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Most Cyber Attacks on UK Come From Hostile States: Security Officials
The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre blamed hostile foreign states for the majority of the 1,167 attacks it has handled in the two years it's been running, equivalent to 10 assaults a week. In ...
Cyber Attacks Double, as Carriers Better Protect Themselves: Accenture
Insurers are doing a better job protecting themselves from cyber attacks even as attempted breaches have nearly doubled, a new Accenture study has found. The percentage of successful global insurance ...
Teen Reportedly Hacks Apple Mainframe; Company Reassures Customers
Apple Inc said on Friday no customer data was compromised after Australian media reported a teenager had pleaded guilty to hacking into its main computer network, downloading internal files and ...
Trading Apps Leave Investors Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks: Report
Dozens of applications used for online trading by retail investors have cybersecurity vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to hackers siphoning funds from account holders, according to security ...
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 ...
Cyber Attacks on Healthcare Providers Are on the Rise
Health-care providers and government agencies across the U.S. have seen an increase in cybersecurity breaches in recent months, exposing sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of people as the ...
Threat of Crippling Cyber Attacks Puts UK Banks on War Footing
The Bank of England told banks to be ready for war against the mounting threat of crippling cyber attacks. "I would like our firms to be on a WAR footing: withstand; absorb; recover," Lyndon Nelson, ...
Obscure N. Korea Cyber Espionage Group Reportedly Broadens Reach
A North Korean cyber espionage group previously known only for targeting South Korea's government and private sector deepened its sophistication and hit further afield including in Japan and the ...