"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," an epigram by French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1849) translates as "the more things change they remain the same." There is an eerie parallel of governments' reaction, the proliferation of fake...
RedMart, a Singapore-based online grocery platform, is the latest victim of a data breach incident that allegedly exposed personal data and records of about 1.1 million customers. Lazada, the parent company which owns RedMart, claimed that unknown threat actors...
A joint report from cybersecurity firm ESET and business psychology provider the Myers-Briggs Company revealed that human error has led to an increase in the cybersecurity risks and challenges for 80% of businesses during the pandemic. The report “Cyberchology:...
Hong Kong’s central banking institution – the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) – has announced the launch of an upgraded Cybersecurity Fortification Initiative 2.0 (CFI 2.0). The changes will come into effect from January 1, 2021, and further enable...
BigBasket, an India-based grocery e-commerce platform, suffered a potential data breach incident that could have exposed personal details of over two crore customers. According to cyber intelligence firm Cyble, the data breach was discovered on October 30, 2020, during...
With the increase in myriad devices and its constant use in this connected world, cybersecurity is a major concern for both users and enterprises. For many organizations, a perfect storm of increasing cloud and BYOD adoption, combined with ineffective...
Law enforcement authorities from the U.S. and Brazil seized $24 million in cryptocurrency that was procured via online fraud. According to the Department of Justice (DoJ), federal authorities from both the countries participated in "Operation Egypto," a Brazilian ongoing...
A new research, “Cybersecurity Challenges in Financial Services,” from data security provider HelpSystems revealed that 65% of major financial services organizations have suffered a cyberattack in the last 12 months. The research, which surveyed 250 CISOs and CIOs globally,...
CISO MAG recently hosted a panel discussion with Michael Engle, Chief Strategy Office, 1Kosmos; Christian Adam, MD Cybersecurity Technology, BNY Mellon; and Jerry Kowalski, Deputy CISO, Jefferies LLC. The panel discussion, which was moderated by Jyoti Punjabi, Deputy Business...
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