Security News > 2020 > March
Recently, some of the biggest names in SaaS have experienced customer support data breaches. With data playing an important role in the success of customer support, companies must ensure information security is top of mind to build relationships and develop trust with customers.
Vulnerabilities that Videolabs recently addressed in its libmicrodns library could lead to denial of service and arbitrary code execution, Cisco Talos' security researchers warn. The libmicrodns mDNS resolver cross-platform library is used in the VLC media player for mDNS service discovery.
77% think employees have put data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months and 78% think employees have put data at risk intentionally. "Egress CEO Tony Pepper believes the findings show how IT leaders are resigned to the inevitability of insider breaches and don't have adequate risk management processes and technology in place."Given the sensitivity of the information they handle, the legal industry is one of the most at-risk sectors from both accidental and intentional insider data breaches.
A five-phase strategic and systematic approach to strengthen the resilience of organizations' current business models is key to business continuity during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gartner. "Companies tend to have traditional business continuity strategies and plans that focus on the continuity of the resources and processes but omit the business model," said Daniel Sun, research vice president at Gartner.
According to data based from Omdia, there are now over 17.7 million 5G connections globally as of Q4 2019, which represents 329% growth over Q3 2019 - and is five million subscribers ahead of previous projections. "We truly had a great year in 2019, as 5G adoption has surpassed most forecasts. With the first year of 5G completed, 2020 is shaping up to be focused on the growth of new 5G devices, increasing coverage, increasing network densification, and probably the first 5G Stand Alone deployments," said Chris Pearson, President, 5G Americas.
More than 50 Android apps on the Google Play Store-most of which were designed for kids and had racked up almost 1 million downloads between them-have been caught using a new trick to secretly click on ads without the knowledge of smartphone users. While the offending apps have been removed from Google Play, the find by Check Point Research is the latest in an avalanche of ad fraud schemes that have plagued the app storefront in recent years, with malware posing as optimizer and utility apps to perform phony clicks on ads.
Commentary: COVID-19 has laid bare our need to take a new, more data-centric approach to security in light of more people working from home. Even before the coronavirus outbreak, there was a need to reconsider traditional approaches to security.
Guard Dog Solutions, of Salt Lake City, has formally launched the world's first AI-driven solution to preemptively and proactively combat and eliminate public and private Wi-Fi cyber security threats. The majority of "Virtual" working environments accessing VPN from homes are actually dangerous, the company notes, as end points on Wi-Fi systems make it alarmingly easy for hackers to access data through VPNs. As businesses move to support mobile workers, they need to ask their ISPs and MSSPs about Guard Dog Solutions and the Proactive Threat Elimination™ security it brings.
Social distancing has affected consumer shopping patterns, and a TransUnion survey found that 22% of Americans said they've been targeted by digital fraud related to COVID-19. Consumers are greatly reliant on online retailers during the coronavirus pandemic, and businesses must be armed to combat fraud, while making sure the company's web and mobile platforms are bug-free.
As cyberattacks surge during the COVID-19 crisis and information security teams at healthcare providers and their vendors work to manage new vulnerabilities and threats borne from the rapid transition to a remote workforce, Clearwater's IRM|Analysis software is helping more than 400 healthcare customers rapidly identify, prioritize, and respond to cyber risks on an enterprise scale. Designed to facilitate a consistent, information system-focused risk analysis, the software provides the means to assess risk scenarios presented in a work-from-home environment.