OCIE Warns Public Companies, SEC Registrants, Financial Institutions at Risk of Ransomware Attacks
The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) Cybersecurity Risk Alert reported increased ransomware attacks to SEC registrants (broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment companies) and potentially service providers – especially if they maintain client assets or registrant records. Companies should be aware of the potential risks they face. (more…)
Cyber Incidents are Increasing. Are You Covered?
Cyber-attacks happen. And they are happening more frequently and leaving more damage in their wake. What can you do to minimize that impact? (more…)
There’s Been an Incident! What’s the Plan?
2020 has been quite a year so far, surfacing security vulnerabilities many were unprepared for. Cyber attackers took advantage of new remote working environments as well as our fear and uncertainty due to COVID-19, and hit our networks hard. (more…)
Cyber Security Case Study: Ransomware at a Manufacturing Company
HALOCK contained and eradicated a ransomware attack on a manufacturing company’s internal assets and set a wholistic plan to mitigate future risk through enhanced MFA, policies, and training. (more…)
A Summary of DBIR 2020 – Where the Data Breach World is Today and How to Prepare for IT
The annual 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was recently released and we would like to summarize some of the key trends found in the report. The Report takes a granular look at threat actors (bad guys) and the tactics they used to carry out the breaches and security incidents of the last year. (more…)
HALOCK Pandemic Breaches Bulletin
Common Causes for the Recent Major Spike in Security Incidents
Make Sure You are Prepared for a Cyber Attack in 2021
As we look back at the year that was, we can say that it was one for the record books in more ways than one. The challenges that companies were forced to deal with were unique and unprecedented. The rapid move to move workers off premise and the rapid adaptation to remote work methodologies opened the door (more…)
DARK WEB MONITORING: Know how to keep your data safe
Your data could be on the dark web. The dark web is essentially a marketplace for cybercriminals. If your data has been compromised, the dark web is the place where it is traded. (more…)
Why You Need to Take an Active Role in Your AWS Cloud Environment – One of the Largest Data Breaches
CLOUD ENVIRONMENT: The Capital One incident is one of the largest data breaches of all time, involving 100 million credit card applications and 140,000 Social Security numbers (SSNs); the bank’s stock market price took an immediate hit as company executives and IT personnel began scrambling to implement the firm’s incident response plan (IRP). (more…)
How Prepared Are You for a Cyber Security Incident?
In the past decade we have seen companies defined by how their leadership responded to a cyber security incident. The most prominent incident is a data breach, which is becoming a too common occurrence, involving billions of people. (more…)
