All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 16 2024 // The US and its allies have disrupted access by a Russian-state sponsored hacking organization to “well over a thousand home and small business routers” used for criminal and intelligence purposes, FBI Director...
Feb 16 2024 // Cybercriminals are using advertising tools to make their scams as “clickable” as possible.In a new kind of email phishing tactic, hackers are sending malicious PDF attachments containing a link that’s...
Feb 15 2024 // A pro-Palestinian hacking group targeted Israeli software engineers as part of an attempt to dupe them into downloading malware weeks before the Oct. 7 massacre, according to findings from cybersecurity researchers at...
Feb 15 2024 // State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from Microsoft-backed OpenAI to hone their skills and trick their targets, according to a report published on Wednesday.Microsoft said in its report...
Feb 14 2024 // Cyber attacks are a concern for many industries, and the museum sector is no exception. As more museums and cultural institutions are using technology to display digital works, manage internal documents, or store donor...
Feb 14 2024 // German battery maker Varta AG was hit by a cyberattack Monday night that halted production in five of its production facilities, the company said.The company’s information technology systems “and thus also...
Feb 13 2024 // Privacy risk is so 2014, right?Ten years ago, numerous retail and healthcare companies were hit with data breaches related to the exposure of credit card or healthcare data. Given many data breach claims, which included...
Feb 13 2024 // Officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, said the government refused to negotiate with the hackers claiming responsibility for the cyberattack on January 21 that shut down computer systems and the county never paid any...
Feb 12 2024 // Insurance broker WTW has launched a cyber solution aimed at international clients headquartered outside of Great Britain and the United States with revenues up to US$1 billion (or the equivalent currency).The International...
Feb 8 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication by phone or email since the...
Feb 8 2024 // An advanced group of Chinese hackers taking aim at U.S. critical infrastructure have been active for as long as half a decade, American and allied intelligence agencies said in a joint statement on Wednesday.The U.S....
Feb 7 2024 // Ransomware gangs stole more than $1 billion in 2023, the largest amount ever recorded, according to a report published Wednesday by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis Inc.With ransomware hacks, cybercriminals block...
Feb 7 2024 // Upland Capital Group said it has introduced two new liability products to its portfolio: Professional Liability Errors and Omissions as well as Excess Cyber Liability. The professional liability team is led by Kate Walas,...
Feb 7 2024 // Pennsylvania’s court system is in a “virtual battle with an unknown opponent” that attacked and shut down key portions of the courts’ online services last Sunday and then again on Tuesday after they...
Feb 6 2024 // Pennsylvania’s court system was hit with a cyberattack on Sunday that shut down access to key online services including those used to file documents with appellate courts and guardianship reports, as well as to view...
Feb 5 2024 // Fintech firm EquiLend said on Friday some services, including trading and post-trading solutions, had been restored, more than a week after it suffered an outage due to unauthorized access to its systems.EquiLend, a...
Feb 5 2024 // Underwriters who thought the growing cyber risk landscape of the past several years would level off soon might want to think again. Woodruff Sawyer’s annual survey of cyber insurance carriers found all underwriters...
Feb 5 2024 // Cyber-related incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer.Business interruption ranked second, while...
Feb 5 2024 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in mid-January that Southwest Airlines can continue to seek reimbursement under its Liberty Mutual cyber risk policy for costs incurred during a 2016 massive computer failure.The...
Feb 2 2024 // Internet firm Cloudflare said in a statement on Thursday that an advanced group of hackers tried to burrow deep into its global network late last year but were thwarted.The company, which did not identify the hackers, said...