Most US states show signs of a vulnerable election-related infrastructure
75% of all 56 U.S. states and territories leading up to the presidential election, showed signs of a vulnerable IT infrastructure, a SecurityScorecard report reveals. Since …
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SecurityScorecard empowers orgs to become more agile and cyber resilient
SecurityScorecard announced it has added over 20 new capabilities to its platform to empower organizations of all sizes to become more agile and cyber resilient in a quickly …
Telehealth is healthcare industry’s biggest cybersecurity risk
While COVID-19 has proven the healthcare industry’s overall resilience, it has also increased its cybersecurity risk with new and emerging threats. The rapid adoption …
Capital One breach: Info on 106 million customers compromised, hacker arrested
Capital One, one of the largest banks in the United States by assets, has announced that it has suffered a massive data breach affecting the personal and financial information …
SecurityScorecard launches Atlas, a questionnaire and evidence exchange platform
SecurityScorecard, the leader in cybersecurity ratings, announced the availability of Atlas, a questionnaire and evidence exchange platform that enables enterprises to easily …
SecurityScorecard launches Project Escher to help non-profits understand third party risk
SecurityScorecard, the leader in security ratings, announced the launch of Project Escher, which provides complimentary access to SecurityScorecard’s groundbreaking security …
Industry reactions to Google’s €50 million GDPR violation fine
On 21 January 2019, the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) imposed a financial penalty of €50 million against Google, in accordance with the GDPR. This is the …
Hackers have become increasingly deft at stealing student data
Data collection is a vital resource for educational institutions across the world, including student records, which contain highly sensitive material such as a student’s …
Industry reactions to the enormous Marriott data breach
On September 8, 2018, Marriott received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database in the United States. …
Phorpiex bots target remote access servers to deliver ransomware
Threat actors are brute-forcing their way into enterprise endpoints running server-side remote access applications and attempting to spread the GandCrab ransomware onto other …
Adoption of security ratings platforms is on the rise
Forrester Consulting surveyed 158 security leaders to evaluate how enterprises are assessing and managing security threats to their IT infrastructure, as well as to their …
Malware leverages web injects to empty users’ cryptocurrency accounts
Criminals trying to get their hands on victims’ cryptocurrency stashes are trying out various approaches. The latest one includes equipping malware with …
