A major security flaw in Cisco’s BroadWorks communication platform can be exploited for a platform takeover and data theft. The vulnerability, which scored 10/10 on the CVSS vulnerability-severity scale, enables an attacker with a valid user ID to authenticate as an existing user. This could lead to communication hijacking, information phishing, DoS, and more. Cisco has identified a patch for the bug.

Nearly 250,000 Records From Tax Credit Consulting Agency Exposed
Summarize this content to a maximum of 60 words: Research has uncovered an unencrypted, non-password-protected database containing 245,949 records.