Issue 253: Breached companies face litigation, SQL injection in Cisco APIs, API Security for Automotive & Finance
Brief
This week, we look at the growing number of penalties that companies can now face in the event of a data breach. We also learn about critical API vulnerabilities discovered in Cisco and Traccar products. VicOne recently published a white paper on automotive API security, and we also want to highlight a LinkedIn post on the crucial role of APIs in the financial sector.
Article: Costly Breaches at National Public Data and T-Mobile
National Public Data (NPD) in the US has been in the news recently due to a massive data breach. A report by BiometricUpdate. com indicates a breach that includes 272 million Social Security numbers. While the cause of the breach remains unclear, a recent update from KrebsOnSecurity suggests that a sister site to NPD may have accidentally published its own site passwords in a publicly accessible file.