In my last blog post, I described a few new trends in data breaches uncovered in McAfee Labs’ Q3 Threats Report. During this month’s #SecChat, I’d like to open the database security conversation to the wider security community. From deployment errors and poor configuration to bad apps, vendor vulnerabilities, and more, database admins have their Read more…
News broke today of a large data breach against Yahoo Voices, resulting in more than 400,000 username/password combinations being posted in clear text. The compromise involved a basic SQL-injection attack against an exposed Yahoo server (dbb1.ac.bf1.yahoo.com). Similar to other recent events, the account data was reportedly stored in an unencrypted state. We see this type of attack Read more…
Tags: Database, sql attacks, SQL Injection, Yahoo!
About 2 months ago, the public got wind of what is thus far one of the largest US data breaches in 2012– and possibly the worst ever suffered by the state of Utah. The state’s Department of Technology Services had some 800,000 personal records (and 280,000 Social Security numbers) compromised in an attack that is Read more…
Tags: breach, Database, firewall, security, sensitive information, server, vulnerability
They are keeping me busy here at McAfee. Beginning to think that “Safe” isn’t the only thing that “Never Sleeps” around here. This weeks highlights include, our re-designed channel partner website, a blog recap of the Sept. 12 Global Channel Partner Town Hall Meeting, staying focused while attending the McAfee Partner Summit, a new market Read more…
Tags: Alex Thurber, Annual Partner Survey, Channels Town Hall, cloud security, Database, database security, Focus11, heidi klum, McAfee Channel, McAfee Channel Partner, McAfee Partner Summit, Partner Summit
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