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 | 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
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
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...
