A well-known hacker group, called Lapsus$, claims to have hacked Okta's internal systems. Okta is a company that offers authentication services, which are used by a large number of companies around the world. The company announced that it is checking the allegations of the Lapsus$ group about hacking and potential data theft. Lapsus$ points out that he had access to Okta's systems for two months, but that the focus of the hackers was only on Okta's clients. The company has more than 15,000 users, including various government agencies, universities, but also standard companies. Okte's clients... … Read More »

Google announced today that it will buy the cyber security company Mandiant for $5.4 billion in cash, due to the strong growth of its business in the cloud computing segment. Google, which owns Alphabet, has offered a price of $23 per share, which is a premium of about 53 percent compared to the price of Mandiant shares before media reports that rival Microsoft is considering buying the cyber company, Reuters reports. The acquisition could strengthen Google's cloud business, which generates more than $19 billion a year but loses billions of dollars a year, and help the company compete in... … Read More »

International Safer Internet Day is celebrated every year on the second day of the second week of February, with the aim of promoting and encouraging safer and more responsible use of technology and mobile devices. So how do you protect yourself from the dangers of the internet? For starters, using secure passwords. The Daily Mail writes that new research has shown that most people still hate to come up with more secure passwords, despite the fact that many of them have been victims of hacker attacks. Dojo, a London-based card business, analyzed 100,000 passwords cracked, according to the... … Read More »

Investment securities are the type of securities provided to the people involved in investment in financial assets such as equities or fixed income instruments. Investors purchase to hold them for investment. For example, stocks, bonds and preferred shares are usually considered as an example of investment securities. In the past, the investment was issued by the paper certificate. Which was a legal documentation of investment and also outlined the terms of the investment. So these certificates were called investment. But today, in the world of technology and change, security refers to any... … Read More »