infiltrate a large audience all at once without being detected as they hit targets upstream. Synoptek, a California Managed IT Services Provider, was one example of an MSP who got hit with ransomware…
Access Misconfiguration for Customer Support Database
Today, we concluded an investigation into a misconfiguration of an internal customer support database used for Microsoft support case analytics. While the investigation found no malicious use, and although most customers did not have personally identifiable information exposed, we want to…
In the Midst of a Digital Revolution, Hospitality Vendors Need to Focus on Data Security
Despite the diversity of organizations within the hospitality sector, the industry is undergoing significant change across the board. The post In the Midst of a Digital Revolution, Hospitality Vendors Need to Focus on Data Security appeared first on Computer Business…
More Spending Won’t Solve Your Hardest IT Challenges In 2020 And Beyond. Here’s What Will.
By Chris Hallenbeck, CISO of the Americas at Tanium U.S. state and local governments have been observing the proposed State and Local Cybersecurity Government Act of 2019, especially since it was endorsed by the National Association of State Chief Information…
Half a Million IoT Device Passwords Published
It’s a list of easy-to-guess passwords for IoT devices on the Internet as recently as last October and November. Useful for anyone putting together a bot network: A hacker has published this week a massive list of Telnet credentials for…