Technology/Science
Chipmaker for iPhones Briefly Shut Several Plants After WannaCry Variant Attack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. blamed a variant of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware for the unprecedented shutdown of several plants, as it ramps up chipmaking for Apple Inc.'s next iPhones. Full ...
German InsurTech Wefox, Survivor of Tussle With Lemonade, Nears Massive Financing
Wefox, one of Europe's fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new "triple-digit million" euro funding round, with Softbank's Vision Fund among the suitors, three ...
Hackers Refuse to Let Up on Cloud-Based Business Email Accounts: Beazley
Business email accounts faced an increasing amount of cyber attacks in the 2018 second quarter, according to a new report from Beazley. The report is specific to information handled by the specialist ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and AXIS Capital Holdings
Chubb is partnering with a company to offer a cyber loss mitigation service to certain policyholders in the UK and Ireland. AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. designed to, in part, scout out new technologies ...
Oracle, SAP Business Software Increasingly Targeted by Hackers: Study
At least a dozen companies and government agencies have been targeted and thousands more are exposed to data breaches by hackers exploiting old security flaws in management software, two cyber ...
Technology and Tariffs: Chubb CEO Greenberg Sounds Off
To carriers seeking to modernize and digitize, Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg has this to say: It's all about scale. Greenberg, speaking during the company's 2018 second quarter earnings call on July 26, ...
InsurTech Startup Groundspeed Analytics Raises $30 Million
Insurance technology startup Groundspeed Analytics, armed with $30 million in new venture financing, plans to hire more people and expand its product roster. The Michigan-based company (offices are ...
Canadian Insurer Intact Financial Backs Autonomous Car Startup Geared to Florida Retirees
There's a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride. Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. is investing $3 million in ...