Chris Inglis, U.S. cybersecurity chief, is reportedly expected to step down within two months. Inglis — who was the first to serve as national cyber director and led the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) since its establishment in July 2021 — will be...
As consumers have returned to shopping in physical stores, scammers have stepped up their use of card-present threats. For example, between June and November 2021, the number of physical skimming devices on ATMs and point-of-sale (POS) terminals soared 176% compared to the previous 12-month period,...
Uber’s ex chief security officer Joseph Sullivan has been found guilty by a San Francisco jury of criminal obstruction after not reporting a 2016 cyber intrusion to the federal authorities. This case had been a rare one in which a senior cybersecurity executive is facing...
Reality star and social media influencer Kim Kardashian was fined $1.26 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to mention that she was paid to endorse EMAX tokens when she posted it on her Instagram (IG) account in June 2021. Kardashian was paid...
LinkedIn has been targeted with a wave of fake profiles for chief information security officer (CISO) positions at the world’s biggest companies. As Brian Krebs of Krebs On Security reported Thursday (Sept. 29), the “Who?” and the “Why?” behind the fake profiles are unclear, although...
Earlier this month, the European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a piece of legislation that seeks to establish common cybersecurity rules for digital products and associated services within the EU market. The CRA is the latest in a string...
Global cybersecurity firm GM Sectec and global payments company Visa are working together to step up fraud prevention and cybersecurity best practices in the Latin American and the Caribbean region. As a further extension of the existing alliance between GM Sectec and Visa, in partnership...
The extortion gang Lapsus$ is being blamed by Uber as being responsible for the breach that infiltrated its internal network last week, including its technology systems, Amazon Web Services, Google clouds and VMware systems. Based in Brazil and the U.K., the notorious cybercriminal operation has...
Security awareness training and simulated phishing platform KnowBe4 has announced that it has received a non-binding proposal from investment firm Vista Equity Partners to acquire all its outstanding shares for $24 per share — 39% higher than its closing price Friday (Sept. 16). KnowBe4 said...
