Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

How to Survive a Ransomware Attack

The biggest question that arises in the wake of a ransomware attack is whether to pay the ransom, and the answer is by no means easy.

Bob Violino
October 19, 2021
Cryptocurrency

U.S. Slaps Crypto Exchange With Sanctions

In an unprecedented enforcement action, the Treasury Department says Suex OTC facilitated the laundering of illicit proceeds from ransomware attacks.
Cybersecurity

Budgeting for Cybersecurity Requires a New Approach

It’s time for CFOs to dump the traditional line-item method to setting cybersecurity spending.
Regulation

Brokerages Fined Over Cybersecurity Failures

The SEC says inadequate security at three firms resulted in the information of customers being compromised through email account break-ins.
Data Security

T-Mobile Confirms Hackers Accessed ‘Some Data’

“If claims that data for 100 million people have been hacked prove to be true, [the] breach will be among the largest carrier data breaches ever."
Cybersecurity

Pearson to Pay $1M Fine for Misleading Investors About Cyber Breach

The 2018 cyber intrusion involved the theft of millions of student records, including birth dates and email addresses.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Hacker Returns Half of Stolen Assets

The theft from DeFi platform Poly Network "demonstrates that even if you can steal crypto assets, laundering them and cashing out is extremely difficult."
Data Security

Data of 47 Microsoft Customers Exposed to Web

The data exposures discovered by a cybersecurity firm "show how one bad configuration setting in a popular platform can have far-reaching consequences.”
IT Value

A Small Business CFO’s Practical Approach to New Technologies

CFOs can add discipline to the technology selection process and set the “tone at the top’” by demonstrating a willingness to upskill.
Cybersecurity

Data Breaches Cost Companies $4.24M Per Incident On Average

The new report also found that breaches cost over $1 million more on average when remote work was indicated as a factor in the event.
Cybersecurity

Hackers in Ransomware Attack Demand $70M

The Russian group REvil has offered to unscramble all computers affected by its massive hack in return for $70 million in cryptocurrency.
Cybersecurity

First American Settles SEC Charges for Cybersecurity Disclosure Failures

The real-estate title insurer failed to secure 16 years’ worth of documents containing sensitive personal information.
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