by emma@themissus.co | Sep 13, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Global gaming hardware manufacturing company Razer leaked the personal information of around 100,000 customers by storing their data in an Elasticsearch cluster that was misconfigured to enable public access, security researcher Bob Diachenko has revealed. The...
by emma@themissus.co | Sep 13, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman today announced £500,000 in fresh government funding to help medical suppliers, primary care providers, and other businesses in the healthcare sector boost their cybersecurity. The fresh government funding comes in response...
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
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, 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...
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...
