Audit committee has to exercise its power effectively

Audit committee's passive approach could dilute the effectiveness of audit reforms introduced by the Companies Act 2013 Read more »

Some suggestions regarding SEIS

It gives duty credit scrips of three or five per cent of net foreign exchange earnings through export of select services Read more »

Bombay HC recalls arbitration order

If one of the companies in an arbitration case is incorporated outside India, the chief justice of a high court has no power to appoint an arbitrator even if the parties agree... Read more »

NIST Plans Cybersecurity Framework Update

NIST plans next year to clarify certain provisions in its cybersecurity framework. "Just to be clear, we're not headed toward a version 2.0 right now," Program Manager Matt Barrett explains in an... Read more »

Takeaways From Mumbai Breach, Fraud Summit

Need for Collaboration & Information Sharing, Key Messages at ISMG Event
Collaboration, information sharing and a need to keep security discussions real and grounded are just some of the themes that were reinforced... Read more »

University of Calgary Pays Ransom

Canadian School Shells Out $15,700 to Ransomware AttackersYet another organization has acknowledged it opted to pay cyberattackers after its systems were infected with ransomware, the file-encrypting malware that has become one of... Read more »

Zbot: Cybercrime’s New Super Infrastructure?

Research Report Says Botnet Located Mainly in Ukraine and RussiaResearchers at RiskAnalytics have watched a botnet of compromised computers in the Ukraine and Russia become a growing hive of criminal activity, playing... Read more »

32.8 Million Twitter Credentials May Have Been Leaked

Breach Notification Site LeakedSource Claims Users Were Targeted by MalwareMore than 32.8 million Twitter credentials have been compromised and are being offered for sale on the dark web, claims LeakedSource, a subscription-based... Read more »

Dropbox Confident Amidst Breaches

Company Spokesman: 'It's Important to Vet Breached Data Carefully'Dropbox is keeping a close eye on the latest news reports of big-name, big-data breaches, but says the reported hackers are bluffing when claiming... Read more »

Audio Report: Updates on InfoSec Europe, NIST Framework

In the latest ISMG Security Report, our editors examine the top concerns of security practitioners gathered at Infosecurity Europe, NIST's planned revision of its cybersecurity framework and U.S. government efforts to make... Read more »