Security News > 2020 > April > Week in review: Zoom security, Marriott breach, MS SQL servers under attack

Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affectedMarriott International has suffered a new data breach in mid-January 2020, which affected approximately 5.2 million guests.

Are your MS SQL servers part of a cryptomining botnet? Check now!For the last two years or so, attackers have been infecting and reinfecting poorly secured MS SQL servers, booting other criminals' malware from them and exploiting their compute power to mine Vollar and Monero cryptocurrency.

According to IBM's 2019 Cost of a Data Breach report, the average cost of a data breach in the U.S. is $8.19 million, with companies averaging 206 days to identify breaches before even attempting to address them.

The potential impact of SAP security remediationMore than two thirds of SAP users believe their organizations put insufficient focus on IT security during previous SAP implementations, while 53.4% indicated that it is 'very common' for SAP security flaws to be uncovered during the audit process.

Zoom pledges to find, fix security and privacy issuesSince the advent of Covid-19, remote conferencing tools have been a lifesaver for all those stuck at home, forced to work and socialize online.

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