Technology/Science
HVAC Contractor at Center of Target Breach
The Target Corp hackers managed to break into its payments network by first breaching a "data connection" between the U.S. retailer and its heating and ventilation systems contractor, a ...
Google Deal with European Commission in Sight
Google has offered further concessions to address regulatory concerns about its search technology, the European Commission said on Wednesday, effectively settling a three-year investigation and ...
Esurance Giving Away $1.5M in Twitter Sweepstakes
Direct car insurance provider Esurance is giving consumers a chance to win $1.5 million in a Twitter sweepstakes. Actor John Krasinski announced Esurance's Twitter sweepstakes in a television ...
U.S. Could Require ‘Talking’ Cars By 2017
U.S. regulators are crafting a rule that would require all new vehicles to be able to "talk" to one another using wireless technology, which the Department of Transportation said would significantly ...
‘ChewBacca’ Attacks Hit Retailers in 11 Countries, Report Says
A cyber criminal ring targeting small retailers in 11 countries stole data on 49,000 payment cards using a malicious software known as "ChewBacca" before the operation was shut down, according to a ...
What Consumer Credit Data Reveals About Auto Insurance Shoppers
Customers with lower credit-based insurance scores shop most frequently while consumers with the highest insurance scores are less likely than the general population to shop for new auto insurance. ...
Stolen Vendor Credentials Used in Target Breach
Target Corp. said on Wednesday that the theft of a vendor's credentials helped cyber criminals pull off a massive theft of customer data during the holiday shopping season in late 2013. It was the ...
21 Insurers, Brokers Launch Oasis ‘Open Source’ Cat Model
The Oasis Loss Modelling Framework has unveiled what it describes as "the most significant development in the modelling of natural catastrophe losses for 20 years"—the launch of an independent, ...