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US SEC issues new Cybersecurity Guidelines
United States Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) has issued new guidelines to companies on when to report a cyber attack. And security analysts say that the guidelines are lacking teeth, even after the commotion created by Equifax saga. In general, it has been 7 full years since SEC has advised companies on how to disclose details […]
US SEC issues new Cybersecurity Guidelines
United States Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) has issued new guidelines to companies on when to report a cyber attack. And security analysts say that the guidelines are lacking teeth, even after the commotion created by Equifax saga. In general, it has been 7 full years since SEC has advised companies on how to disclose details […]
List of top Brutal Cyber Attacks which shook the digital world in 2017!
The year 2017 witnessed an inordinate number of Cybersecurity meltdowns and proved that our increasing dependence on online world is making us more and more susceptible to hackers and cyber attacks. Wanna to know how…? Then here’s the list of top brutal cyber attacks which shook the digital world in 2017. WannaCry Ransomware Attack- There […]
Equifax suffers another cyber attack and so decides to pull down its Webpage!
Equifax which suffered another cyber attack early this morning has pulled out its webpage offline on a temporary note. Security teams who are investigating on this matter have confirmed to the media that the credit reporting company’s website was under the control of the hackers since last week which could have led to another data […]
More than 700000 UK customer details were leaked in Equifax Cyber Attack
Equifax in its fresh public statement has admitted that personal details of more than 700,000 UK customers’ were leaked in the cyber attack which took place in 2Q of this year. And the details include credit card details (partial info), phone numbers, driving licenses, and other details. The credit monitoring company which is based in […]
Equifax Cyber Attack might financially help it in return!
All these days many media resources reported the news related to the cyber attack on Equifax and its data breach concerns. But did anyone pay attention to the point that the credit reporting agency is actually benefiting from the said data breach- if not now, in near future…? This was exactly the point raised by […]
It’s China behind Equifax Cyber Attack!
Equifax has made an official announcement that the cybersecurity firm Mandiant has completed a review of the data breach which occurred on its database in May- June this year and has come to a conclusion on the consumers who were potentially impacted. The credit reporting firm said that the incident which was announced to the […]
Equifax CEO retires due to Cyber Attack!
Till date, we have heard companies losing ground in a business arena due to a cyber attack. But today a new development has been witnessed in the tech world all due to a data breach. Equifax CEO Richard Smith has decided to retire and forgo his annual bonus following a massive Cyber attack which leaked […]
Cyber Attack on SEC helps hackers make profits through illegal trade
United States market regulator ‘The Security and Exchanges Commission’ has disclosed that hackers could have hacked its corporate disclosure database in 2016 to obtain critical info which could have been used to make profits by illegal trading. The financial regulator of US added in its statement that the incident could have taken place at some […]
More than 100,000 Canadians affected by the cyber attack on Equifax!
Equifax has released an official confirmation late yesterday that more than 100,000 Canadians were affected by the cyber attack which targeted its database almost two months ago. The US-based Credit Agency has also assured that it will offer a public update by this weekend on the impact of the data breach which was disclosed to […]
