Raytheon Partners IronNet for Enhanced Protection for OT/IT Systems
Military contracting giant Raytheon and cybersecurity startup IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. have partnered to develop cyber solutions for defense of operational and information technology (OT/IT)...
Ransomware Attacks and Data Breaches on U.S. Schools and Colleges Triple in 2019
According to a report from the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, the K-12 public school districts and education agencies across the U.S. suffered a total...
Jim Scholefield Joins Marriott International as CIDO
Marriott International announced the appointment of Jim Scholefield as Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO). The appointment came into effect on February 24, 2020. In this...
Regulations for Air Transport May Prove Ineffective: Study
A study by Queen Mary University of London’s Cloud Legal Project has stated that the cybersecurity strategies for air transport set by the NIS...
U.S. Indicts Four Chinese Hackers Over 2017 Equifax Data Breach
The U.S. Department of Justice pressed charges against four Chinese nationals for hacking the Atlanta-based credit reporting agency Equifax in 2017. The four hackers,...
OurMine Group Hacks Facebook’s Official Twitter and Instagram Accounts
The social media accounts of social networking and technology giant Facebook were temporarily compromised by a hacking group named OurMine. The incident came to...
Why CISOs Should Worry About Sodinokibi Ransomware
In late April 2019, researchers from Cisco Talos came across a strain of ransomware that raided a web server. The entry point was a...
Why the OSI Model Isn’t Enough for Application Security
For modern business, application security is an essential concern. Every company uses a variety of web, software, and mobile applications in order to serve...
Equifax to Pay US$380.5 Million to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit
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...
Card Fraud Under Strict Check in Australia: AusPayNet Report
The popularity of the e-commerce industry and an exponential increase in online shopping has led to the problem of online payment frauds. However, as...
