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...
Security Weaknesses Found at Smartphone-Only, Fintech-Startup N26 December 29, 2016 By Eric Auchard German fintech company N26, which made its name mocking traditional banks, has found itself on the receiving end of criticism...
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...
New Mexico Farming Firm Expected to Lose $4M over Breach December 27, 2016 A breach earlier this year in the water delivery system that serves Navajo Agricultural Products Industry is expected to end...
Data Breaches of Internet Giants & Online Services Pose Major 2017 Cyber Threats December 22, 2016 By Ilya Khrennikov Potential leaks of personal user data collected by internet giants and online services will be one of the major cyber-security...
Emerging Risks/Markets Offer New Opportunities: 2017 Predictions, Part 3 December 21, 2016 By L.S. Howard Insurers and reinsurers continue to look for organic growth where they can find it – sometimes from emerging risks and...
Los Angeles County Email Hack Exposes Data of 750K people December 20, 2016 Officials say a Nigerian national has been charged in connection with a hack of Los Angeles County emails that might...
Yahoo’s Cyber Breach Adds to Age of Hacker Anxiety December 16, 2016 By Michael Liedtke Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo has become the worst-case example of an unnerving but increasingly common phenomenon – massive hacks that steal...