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Phishing Triggered Majority of Cyber Claims in 2022 First Half: Coalition
Claims are down among Coalition policyholders in the first half of 2022, but small businesses became bigger targets and an organization's employees remain the easiest was for cyber criminals to ...
Advanced Hackers Have Shown Ability to Hijack Critical Infrastructure
Advanced hackers have shown they can take control of an array of devices that help run power stations and manufacturing plants, the U.S. government said in an alert on Wednesday, warning of the ...
Hackers More Likely to Target Companies That Fake Social Responsibility
Corporations that do not take their vows to address environmental, cultural, social and political issues seriously could be putting a target on their backs for hackers and placing their firms at ...
Log4j Software Flaw Sends Companies Scrambling Against Hackers
A newly discovered vulnerability in a widely used software library is causing mayhem on the Internet, forcing cyber defenders to scramble as hackers rush to exploit the weakness. The vulnerability, ...
Hackers Cripple Johannesburg and Demand Bitcoin Ransom
The City of Johannesburg shut down its website and billing systems after a group hacked into the authority's system and demanded a ransom of four Bitcoins worth about $30,000. The call center, ...
A New Way to Fight Cyber Attacks: Artificial Intelligence
Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators, who usually logs on from New York, ...
Hackers Steal Data From 400,000 Client Accounts at Italy’s UniCredit Bank
UniCredit SpA, Italy's No. 1 bank, said hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts in one of the biggest breaches of European banking security this year. The attack occurred ...
Demand for Cyber Insurance Soars as Hacker Crime Fears Grow
For companies and organizations, an attack by hackers can inflict financial losses, corporate embarrassment and legal action. For insurers jumping into the brave new world of cyber crime insurance, ...