All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2024 // Delta Air Lines has hired a law firm and will seek compensation from Microsoft and CrowdStrike over a global cyber outage earlier this month that disrupted flights around the world, CNBC reported on Monday.The...
Jul 29 2024 // Euro zone banks have “room for improvement” in their cyber security, starting with how they would keep their business running after a hack, the European Central Bank said on Friday.The ECB’s first ever...
Jul 24 2024 // Hackers have leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings Inc., one of the largest IT services providers to the US government, according to a person familiar with the matter.Leidos recently learned of the issue...
Jul 22 2024 // Industry stakeholders continue to try to get a grasp of the implications from last week’s massive technology outage affecting motley industries around the world, but the theme of policy language is reoccurring for a...
Jul 22 2024 // Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to their roles in ransomware attacks in the US, Asia, Europe and Africa for a notorious hacking gang known as LockBit.Ruslan Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev admitted they helped to...
Jul 19 2024 // A U.S. judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before and after a Russia-linked cyberattack...
Jul 18 2024 // The new UK government plans to strengthen the nation’s defenses against cyberattacks, a month after a ransomware hack crippled London hospitals and health care providers.Labour introduced the Cyber Security and...
Jul 18 2024 // Kaspersky Labs will gradually wind down its U.S. operations from July 20, the Russian anti-virus software maker said on Monday, nearly a month after the Biden administration announced plans to bar sales of the company in...
Jul 15 2024 // Google parent Alphabet Inc. is in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.A deal may be worth as much as $23 billion, said the person, who asked not to be identified...
Jul 15 2024 // According to industry rating agency AM Best, there are enough positive factors to give the cyber insurance market a “stable” outlook despite a stall in premium growth.Analysts at AM Best issued a segment...
Jul 10 2024 // Regular blood tests are critical for 46-year-old Londoner Amit Sanchadev, who relies on dialysis to keep him alive after his only functioning kidney failed in 2016.He wakes up at 6 a.m. three times a week to plug himself...
Jul 10 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia.The frequency and impact of cyberattacks are escalating at an alarming rate in today’s modern world. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, a business falls victim...
Jul 8 2024 // The amount of cryptocurrency stolen in hacks globally more than doubled in the first six months of 2024 from a year earlier, driven by a small number of large attacks and rising crypto prices, blockchain researchers TRM...
Jul 5 2024 // Top U.S. automakers posted slower sales growth for the second quarter as a cyberattack at software systems provider CDK hit operations at several dealerships during the crucial selling period of late June.General Motors...
Jul 5 2024 // Two government consultants have paid more than $11 million to settle allegations that they failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in a program for New Yorkers who applied online for federal emergency rental assistance...
Jul 1 2024 // Resilience said it doubled the cyber insurance limits it can offer to clients in the U.S. to $20 million per client. This announcement follows the launch of new features and capabilities that enable enterprises to...
Jul 1 2024 // Cyber insurance premiums are falling globally as businesses become more adept in curbing their losses from cybercrime, even as ransomware attacks are rising, broker Howden said in a report on Monday.Insurance premiums to...
Jul 1 2024 // Microsoft Corp. has told more than a dozen state agencies and public universities in Texas that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed emails between them and the software giant.The attackers were able to gain access to...
Jul 1 2024 // Multiple companies in the United States and Canada experienced a record number of cyber extortion events in 2023 and unprecedented demands, a new report from Marsh shows.The report, Ransomware: A persistent challenge in...
Jun 28 2024 // On June 18 and 19, 2024, CDK Global (CDK), a leading provider of cloud-based software to auto dealerships in North America, fell victim to a two-tiered cyberattack. 15,000 dealerships are potentially impacted, with...