Tag: cyber threat
China bans fundraising activities through digital currency
Following a series of major security breaches of digital currency exchanges during their Initial Coin Offerings, China has banned the use of virtual currencies...
77% of educational institutions are not prepared for IT risks: Survey
Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for data security and risk mitigation in hybrid environments, recently announced the release of its 2017 IT...
Entefy raises Series A at $150 million valuation
Entefy Inc. announced that the company has secured its Series A with $8 million of capital at a $150 million valuation. This has brought the company's total venture...
Fact-checker site Verrit hacked hours after Clinton’s endorsement
The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has never shied away from stirring up controversies. While social and mainstream media is abuzz...
Virginia adopts NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
To meet the skills gap, Commonwealth of Virginia on August 31, became the first state to formally adopt National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)...
More than 700 million email addresses leaked by misconfigured spambot
A misconfigured spambot leaked more than 700 million email addresses and millions of passwords in a massive data breach. Considered to be one of...
OurMine group hacks WikiLeaks to answer “Hack Us” challenge
The anonymous hacking group OurMine recently hacked WikiLeaks, the data-leaking site owned by Julian Assange. The users of the website were redirected to a...
Cyber attack on IT marketplace CeX; two million customer records stolen
In a recent cyber attack on second-hand electronics dealer CeX, the hackers may have stolen personal details of as many as two million customers....
India, EU reaffirm their cyber ties
India and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment toward working for “open, free, secure, stable, peaceful, and accessible cyberspace, enabling economic growth...
FDA instructs pacemaker recall due to cyber vulnerabilities
The Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America recently issued an alert stating that a total of 745,000 pacemaker devices by...
