Oil & Gas Industry Faces More Frequent & Sophisticated Cyber Attacks: Deloitte June 27, 2017 By Giacomo Tognini Three out of four oil and natural gas companies fell victim to at least one cyber attack last year as...
Cyber Criminals or State-Backed Hackers? It’s Getting Harder to Tell… June 2, 2017 By Eric Auchard Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it...
Global Cyber Attack Expected to Continue but Malware Spread Slows May 15, 2017 By Jordan Robertson and Rebecca Penty Governments and companies around the world began to gain the upper hand against the first wave of an unrivaled global...
Global Cyber Attack Temporarily Disabled by Security Specialist May 13, 2017 By Jordan Robertson The cyber attack that spread rapidly around the globe was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used...
Ransomware Hack of UK Hospitals Part of Global Cyber Attack May 12, 2017 By Robert Hutton, Jeremy Kahn and Jordan Robertson Extortionist hackers who may be using leaked computer exploits from the U.S. National Security Agency infiltrated computers in dozens of...
Russia-Backed Hackers Suspected in Cyber Attacks of Baltic Energy Networks May 12, 2017 By Stephen Jewkes and Oleg Vukmanovic Suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states, sources said, raising security...
Yahoo Fails to Cooperate with Hack Probe, Says German Cyber Agency May 11, 2017 By Andrea Shalal Germany’s federal cyber agency said on Thursday that Yahoo Inc. had not cooperated with its investigation into a series of...
High-Profile Cyber Attacks Drive Growth of Cyber Crime Insurance May 10, 2017 By Oliver Suess For companies and organizations, an attack by hackers can inflict financial losses, corporate embarrassment and legal action. For insurers jumping...
Hackers Target Japan’s Mobile Gamers to Access Their Employers’ Data April 18, 2017 By Pavel Alpeyev Gamers beware: hackers offering free virtual trinkets don’t care about your passwords or personal data, but your employer’s most closely...
Political Risk a Growing Concern, Say Brokers, Insurers April 13, 2017 By Brandon Kochkodin and Sonali Basak Evan Freely has been insuring global risks for years — through the 2008 market meltdown, the 2002 crisis in Argentina,...