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Software Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

A new study polling 1,000 software developers and startup employees found 29% of companies use unprotected production data (real customer data) in testing environments when testing and troubleshooting their company’s software — increasing the risk of exposure in the event of a data breach. Unprotected production data is defined as data that is not de-identified…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Smart technology continues to change how people live and interact with the cities around them. While the full value of a connected city evolves – one that leverages innovations powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning – cybersecurity stands as one of its greatest challenges. The Smart City Conundrum While the promise of Smart Cities…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

In a world increasingly dependent on technology, software sprawl is growing. Companies use custom-built software, open source software, and products from third-party providers when building applications. Through this software supply chain, the digital attack surface expands. Each software dependency can also open it up to potential attack as bugs are found in all types of…

Application Security, Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

In Tennessee, the website for unemployment benefits remained down Thursday morning after the vendor, Geographic Solutions Inc., told the state Sunday that service would be interrupted. Some 12,000 Tennesseans rely on the unemployment program, and for now, they’re not getting their payments. The company said that it expects Tennessee’s system to be back online before…

Network Security, Software Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Peer Software announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Pulsar Security. Through the alliance, Peer Software will leverage Pulsar Security’s team of cyber security experts to continuously monitor and analyze emerging and evolving ransomware and malware attack patterns on unstructured data. PeerGFS, an enterprise-class software solution that eases the deployment of a modern distributed…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

More than half of the world’s websites use Google Analytics to help their owners understand the behavior of users. The software, which deploys cookies to track user behavior, costs nothing in cash terms — though the vast trove of data helps to fuel Google’s massive profits. However, in 2020 the framework overseeing how personal data…

Software Security

Issued by: CIO Security

Business planning SaaS (software-as-a-service) software maker Anaplan is being acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.7 billion. Founded in the UK and now based in San Francisco, Anaplan offers cloud-based finance and planning software and counts almost 2,000 customers worldwide, including Coca-Cola, Shell, Thomas Cook and VMware. The company went public in 2018,…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

Microsoft today issued security updates for 71 software vulnerabilities, three of which were critical and one that has a known proof-of-concept available in the public domain. Among the most notable flaws fixed today by Microsoft are: CVE-2022-23277 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This is a critical bug that could allow an attacker who…

Network Security

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

If there existed a prize for the most pervasive, critical, and least-known middleware technology, the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard would certainly win it. When we first presented the results of this research at the Black Hat Europe Briefings, the audience appeared to be completely unaware (embarrassed, even) that the DDS drives railways, autonomous cars,…