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Confidant Health database exposed 5.3 terabytes of patient information

Security Staff

September 9, 2024

A cybersecurity researcher discovered an exposed Confidant Health database containing thousands of records.

Rushing into generative AI is risky: How to protect data

Dale “Dr. Z” Zabriskie

June 13, 2023

There’s no doubt that generative AI will be a useful tool for businesses, but it requires careful implementation.

93% of organizations have database management tools in place

Security Staff

May 25, 2023

A survey indicates that most organizations are not planning to make changes to their database strategies over the course of the next three years.

Databases stores, cloud storage and services at risk from exposed access keys

Poor security measures associated with software development puts organizations at risk

September 15, 2020

Digital Shadows revealed new research looking at the growing problem of company access keys inadvertently exposed during software development. Access keys, and their corresponding secrets, are used by developers to authenticate into other systems.

Unidentified Database Exposes Records of 200 Million Americans

March 23, 2020

The CyberNews research team uncovered an unsecured database owned by an unidentified party, comprising 800 gigabytes of personal user information.The database was left on a publicly accessible server and contained more than 200 million detailed user records.

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U.S. Ex-Inspector General Indicted for Stealing Data on 250,000 DHS Employees

March 10, 2020

A former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been charged of alleged theft of proprietary software and confidential databases from the U.S. government.

RSA 2017: The "Culture" of Cybersecurity Collaboration

Mattress Company Leaks 387,000 Customer Records Online

September 27, 2019

A Wisconsin mattress company, Verlo Mattress, leaked the records of 387,000 customers in an online database, a security researcher has found.

The Proactive Approach to Identifying Cybercriminals

Amyn Gilani

September 17, 2019

More than 10 years ago, I was deployed to Iraq as a U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst, assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force with one clear objective: disrupt terrorist activities by targeting and capturing al-Qaeda insurgents.