A recent survey from the information technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP) revealed that 45 percent of the companies in New Zealand rated themselves as not secure against cyber threats; 50 percent of the firms claimed that they lack in cybersecurity...
The governments of Singapore and Canada signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) on November 14, 2018, for cybersecurity cooperation. The agreement between the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore's (CSA) chief executive David Koh and the High Commissioner of...
Contributed by Ken Mafli, Data Security Evangelist at Townsend Security
On April 1, 2018, Gemini Advisory presented its findings after investigating the notorious JokerStash hacking syndicate in which over 5 million customer records had been exfiltrated from Lord & Taylor’s and Saks...
The multi-factor authentication solutions provider Silverfort recently announced that it has partnered with cybersecurity solutions provider Check Point. Silverfort stated that the alliance enables customers to use Silverfort’s adaptive authentication platform to activate immediate step-up authentication against cyber threats...
The Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center (SWRSC) stated that they recently suffered a phishing attack that affected nearly 2,400 patients’ protected health information.
According to the official statement, cyber attackers potentially accessed the information between May 27, 2018 and August...
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) unknowingly kept its passengers’ personal data at risk for almost two years, two researchers revealed.
According to the Economic Times, Avinash Jain and Gurunatha pointed out that a security vulnerability in IRCTC’s...
An unprotected MongoDB server exposed hundreds of thousands of American Express (Amex) India customers’ personal data, according to a researcher.
Bob Diachenko, Director of Cyber Risk Research at Hacken, discovered that the unsecured server was left visible online without a...
Contributed By Tim Roncevich, Partner, CyberGuard Compliance
The United Kingdom issued the maximum fine to Equifax following their massive data breach in 2017.
But it could have been worse.
The £500,000 ($660,000) penalty accounted for only a minuscule percentage of the credit...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation recently revealed that some of its U.S. customers' bank accounts were hacked in October this year. The bank stated the incident affected one percent of its American clients after cyber miscreants allegedly accessed...
Symantec Corporation recently acquired Appthority and Javelin Networks to strengthen its mobile and enterprise security products and services. Symantec, better known for its Norton security software suite, stated the acquisitions reinforce the company’s commitment to protect clients against emerging...
