How to respond to a data breach
In light of recent news from the Sage data breach Barry Scott, CTO of EMEA at Centrify, has commented: “Insider attacks and threats are often avoidable… so long as the right safeguards are in place....
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Zero-day vulnerability discovered within Apple iOS
The zero-day vulnerability discovered within Apple’s iOS has sparked up in the news recently. Guillaume Ross, Senior Security Consultant from Rapid7, has commented. Though Apple iOS enjoys a well-deserved reputation for being an operating...
800,000 usernames leaked from Epic Games
News recently broke that more than 800,000 usernames and email addresses were taken from Unreal Engine and its maker, Epic Games. Deral Heiland, Research Lead at Rapid7, has commented. This breach is another reminder...
Microsoft fixes remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office
In light of Microsoft releasing their patches for the month of July, Adam Nowak, Rapid7 Active Lead Engineer, has commented: July continues an on-going trend with Microsoft’s products where the majority of bulletins address remote code execution (RCE) followed...
51 million file sharing accounts for sale on the dark web
In light of the news that a hacker deposited 51 million file sharing accounts for sale on the dark web Tod Beardsley, Security Research Manager at Rapid7, has commented: The iMesh breach from 2013 contains the...
Study reveals, 25% of people would carry on using a company after a breach
Recently Centrify, a leader in securing enterprise identities, released a study. It revealed that 75% of people in the UK would cancel their membership with an organisation if it was hacked. This suggests that a quarter would carry on using...
Twitter passwords obtained by Russian hacker
In light of the news that the Russian seller, who goes by the name of Tessa88, claimed in an encrypted chat to have obtained Twitter’s database. This includes email addresses, usernames and plain-text passwords. Tod...
Instagram holes have left accounts open to hijack
Following reports that Instagram holes have left accounts open to hijack Tod Beardsley, Security Research Manager at Rapid7, has commented: “The authentication issues found and reported by Arne Swinnen highlight the success of Facebook’s bug...
Microsoft patch critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Following Microsoft’s May patch announcement David Picotte, Rapid7 Engineering Manager, has commented on 7 critical security bulletins laid out by Microsoft. He stated: “Today’s update from Microsoft includes 16 security bulletins, 7 of which Microsoft has...
Highlights from the Google data breach
In light of the news that Google suffered a data breach via a third party benefits provider, Barry Scott, CTO EMEA at Centrify, commented: “Whilst the Google breach resulted from an email error, it...
