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U.S. and Australian government cybersecurity agencies warn that common security vulnerabilities in websites and web apps can be exploited to commit large-scale data breaches. CISA, the National Security Agency, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre warned Thursday that insecure direct object references (IDORs) allow hackers to access or modify sensitive data on an organization’s servers …

A new government joint advisory says IDOR vulnerabilities have resulted in major data breaches in the U.S. and overseas.

U.S. and Australian government cybersecurity agencies are warning that common and easily exploitable security vulnerabilities in websites and web apps can be abused to carry out large-scale data breaches. In a joint advisory published Thursday, U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, the National Security Agency and the Australian Cyber Security Centre said that the vulnerabilities, known as insecure direct object references (IDORs), allow malicious hackers to access or modify sensitive data on an organization's servers because of a lack of proper security checks. An IDOR vulnerability is like ...