In what may be the largest Twitter data breach attack to date, the personal data of over 400 million users was stolen from the social media giant’s grasp and put up for sale on the dark net on the day after Christmas. This attack couldn’t have happened at a worse time for the company, as the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced an investigation into an earlier Twitter data leak in November 2022 that had affected over 5.4 million users.

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A person’s most valuable and often utilised asset is their identity. Identity verification is used to demonstrate that the person’s identity matches what they say it is. It determines whether a person is actually hiding behind the persona he presents.

Happy New Year! A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. It would be nice to say, a new year, new approaches and everything is safer, but it seems things have slid over from last year with a bunch of data breaches.

To cope with increasingly costly pay-outs, providers are redefining the terms of cyber insurance to reduce their exposure. The implications could spell myriad changes for the cyber security industry. Whatever the outcome, it’s time for organisations to re-evaluate whether their policy will cover them against the attacks they are most susceptible to.

IT leaders count on Human Resource (HR) departments to be partners in promoting an organizational culture that values security. From setting device usage policies on an employee’s first day to facilitating security training and awareness, HR has an important role to play in the adoption of IT policies. In their day-to-day roles, HR is critical to security in its own right.

Cloud computing is a powerful service, but securing its assets proves to be a difficult task by even the largest companies in the world. The average cost of a cloud breach is around $4 million, and it is vital that cloud workloads are as secure as possible. This article will explain cloud security and provide seven steps organizations should take when conducting their cloud risk assessment.

When it comes to cybersecurity, knowledge is power. Understanding what threats exist, where trends are headed, and how cybercrime could affect your organization is all critical to building up your defenses and improving your security posture. For example, the cybercrime industry is now a $1.5 trillion industry — has your organization contributed to that total? Is your organization concerned about cyber attacks?

Between the 28th –30th of December 2022, Zoho released security updates to address a SQL injection vulnerability that they identified, designated as CVE-2022-47523. An advisory was later published, summarizing the affected products and remediation. This vulnerability affects several credential management products including ManageEngine PAM360, ManageEngine Access Manager Plus, and ManageEngine Password Manager Pro.

Cybersecurity professionals are always looking to keep up with new and changing threats, as well as developing new tactics and technologies to guard against cyberattacks. Traditional approaches to security are focused on defensive or reactive measures, generally blocking attacks from coming in, or responding to attacks once they happen. Unfortunately, these methods may not be enough to satisfactorily address the threats in question.