Enterprise Software May Transmit Data Without Your Knowledge

guest · Jul 31, 2019

Enterprise Software May Transmit Data Without Your Knowledge
July 31, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...are-may-transmit-data-without-your-knowledge/

A cyber analytics firm has discovered several instances of enterprise software that collected and sent information home, a behavior which could lead to exposure of sensitive enterprise data.
While its report does not disclose the name of the software vendors, ExtraHop explains in four case studies how installed software sent out data to external locations without companies' knowledge.

Even though this transmission of data may not be malicious or a privacy risk by itself because it could only be diagnostic data for all we know, it is important for enterprises to have full control over what data is sent out of their network.
Enterprise software sending data home
Collecting and delivering information from a client's server is a behavior also known as "phoning data home" which could potentially have legal and regulatory implications especially when the data delivery is being performed without the customer's knowledge.

"What these examples underscore is that it's very difficult for enterprises to really understand what’s happening with their data," adds ExtraHop.
[...] ExtraHop security advisory
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