In a statement, digital authentication firm Okta Inc said, a hacking group known as Lapsus$ has broken into its systems as a result hundreds of customers have been affected. The cyber attack has sparked concerns after the cyber extortion gang… Read More ›
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Arne Sorenson, Marriott International Inc’s CEO to testify before U.S. Senate
In what is the biggest ever hack of a hotel reservation system to date, hackers had managed to breach Starwood hotels’ reservation system and managed to steal personal information, including passport and credit card numbers of 383 million customers. Arne… Read More ›
Equifax appoints Mark Begor as its CEO
Mark Begor, 59, is set to join Equifax on April 16, this year. His appointment at the help of the consumer credit rating agency comes at a time when the firm faces significant headwinds stemming from what is slated to… Read More ›
NSA exploited vulnerabilities in SWIFT to trace global terrorist financiers
Files and documents released by the hacker group, Shadow Brokers, point to the fact that the NSA had exploited weaknesses in Microsoft Windows Server, Cisco’s ASA firewall. As per a review of the data, released by hackers, details of a… Read More ›
Bitcoins have registered a growth of 125% in 2016
Traded heavily in China, the cryptocurrency is used to go around capital control norms placed by China’s ruling bosses. In a significant development, bitcoin has jumped above $1,000 for the first time in 3 years. It has outperformed all currencies… Read More ›
Hackers compromise more 1 billion user accounts in Yahoo
Yahoo believes that its system which stores debit/credit card and other banking related transactions have not been affected by the hack. It would be prudent for Yahoo account holders to take immediate precautionary measures to safeguard their financial transactions regardless… Read More ›