Equifax, which is under the scanner since its high-profile attack, now has one more reason to worry. San Francisco has sued the credit monitoring firm for failing to protect the personal data of 15 million Californian residents. The city’s...
In an effort to improve its online security and to keep growing cyber threats in check, Australia is seeking to employ over thousands of cybersecurity experts over the next decade, a report tabled by the Australian Cyber Security Growth...
In an attempt to prevent any damage to global trade services, the U.S. has asked China not to implement its stringent cybersecurity law. China passed its new cybersecurity law in November 2016, but it came into effect in June...
The U.S. fast food chain Sonic Drive recently suffered a major security breach which compromised its millions of customers’ debit card and credit card numbers. Around five million stolen credit and debit card accounts were put up for sale...
Accenture and the Ponemon Institute conducted a new study titled, “The Cost of Cybercrime” that indicated cyber crime incidents cost an organization $11.7 million per year on an average. The study had 2,182 security and IT professionals across 254...
In what can be described as a major threat, a security firm has warned that popular mobile stock trading applications are riddled with vulnerabilities, spelling more trouble for them.
Security vendor IOActive recently reviewed 21 of the most used mobile...
Mission Solutions Group (MSG), a Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), recently announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Surveillance and Cyber Security Services LLC (SCSS) that provided cybersecurity services to a wide variety of government customers.
Kevin Ferraro,...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday, September 22, notified 21 states that were targeted by Russian hackers to sway the 2016 U.S. presidential elections in favor of Donald Trump.
The 21 states that came under the hackers’ radar...
Saudi Arabia, which is believed to be one of the most vulnerable nations to cyber attacks, is making efforts to improve its national-level cyber-preparedness, a Potomac assessment revealed. The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (PIPS) recently published a report...
One of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms, Deloitte, is the newest victim of a massive cyber attack. Confidential emails and “plans of some its blue-chip clients” were compromised, suggested a Guardian report. It also revealed that the attack went...
