by emma@themissus.co | Sep 13, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Security researchers have discovered hundreds of vulnerabilities across major hotel and airline and travel booking websites, some of which have already suffered major breaches. UK-based consumer rights group Which? and tech consultancy 6point6 studied 98 travel sector...
by emma@themissus.co | Sep 13, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
New research from Kaspersky has discovered that of the 32% of Brits provided with a corporate desktop computer, only 77% have adequate anti-virus or cybersecurity software installed, leaving 23% of company desktops significantly insecure and exposed to cyber-threats....
by emma@themissus.co | Aug 23, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Nearly a quarter (23%) of UK office workers rely on unauthorized devices to work from home, a new study by CybSafe has found. The research revealed that poor personal cybersecurity practices are commonplace amongst workers operating outside of corporate environments,...
by emma@themissus.co | Aug 23, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News
More than 50% of UK businesses are opting to use outsourced partners for cybersecurity services. According to research by Skurio, there is a lack of in-house expertise in the area of digital risk protection – the ability to monitor risks, threats and...
by emma@themissus.co | Aug 23, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
A social media data broker has exposed the public-facing profiles of 235 million users via a misconfigured online database, according to researchers. Comparitech teamed up with Bob Diachenko to uncover three identical copies of the data on August 1, left online with...
by emma@themissus.co | Aug 23, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The company behind one of India’s most popular travel booking sites exposed 43GB of customer and corporate data before it was deleted by the infamous “Meow” attacker, according to researchers. A team at SafetyDetectives led by Anurag Sen discovered an Elasticsearch...