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One out of every two on-premises databases has at least one vulnerability, according to a study from Imperva Research Labs. Image: iStock/GaudiLab Exploiting security flaws is one of the major tactics used by cybercriminals to attack organizations. Vulnerabilities are an unfortunate fact of life for operating systems, applications, hardware devices and last, but not least, databases. An attack against a database can easily compromise sensitive and confidential user and customer data. A report released Tuesday…

Three former members of the United States military or United States Intelligence Community (USIC) have been fined for providing hacking-related services to a foreign government.  United States citizens, 49-year-old Marc Baier and 34-year-old Ryan Adams, and 40-year-old former US citizen Daniel Gericke were investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over claims that they had violated U.S. export control, computer fraud, and access device fraud laws.  On September 7, the three men entered into a deferred prosecution…

Tuesday is National Online Learning Day. To ring in the holiday, we’ve crafted a guide to help students of all ages stay safe online and protect the home network in the virtual classroom. Image: GettyImages/Marko Geber Since the onset of COVID-19, online learning has been transformed into a standard part of the school day for students and teachers around the globe. While virtual learning may help schools safely continue operations during the coronavirus pandemic, the…

The insatiable global demand for open source code packages has led to a triple-digit year-on-year surge in upstream software supply chain attacks, according to Sonatype. The supply chain management specialist compiled its 2021 State of the Software Supply Chain report from publicly available and proprietary data. It claimed that global developers would borrow over 2.2 trillion open-source packages or components from third-party ecosystems to accelerate time-to-market. This includes Java downloaded from the Maven Central Repository, Python packages…

A Sonatype survey also found a 650% year-over-year increase in supply chain attacks aimed at upstream public repositories. Image: Shutterstock/LeoWolfert The seventh annual State of the Software Supply Chain Report from Sonatype found that developers think software management practices are in much better shape than what conditions on the ground indicate. Must-read developer content The analysis found that the majority of respondents use an ad hoc approach to software supply chain management for most parts…