Group of German Companies – Including BASF, Siemens, Roche – Hit by Cyber Attacks July 24, 2019 German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of...
Cyber Attacks Pose Biggest Threat to Swiss Financial System: Regulator March 27, 2018 By Michael Shields Cyber attacks pose the biggest threat to the Swiss financial system with risks from hacking incursions on the rise, watchdog...
Mastermind Behind ATM Malware Attacks Arrested in Spain March 27, 2018 By Charlie Devereux The mastermind behind malware attacks that programmed ATMs to spit out cash on demand and caused more than 1 billion...
Basic IT Best Practice Would Have Limited WannaCry Cyber Attack: UK Report October 30, 2017 By Nate Lanxon and Tim Ross The U.K. government holds North Korea responsible for the global WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled parts of the state-run National...
Demand for Cyber Insurance in China Expected to Rise After WannaCry Attack: AIG August 9, 2017 By Julie Zhu Demand for cyber insurance from firms in Greater China and elsewhere in Asia is poised to soar, based on inquiries...
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...
Chubb Global Cyber Practice Launches Service to Combat Ransomware Attacks March 23, 2016 In response to a 430-percent growth rate in Chubb’s criminal-related cyber losses over the past five years, Chubb’s Global Cyber...
‘Darkhotel’ Malware Targets Guests at High-End Hotels in Asia, Report Says November 11, 2014 By Denni Hu Business executives traveling in Asia and elsewhere have become victims of malware called Darkhotel, a bug that targets guests of...