Insurers Begin to Offer Cryptocurrency Theft Cover, Tackling Risks of Growing Sector February 1, 2018 By Suzanne Barlyn Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft, willing to tackle daunting challenges it brings rather than...
Cyber VC Firm, Advised by Ex-Intelligence Officials, Plans Europe M&As January 26, 2018 By Eric Auchard A venture capital fund advised by former British and U.S. intelligence officials is planning a string of acquisitions to create...
KKR-Backed Optiv Plans to Offer Cyber Security Services in Europe January 24, 2018 By Eric Auchard Optiv Security, an acquisitive Denver-based company backed by private equity firm KKR, is expanding into Europe where it will offer...
Facebook Responds to EU’s New Data Law with Changes to Privacy Controls January 23, 2018 By Julia Fioretti Facebook will make it easier for its more than 2 billion users to manage their own data in response to...
Companies Across Globe Race to Comply with EU’s Data Protection Law January 22, 2018 By Salvador Rodriguez Business is booming for software and privacy experts as companies across the globe spend millions of dollars to comply with...
UK Fines Mobile Phone Retailer Carphone Warehouse over 2015 Data Breach January 10, 2018 Britain’s information regulator said on Wednesday it had fined Carphone Warehouse 400,000 pounds ($539,400) after a 2015 cyber attack exposed...
What to Do About Newly-Discovered Computer Security Flaws January 4, 2018 By Stephen Nellis, Salvador Rodriguez and Paresh Dave Researchers from Google, academia and cybersecurity firms discovered two flaws in computer chips that affect nearly all modern computers. “Meltdown”...
Experts Warn of Security Flaws That Expose Most Computers, Phones to Hackers January 3, 2018 By Douglas Busvine and Stephen Nellis Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from...
Nation-State Believed Responsible for ‘Watershed’ Cyber Attack on Industrial Plant December 15, 2017 By Jim Finkle Hackers likely working for a nation-state recently invaded the safety system of a critical infrastructure facility in a watershed attack...
Cyber Criminals Steal $64M of Bitcoin From Cryptocurrency Firm NiceHash December 8, 2017 By Jim Finkle and Jeremy Wagstaff A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining marketplace, NiceHash, said it lost about $64 million worth of bitcoin in a hack of its...