The CEO of Tenable has called out Microsoft for its security practices following an attack on the tech giant’s Azure platform, which was disclosed in early July. 

Data security experts are concerned about the potential for voter manipulation following the revelation that hackers managed to access the data of 40 million UK voters. The hack was discovered in October 2022 but was only reported to the public in early August this year. It is not yet known who is behind the attack. 

Over the past few years, a comprehensive identity security approach to IT and cybersecurity environments has become critical to organizations in preventing data breaches. Although crucial, a lack of understanding of best practices holds organizations back. 

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become an integral part of the lives of many over the last decade, but securing them has been a challenge. But that might be changing. A new report from cybersecurity company Nozomi Networks has found that defenses are improving. On the flip side, security threats are on the rise. Operational Technology (OT) environments, a computing category for industrial environments, face similar struggles.

The European Commission recently approved a newly proposed EU-US data privacy framework concerning how EU data transferred to US companies is handled. Any US company handling EU data will not need to implement additional data protection safeguards if they are operating under the approved framework.

For many, messaging apps take up most of the time spent online. They’re a convenient tool for keeping up with friends and family. But recent history has taught us you can’t rely on things you say in these chats remaining private. However benign the content of your discussion might be, it’s uncomfortable to think that someone else might read them. 

A few weeks ago, Microsoft’s OneDrive and 365 services, such as Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint, experienced outages due to a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. According to Cybersecurity Dive, a hacktivist group called Anonymous Sudan claimed they were behind the attack and made even more threats against the tech giant.