SEC
The Easiest Way to Pass an SEC Audit
Update as of May 23, 2019 The SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations just released a RISK ALERT announcing that many broker-dealers were not meeting the regulatory requirements related to Regulation ...
Feds Point to Escalated Ransomware Attacks on Financial Institutions, Offer Guidance Based on Success Stories
The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued an alert warning of an escalated number of ransomware attacks on financial institutions. The office details ...
Gambling Firm Anticipates Spending up to $100 Million in Recovery from Cyber Incident
SBTech, a provider of interactive sports betting solutions and services, has set aside up to $100 million to fix a mess left when a cybersecurity incident hit right in the midst of ...
SEC Suspends CoronaVirus Stock Pump-n-Dump Scammers
Last month we shared information on the blog about spam-driven affiliate programs who were selling a variety of shady "anti-Coronavirus" products, including immunity oils, masks, disinfectants, and no-touch thermometers. (See: CAUCE Spamfighters ...
Rating: How Current Cybersecurity Issues Can Affect Future Profitability
Fallout from Equifax’s 2017 data breach continues to impact the company even years later. Moody’s Investor Service, a bond credit rating business, lowered Equifax’s rating outlook from stable to negative, which indicates ...
Slack to investors: we might be the target of organized crime, nation-sponsored hackers
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Slack Technologies reveals it is facing ongoing threats from nation-state actors, organized crime, and traditional one-off hackers alike. Slack develops and sells ...
Which Cybersecurity Framework is Right for You?
SOC 2, CIS, NIST, ISO27001, PCI and more. How do you choose? Given the growing amount of information and data that businesses of all sizes are having to manage, great cybersecurity is ...
SEC brings charges in EDGAR trade hacking case
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged nine defendants in connection with a scheme to hack into SEC systems and profit from corporate information not yet released to the public ...
Two Ukrainians Charged with Plot to Hack into SEC and Commit Fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two Ukrainians with participating in a plot to hack into computers systems at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and use the information ...
Yahoo gets $35 million slap on wrist for failing to disclose colossal 2014 data breach
In an ongoing investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Yahoo (now Altaba) has been fined $35 million for failing to report a known data breach in two straight years of SEC ...
