National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of the United Kingdom’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters, recently revealed in an annual study that more than 1,000 cyber attacks were reported to the organization since October 2016. More than half...
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of some patrons of Graton Casino and Resort has been reportedly compromised. The casino said that an employee “accidentally” included customer information, such as, addresses and social security numbers in an attachment that was sent...
Whole Food Market, which was recently acquired by Amazon, was reportedly hacked last week. Hackers gained access to customers’ credit card information, who made purchases at some of its outlets.
In a press release, Whole Foods said, “When Whole Foods...
About 75 percent of Dutch people are unconcerned about cybersecurity at their workplace, a National Cybersecurity Awareness Study revealed. However, almost half of Dutch are concerned when it comes to ensuring cybersecurity at home, compared to 29 percent in...
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...
