2017 Cyber Risks to Intensify as Hackers Become More Cunning: Report January 11, 2017 By L.S. Howard Top cyber threats during 2017 are expected to include nation state cyber espionage, a rise in data integrity attacks and...
Taiwan’s $2M ATM Theft Linked to Europe’s ATM Heist: Cyber Security Firm January 5, 2017 By Jim Finkle and J.R. Wu The group that orchestrated the theft of over $2 million from cash machines at Taiwan’s First Commercial Bank in July...
Bangladesh Police Detail How Insiders May Have Aided Cyber Bank Heist December 30, 2016 By Krishna N. Das A top investigator into the electronic theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank is turning his attention to...
Major Travel Booking Systems Vulnerable to Hackers: Researchers December 28, 2016 By Eric Auchard Major travel booking systems lack a proper way to authenticate air travelers, making it easy to hack the short code...
Turkey’s Akbank Faces Possible $4M Liability After Cyber Attack – But It’s Insured December 16, 2016 By Can Sezer and Birsen Altayli Hackers targeted Turkish lender Akbank in a cyber attack on the SWIFT global money transfer system, the bank said, adding...
Germany’s Cyber Security Watchdog Urges Yahoo Users to Switch Email Providers December 16, 2016 Germany’s cyber security authority, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), criticized Yahoo on Thursday for failing to adopt adequate...
Yahoo Warns 2nd Hack Exposed 1 Billion Users in Largest Data Breach in History December 15, 2016 By Jim Finkle and Anya George Tharakan Yahoo Inc. warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1...
SWIFT Official Warns Banks of Escalating, More Sophisticated Cyber Threats December 13, 2016 By Tom Bergin and Jim Finkle Cyber attacks targeting the global bank transfer system have succeeded in stealing funds since February’s heist of $81 million from...
Some Bangladesh Bank Insiders Helped Hackers Steal $81M: Investigator December 13, 2016 By Ruma Paul Some Bangladesh central bank officials deliberately exposed its computer systems and enabled hackers to steal $81 million from its account...
Bangladesh Investigators Blame Negligence of Bank Insiders for $81M Cyber Heist December 9, 2016 By Serajul Quadir A Bangladesh government-appointed panel investigating the cyber-heist of $81 million from its central bank in February found five officials at...