The device-to-cloud cybersecurity firm, McAfee, appointed Peter Leav as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective from February 3, 2020.
Leav had previously served as President and CEO of BMC Software. He holds more than 20 years of executive leadership experience...
Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency Equifax has agreed to pay US$380.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, brought forward by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), relating to a 2017 data breach that leaked a massive amount of information...
The authorities of the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice seized the domain “weleakinfo.com” for selling sensitive information that was hacked from other sources for the past three years.
According to the official notice, published by the U.S. Attorney...
Police Scotland has geared up for the first phase roll-out of Digital Triage Devices, known as Cyber Kiosks, on January 20, 2020. These Cyber Kiosks are desktop computers configured with a special software, and are approved by Police Scotland’s...
Security researchers from Kaspersky discovered thousands of attack notifications on popular banks in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Researchers opined that Russian speaking hacking group Silence is likely behind these attacks. It’s said that the hacker group appears to...
Western Australia-based P&N Bank informed its customers of a data leak that happened on December 12, 2019, which exposed customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account information.
In an official notice, the financial services provider stated that the information...
Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2020 saw a total of 49 CVEs (bugs) being fixed, however, the one that matters the most in the cybersecurity space is the Windows CryptoAPI Vulnerability tracked under CVE-2020-0601.
This Windows CryptoAPI spoofing vulnerability was...
With the Middle East cybersecurity market expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.5 percent between 2018 and 2024, it is also imperative for cities in the region that are ready to jump on the...
Cloudflare, a web infrastructure and security firm, will offer free cybersecurity services to the U.S. Federal Election campaigns.
The San Francisco-based firm stated the new move is intended to prevent any data leaks of election campaign emails and documents. It’s...
India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) today launched the Cyber Security Grand Challenge, which will award INR 3.2 crore (approximately US$451,754), to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in...
