Data Security

Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio are demanding answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg after internal documents revealed developers with ties to China and Russia could access sensitive user data.

The following is Part 2 of a three-part series revealing key highlights from Walmart Global Tech’s Media Day, compiled from a series of on-site tours, fireside chats, panels, roundtables and one-on-one interviews.

Here are three ways to make a cybersecurity transformation.

Microsoft researchers reported that U.S.-sanctioned Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet Pasargad, which is also tracked as Neptunium, was behind the hack and attempted sale of stolen data from French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, according to CyberScoop.

BleepingComputer reports that U.S. subscription-based background check services TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate had their systems impacted by a data breach, resulting in the exposure of data from 20.22 million customers who used the services until Apr. 16, 2019, in a hacking forum.

Vice Media has disclosed that more than 1,700 individuals had their sensitive and financial data exposed following a cyberattack initially reported to the digital media and broadcasting firm last March, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Web application firewalls offer some of the best defenses against SQL injection attacks — but there's a new twist that flies under the radar and bypasses WAFs. Here's how it works.