he Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a significant step in bolstering cybersecurity disclosures for public companies by adopting new rules that aim to provide investors with comprehensive and standardized information on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incidents. Adopted in July 2023, these new rules come after a lengthy rule-making and public comment […]
The UAE is developing a cyber security vision that will strengthen action against digital crime for the next 50 years, a senior official has said. The move will give the country “the highest level of resilience”, boosting its ability to “address growing digital challenges”, Dr Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, the […]
Microsoft has patched a vulnerability that exposed 38TB of private data from its AI research division. White hat hackers from cloud security company Wiz discovered a shareable link based on Azure Statistical Analysis System tokens on June 22, 2023. The hackers reported it to the Microsoft Security Response Center, which invalidated the SAS token by […]
Rail remains one of the most popular modes of transportation. In a typical year, US freight railroads move around 1.6 billion tons across nearly 140,000 miles of track. US citizens traveled more than 12.5 billion kilometers by rail in 2021. Thousands of railways — from national and regional networks to intra-city light rails — have […]
As new mandates come online, most firms need to ensure IT systems meet changing regulations. But is compliance stealing resources from cybersecurity efforts? Four out of five firms are more worried about compliance than they were five years ago, according to recent research from Hornetsecurity. In more than half (57%) of organisations, the IT department […]
MGM Resorts International reported a “cybersecurity issue” Monday that may have affected its hospitality, gaming and entertainment properties across the U.S. The issue may still be affecting the publicly traded company: Some of its websites were down late Monday, and it urged customers to book rooms and request reservations by phone. Its full impact on […]
A new threat to Android devices named android[.]pandora has been identified that compromises the devices when pirated video content is installed or during firmware updates. This malware belongs to the variant of Mirai Trojan, which has been used to infect smart devices and utilize a network of remotely controlled bots or “zombies” to launch DDOS. […]
A north London school and a Berkshire schools group have become the latest victims of serious cyber-attacks ahead of the new term, according to local reports. Highgate Wood School in Crouch End will now begin accepting pupils on September 11 rather than September 5 as originally intended. The secondary school, which serves local students aged […]
The Electoral Commission has admitted it failed a cybersecurity test in the same year that hackers successfully attacked the organisation. The UK’s elections watchdog said it did not pass a Cyber Essentials test, a voluntary government-backed scheme that assesses an organisation’s readiness against cyber-attacks. The commission said it failed the test in 2021, when it […]
U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. They then remotely removed the malicious software agent — known as Qakbot — from thousands of infected computers. Cybersecurity experts […]