Japanese companies, Pasco Corp. and Kobe Steel, rendering services to the Japanese armed forces, disclosed a possible data breach that took place in May 2018 and June 2015, followed by a second attempt in August 2016, respectively.
Pasco Corp. is...
The FBI recently discovered a potential Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that targeted state-level voter registration and information site, according to the federal body’s Private Industry Notification (PIN) obtained by Bleeping Computer.
It’s said that the voter registration and...
In April 2019, with a view to prevent abuse, Google engineers showed the desire to block certain HTTP file downloads that load via an HTTPS URL. The proposal has finally materialized and shall soon be rolled-out in six phases,...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently published a new set of cybersecurity standards, known as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) version 1.0. The new standards will require defense companies to adhere to a set of rules and...
This might be a piece of great news for purists and enthusiasts of both worlds—cybersecurity and automotive. British automaker McLaren, credited with gifting the world the likes of F1, P1 and the Senna, signed a multi-year partnership with AI...
With rising global competition in the cybersecurity market, Israel is dealing with a decline in the cyber startups ecosystem, according to Zohar Rozenberg, Vice President (VP) of Cyber Investments at Elron and RDC. Rozenberg, who has been elemental in...
SpiceJet, India’s low cost and privately owned airlines, suffered a data breach due to an unsecured database that contained personally identifiable information (PII) data of 1.2 million fliers. According to TechCrunch, a security researcher from U.S. discovered the flaw...
The State of Louisiana took a huge hit in the past year with a large volume of cyberattacks recorded since July 2019, including Louisiana’s municipal and government offices; the Sheriff’s office, and even public-school systems. Owing to this spate...
The U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DoE), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have agreed to jointly work on a new initiative “Energy Sector Pathfinder”, which is intended to protect the U.S. Energy Critical Infrastructure and...
It was recently reported that the U.K.’s cybersecurity market is currently worth £8.3 billion (approximately US$10.8 billion), witnessing an annual increase in revenue in the cybersecurity sector by 46 percent. The sector also received more than £348 million (approximately...
