Study warns of rising hacker threats to SAP, Oracle business software

A view shows a sign with the logo of SAP software company on the roof of an office building in Moscow, Russia April 23, 2018. Picture taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

LONDON: At least a dozen companies and government agencies have been targeted and thousands more are exposed to data breaches by hackers exploiting old security flaws in management software, two cybersecurity firms said in a study published on July 25.

The US Department of Homeland Security issued an alert citing the study by security firms Digital Shadows and Onapsis that highlights the risks posed to thousands of unpatched business systems from software makers Oracle and SAP.