Cybersecurity

Researchers Detail 8 Vulnerabilities in Azure HDInsight Analytics Service

Sep 13, 2023THNVulnerability / Data Security More details have emerged about a set of now-patched cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the Microsoft Azure HDInsight open-source analytics service that could be weaponized by a threat actor to carry out malicious activities. “The identified vulnerabilities consisted of six stored XSS and two reflected XSS vulnerabilities, each of […]

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Beware: MetaStealer Malware Targets Apple macOS in Recent Attacks

Sep 12, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Data Security A new information stealer malware called MetaStealer has set its sights on Apple macOS, making the latest in a growing list of stealer families focused on the operating system after Stealer, Pureland, Atomic Stealer, and Realst. “Threat actors are proactively targeting macOS businesses by posing as fake clients […]

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Avoidable digital certificate issues fuel data breaches – Help Net Security

Among organizations that have suffered data breaches 58% were caused by issues related to digital certificates, according to a report by AppViewX and Forrester Consulting. As a result of service outages, 57% said their organizations have incurred costs upwards of $100,000 per outage. According to the Forrester study, “Enterprise organizations have traditionally been less focused […]

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Paramount Pictures data breach exposes personal data

Production company, Paramount Pictures, has revealed that it recently suffered a data breach that exposed personally identifying information.  In a data breach notification letter written to impacted parties, the production company explained that an unauthorized party had gained access to its systems between May and June of this year, allowing them to access customers’ personal […]