Security News

SEC Says It Was Hacked in 2016
2017-09-21 09:45

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said late Wednesday that it was the victim of a cyber-attack in 2016 that may have allowed hackers to profit through trading on...

SEC Discloses Hackers Broke Into Edgar Corporate Filing System Last Year
2017-09-21 03:43

This month has been full of breaches. Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the top U.S. markets regulator, has disclosed that hackers managed to hack into its financial document...

SEC Chairman Seeks More Cyber Risk Disclosure (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-06 13:32

Wall Street Regulator Eyes Cyber Shortfalls, Plus Initial Coin OfferingsThe head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says publicly traded businesses must better describe their...

Clever spear-phishing emails hit employees involved in SEC filings (Help Net Security)
2017-03-08 21:18

FireEye has flagged a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign hitting US-based businesses with emails purportedly coming from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The emails look like...

Yahoo Tells SEC Executives Failed to Act on Breach (Threatpost)
2017-03-02 14:55

Yahoo said in its latest SEC filing that executives and legal reps failed to act sufficiently on the information they had about breaches that exposed more than 1 billion account records.

Yahoo Tells SEC It Knew About Data Breach in 2014 (Threatpost)
2016-11-10 16:50

Yahoo's latest SEC filing includes confirmation that it knew attackers were on its network in 2014 and stole information on 500 million accounts.