FBI, UK Crime Agency Say They Have Disrupted LockBit Cyber Gang February 20, 2024 By Jamie Tarabay A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, said they have disrupted LockBit,...
Viewpoint: How Corporate Help Desks Became the Weak Spot in Cyber Defenses January 31, 2024 By Jason Rebholz The cyberattack on MGM Resorts in September 2023 provides a vivid example of the effects these types of attacks can...
UK at High Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Cyberattack Affecting Critical Infrastructure: Report December 15, 2023 By Margi Murphy The UK is at high risk of a “catastrophic” ransomware attack that could bring critical national infrastructure to a standstill...
World’s Biggest Bank Had to Trade Via USB Stick After Cyber Attack November 13, 2023 By Katherine Doherty, Liz Capo McCormick and Alexandra Harris On Thursday, trades handled by the world’s largest bank in the globe’s biggest market traversed Manhattan on a USB stick....
Hackers Who Breached Casino Giants MGM, Caesars also Hit 3 Other Firms, Okta Says September 19, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment in recent weeks also broke into the systems of...
Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber August 25, 2023 By Katharine Gemmell At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15...
Lapsus$ Hacker Targeted Uber, Revolut, Grand Theft Auto Maker, London Jury Finds August 24, 2023 By Sam Tobin A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber...
Diverging Cyber Cat Model Results Challenge Underwriters’ Risk Analysis: Guy Carpenter August 1, 2023 By L.S. Howard Significant progress has been made in advancing vendor’s cyber catastrophe models, but a notable degree of variability exists across model...
Rutgers, Stony Brook Among Colleges Warning of Data Exposure From MOVEit Hack July 21, 2023 The ongoing cyberattack exploiting MOVEit file-transfer software has taken a toll on US colleges and universities. At least 30 institutions...
Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks July 7, 2023 By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth and Larry Fenn The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student...