Attackers distributed fifteen emails to bank employees which appeared to originate from a reputable source. Just one employee clicked on the attachment but that was sufficient for the hackers to to transfer USD $171 million from the bank.
Initially...
The Security Exchange Commission’s first ever enforcement action in the cybersecurity arena was filed against this investment advisor in September 2015 for failing to establish the required cybersecurity policies and procedures in advance of a breach ...
US utility company falls victim to a ransomware attack which initially costs the business just $25k. However, improving its control environment and implementing new security infrastructure ends up costing the business over $2 million.
The event act...
Somewhat ironically a company offering to protect individual’s identities online exposes their encrypted customer’s identities online and the ability to decrypt them.
Given their company's mission and product's intention, this had the potential to ...
After suffering a data exposure of at least 13GB of customer information covering 117,000 accounts the actions of one of the UK’s largest motoring associations provides a great insight into the importance of incident response.
An initial incorrect ...
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