Risk
Cybersecurity Firm BitSight Warns of Vulnerabilities in Chinese-Made GPS Tracker
A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to highway safety, national security and supply chains, ...
Report: Growth in Ransomware Affecting Cyber Underwriting Performance
An increase in ransomware attacks has factored into the deterioration of cyber insurance underwriting performance during the past two years, according to a report from The Geneva Association. The ...
Wildfire Victims, Environmental Groups to Developers: Stop Building
Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He's lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That's why he fiercely ...
Wildfires in Europe: ‘Climate Change Affects Everyone’
Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists ...
The Latest ‘Endemic’: Log4j Software Vulnerability
A computer vulnerability discovered last year in a ubiquitous piece of software is an "endemic" problem that will pose security risks for potentially a decade or more, according to a new ...
Skittles Are Toxic, Federal Lawsuit Claims
Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain a known toxin that the company had pledged six years ago to phase out. In a proposed class ...
More Atlantic Hurricanes Coming: Blame Lingering La Nina
La Nina will probably stick around for at least several more months, potentially leading to more hurricanes and tropical storms across the Atlantic during the heart of the season. There's now a 62 ...
How They Rank: Are High-Emitting Nations Liable for Climate Harms?
Scientists, officials and activists have long called out the inequity in national histories on greenhouse gas emissions with rich nations benefiting and poor ones hurting from global warming, and now ...