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F-Secure, a cybersecurity company, recently inked a partnership deal with security services provider NetAssist to jointly provide cybersecurity solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. The alliance combines F-Secure’s threat detection and privacy prowess with NetAssist’s security...
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Zaif, has released its official plan to compensate customers impacted by the recent breach the exchange suffered which had resulted in losses worth 6.7 billion yen (around $59.7 million). Tech Bureau, the parent company of Zaif, in...
Contributed by Ashley Fidler, Vice President of Product, Versive The cloud. Big data. BYOD. In this era where human-scale has given way to machine-scale, today’s cybersecurity challenges require a substantial change in the way incidents are identified and resolved. These new...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently conducted a study to evaluate the state of Department of Defense (DOD) weapon systems cybersecurity and the results were not very promising. The legislative branch government agency stated that most of the...
A recent survey has discovered that answering a WhatsApp video call can compromise your smartphone. According to Natalie Silvanovich, a digital forensics expert at Google Project Zero, a security bug in the WhatsApp messenger application allows attackers to take...
It is common these days to hear cybersecurity leaders talking about skill gap in the domain. According to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the cybersecurity workforce gap will widen to 1.5 million job openings by 2019. While companies shuttle between different education institutions to find the right...
Cybersecurity startup CertiK recently announced that it has received investment from Binance Labs, a venture arm of Binance cryptocurrency exchange. According to the official statement, the two companies have joined hands to bring enhanced security standards to smart contracts...
Information Commissioner Office recently fined Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) with £120,000 ($1,56,548) for failing to secure the sensitive information about the airport staff. The penalty comes after a Heathrow Airport employee lost his USB stick that contained confidential information,...
Google announced that it is going to shut down its social media network Google+ for consumers in the next 10 months. The declaration comes after the disclosure of a vulnerability that exposed around 500,000 users’ personal information to third-party...
The officials at Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery stated that they’ve fallen victim to a major data theft that exposed its customers’ personal data, including Social Security numbers and limited health information. The Vancouver-based diagnosis and treatment services company stated...