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Concerns have been voiced by leading data privacy advocates regarding a new COVID-19 venue check-in app announced by the Scottish government. The app, Check In Scotland, which is separate from the Protect Scotland contact tracing app, requires citizens to check into venues as the country reopens from pandemic-induced lockdowns. As outlined on the Scottish government’s website, “Check In Scotland is a way to collect the contact details of people who visit a wide range of…

Cybercriminal extortionists have adopted a new tactic to apply even more pressure on their corporate victims: contacting the victims’ customers, and asking them to demand a ransom is paid to protect their own privacy. At the end of March, Bleeping Computer reported that the Clop ransomware gang had not stopped at threatening hacked companies and contacting journalists, but had taken the additional step of direct emailing victims’ customers whose details had been found in stolen…

On-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released, security SAP security firm Onapsis warns. According to a joint study published by Onapsis and SAP, on-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released. Threat actors perform reverse-engineering of the SAP patches to create their own code to exploit recently addressed vulnerabilities and use them to target SAP installs. SAP and…

Organizations must take more responsibility for the security of third party providers that access their data, according to experts speaking during a webinar session organized by Atakama. Moderating the discussion, Brian Herr, field CISO at Mainline Information Systems, firstly highlighted how organizations are becoming increasingly reliant on third parties, meaning growing numbers of entities are getting access to their confidential information. “Organizations are putting more data outside of their control,” he explained, adding that “the…

In the latest episode (below) of Cloud Executive Perspectives, VMware’s Mark Lohmeyer, SVP/GM Cloud Services caught up with Clay Magouryk, Executive VP of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to talk about how Oracle Cloud VMware Solution solves a variety of challenges faced by customers today. Mark and Clay discuss: The genesis of Oracle Cloud VMware Solution What differentiates OCVS from other Hyperscaler solutions (hint: customer control is key along with availability zones) How Oracle Cloud VMware Solution…

News Detail New innovations enable collaboration between InfoSec and DevOps teams to reduce risk and protect public cloud and on-premises Kubernetes environments PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today unveiled expanded cloud workload protection capabilities to deliver security for containers and Kubernetes. The new solution will help increase visibility, enable compliance and … Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 New innovations enable collaboration between InfoSec and DevOps teams to reduce risk and protect public…

The US government is urging SAP owners to urgently patch and fix their application environments after a new report warned of mass exploitation. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged SAP businesses to prioritize reviewing the Onapsis report. It said affected customers could be exposed to data theft, financial fraud, ransomware and disruption of mission critical operations and processes. Onapsis claimed to have discovered over 300 successful exploitation attempts in the course of its…

Cyber criminals have many tricks up their sleeves when it comes to compromising sensitive data. They don’t always rely on system vulnerabilities and sophisticated hacks. They’re just as likely to target the an organisation’s employees. The attack methods they use to do this are known as social engineering. What is social engineering? Social engineering is a collective term for ways in which fraudsters manipulate people into performing certain actions. It’s generally used in an information…

Asset management is a tricky subject. In many cases, organizations have no idea about how many assets they have, let alone where they are all located.  Fortunately, there are tools that can assist with reaching your asset management goals. While Tripwire Enterprise (TE) is great for detecting unauthorized changes on your system and also for ensuring your systems are hardened (as well as stay hardened), you must first get a handle on managing the assets that you’re…