A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. In these strange times certain platforms have gained increased popularity, Zoom being one appears to have attracted a lot of attention and not just from it’s users. Both sides of infosec have taken a bite. The news appears to be changing rapidly as Zoom react and deal with it. What is really true about the claims?

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the current global health and economic situation as well as sudden shifts and exposures in IT environments to launch COVID-19 related attack campaigns. The bad guys are moving full-steam ahead in their efforts to lure victims by playing on their fears.

Outsourcing, digitization, and globalization have led to new products and services, increased specialization, lower costs, and better access for customers and organizations alike. They've also introduced significant cyber risk, particularly the risk of unintended data exposure in the form of a data breach or data leak. In fact, a recent study by the Ponemon Institute and IBM put the average cost of a data breach at $3.92 million.

Outsourcing, digitization, and globalization have created new products and services, increased specialization, lowered costs, and improved access for customers and organizations alike. The downside is they've introduced cyber risk. Particularly the risk of data breaches and data leaks. In fact, a recent study by the Ponemon Institute and IBM put the average cost of a data breach at $3.92 million.

A major problem with your information technology (IT) systems can totally disrupt your business, costing you time and money while you wait for repairs. An IT audit checklist helps ensure that your IT department has the necessary tools to secure your network and avoid these expensive repairs.

When it comes to personal data, an individual's health records are right up there as being amongst the most sensitive of data. Protecting it from being accidentally or purposely leaked or misused, is of the highest importance; both from an individual's perspective, but also from a governmental perspective. HIPAA is designed to establish policies, procedures and safeguards through the implementation of a set of rules for compliance.

Are you using Venmo to send and receive payments? People use Venmo for everything, and in these times when no one wants to handle actual money for fear of spreading infection, Venmo is a brilliant idea. Of course, the difference between Venmo and other mobile payment applications is that Venmo adds a social networking component to its process. While this makes things very easy for transacting payments, it creates some serious privacy concerns.