The personal information of more than 30,000 students was found on an improperly secured Elasticsearch server, security researchers with SafetyDetectives report.
The server, the researchers say, was left connected to the Internet and did not require a password to allow access to the data within.
Question: if we can mitigate file encryption ransomware with backup, can we mitigate double extortion by adding advanced PII protection through data encryption or tokenization?
Fresh off a $300 million funding round and a billion-dollar valuation, security operations vendor ReliaQuest on Wednesday announced plans to acquire threat intelligence startup Digital Shadows in a deal valued at $160 million.
Cybercriminals operating the Clipminer botnet have raked in at least $1.7 million in illicit gains to date, according to an estimate by security researchers at Symantec.
Public cloud data protection startup Laminar today announced that it has raised an additional $30 million in an extended Series A funding round.
Interpol on Monday announced the arrest of three Nigerians accused on using the Agent Tesla remote access trojan (RAT) in financial scams.
Forgepoint Capital, a venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity investments, is pumping $10 million into an early-stage startup created to provide incident response services within the lucrative cyber-insurance ecosystem.
Bug hunters at Microsoft are calling attention to several high-severity vulnerabilities in a mobile framework used in pre-installed Android System apps, warning that exploitation could have allowed the implantation of a persistent backdoor on Android devices.
SYN Ventures, a Florida-based venture capital firm placing early-stage bets in cybersecurity startups, has closed a new $300 million fund and announced the addition of serial entrepreneur Ryan Permeh as full-time operating partner.
The personal information of more than half a million Chicago Public Schools students and staff was compromised in a ransomware attack last December, but the vendor didn’t report it to the district until last month, officials said.
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