Security News

Russia's national vulnerability database is a bit like the Soviet Union – sparse and slow
2018-07-17 15:45

By design, though, not... er, general rubbishness Russia's vulnerability database is much thinner than its US or Chinese counterparts, but does contain a surprisingly high percentage of security...

Russia's National Vulnerability Database Slow, Incomplete
2018-07-16 14:12

Russia’s national vulnerability database is slow, incomplete and it focuses on security flaws that could pose a threat to the country’s IT systems, according to an analysis conducted by threat...

Scans Reveal 13 Million Internet-Exposed Databases
2018-07-02 17:48

Rapid7's Tod Beardsley Says Many Inappropriate Protocols Remain ExposedOld technology never dies, but rather fades "very slowly" away, as evidenced by there being 21 million FTP servers still in...

Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Their Unprotected Firebase Hosted Databases
2018-06-21 11:32

Mobile security researchers have discovered unprotected Firebase databases of thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications that are exposing over 100 million data records, including plain text...

Thousands of Mobile Apps Leak Data from Firebase Databases
2018-06-20 15:56

Thousands of mobile applications running on iOS and Android have exposed over 113 gigabytes of data from 2,300 unsecured Firebase databases, enterprise mobile security firm Appthority says in a...

3,000+ mobile apps leaking data from unsecured Firebase databases
2018-06-20 11:30

Appthority published research on its discovery of a new HospitalGown threat variant that occurs when app developers fail to require authentication to Google Firebase databases. Appthority security...

US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates
2018-06-11 11:03

It is something few Americans will have heard of, but the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) is catching the eye of privacy advocates - and not in...

IoT Botnets Found Using Default Credentials for C&C Server Databases
2018-06-05 10:03

Not following cybersecurity best practices could not only cost online users but also cost cybercriminals. Yes, sometimes hackers don't take best security measures to keep their infrastructure...