Microsoft is warning customers of an “important” update to its Azure AD Connect service that could allow for an elevation of privilege attack against affected systems.

NSA Advocates Data Sharing Framework
Fighting attackers needs a new approach that leverages a public-private data sharing framework, enabling immediate and collective responses.

Average Cost of Breach Goes Down For the First Time Ever
The good news is the cost of a data breach is down double-digits, the bad news the size and scope of breaches is creeping up.

Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Under Fire
Former AT&T CSO, Ed Amoroso, says government needs to shift from talk to action when it comes to cybersecurity.

NSA-Backed OpenC2.org Aims to Defend Systems at Machine Speed
Security experts, vendors, business and the NSA are developing a standardized language that rather than autonomously understands threats, acts on them.

Republican Data Broker Exposes 198M Voter Records
Almost 200 million voter profiles culled by Republican data broker Deep Root Analytics were left exposed on an Amazon S3 server.

IBM Backup Bug Gets Workaround Fix After Nine Months of Exposure
IBM quietly released a workaround fix for a vulnerability in its Spectrum Protect enterprise backup software it has known about since September 2016.

53 Percent of Enterprise Flash Installs are Outdated
More than half of enterprises are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk by running out-of-date versions of Flash.

OneLogin warns that attacker could be able to decrypt data
IT teams at organisations affected by the OneLogin are in for a busy few days carrying out the recommended steps to secure their stuff

Insecure Backend Databases Blamed for Leaking 43TB of App Data
More than 1,000 mobile apps are leaking personal information via unsecured backend platforms such as MongoDB, MySQL and others.