Phil Muncaster At any one time the world’s connected hospitals could be running as many as 80,000 exposed devices, putting hospital operations, data privacy and patient health at risk, according…
Month: April 2018
1.5 billion sensitive files found exposed online dwarf Panama Papers leak
By John Leyden Security researchers have uncovered 1.5 billion business and consumer files exposed online – just a month before Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into force. During the…
100% of Web Apps Contain Vulnerabilities
Tara Seals A totality – a full 100% – of web applications are vulnerable to hackers. According to Trustwave’s 2018 Global Security Report, derived from the analysis of billions of…
Cybersecurity fiasco: Interior Department computers trying to talk to Russia, inspectors say
By George Russell Three years after Chinese hackers stole security clearance files and other sensitive personal information of some 22 million U.S. federal employees, cyber-defenses at the Department of Interior,…
EMEA Attack Dwell Time Hits 175 Days
Phil Muncaster EMEA organizations take around 2.5 months longer to spot hackers inside their networks than the global average, but are getting better at discovering breaches internally, according to FireEye.…
Microsoft modifies open-source code, blows hole in Windows Defender
By Shaun Nichols A remote-code execution vulnerability in Windows Defender – a flaw that can be exploited by malicious .rar files to run malware on PCs – has been traced…