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SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, CrowdStrike To Testify In Senate In Russian Cyber Hack Case
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 2:07pm | 483Read More...SolarWinds Corp (NYSE: SWI) CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) President Brad Smith, FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE) CEO Kevin Mandia, and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) CEO George Kurtz are expected to defend...
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5 Defining Cyberattacks On Trucking And Logistics In 2020
Monday, December 28, 2020 - 8:49am | 1124Read More...Hackers hit the transportation and logistics industry hard in 2020. Many of the cyberattacks involved ransomware — essentially a vehicle for extortion. Ransomware attacks aim to cause as much operational disruption as possible by encrypting data. Hackers then demand victims pay to restore access....
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Here's How Much A 24-Hour Internet Blackout Would Cost The US Economy
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 9:45am | 457Read More...Like much of the rest of the world, national security efforts in the U.S. have increasingly been shifting online. The next generation of threats to U.S. security could come from cyberattacks, and a potential worst-case scenario is an attack that completely shut down U.S. internet access nationwide...
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Trucking Industry Ranks Fifth Among Businesses For Cyber Threats
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 10:26am | 884Read More...The trucking industry and its supply chain rank fifth among all businesses at risk of cybersecurity attacks as the number of possible threats against the transportation sector has grown 100-fold in just four years. Preparing for an attack is as important as mitigating the damage when it happens,...
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Congress Seen As Failing To Prioritize Maritime Cyber Risks
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 9:40am | 804Read More...The United States Coast Guard (USCG) routinely responds to cybersecurity breaches on ships at the same time lawmakers are failing to devote the attention and resources needed to help lessen the threat, according to government officials. "The problems are very severe," said John...
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A Brewing Data Scandal Is The Last Thing Amazon Needs
Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 12:18pm | 916Read More...A newly published modus operandi by certain actors might just pull e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) into a potential data scandal. Certain Chinese payment processors are allegedly engaged in the suspicious practice of requiring their Amazon seller clients to share their Amazon's...
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This Is How You Can Safeguard Your Personal Information As Phone Searches Multiply At U.S. Borders
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 8:49am | 754Read More...After President Donald Trump assumed the Oval Office, several controversies have surfaced over immigration into the United States. The infamous travel ban imposed by the president on nationals of seven — and then six in the second rendition of the ban — predominantly Muslim countries...
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Thailand Central Banks Warn Of ATM Hackings; 'Cyber-Gang' From Europe Blamed
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 9:16am | 333Read More...Thailand's central bank was forced to issue a warning to all commercial banks that their banking systems could be vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to the Bangkok Post, the central bank of Thailand (BoT) said that a gang of cyber-criminals from Eastern Europe stole 12 million baht, or $350,000...
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Cyber Hackers Focused On Government Targets
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 12:27pm | 861Read More...The hacks just keep on coming – and it seems like government agencies are now just as likely to be targets as corporations. Late last week, the FBI said it was investigating a major cyber breach at the US government’s human resources arm that might have affected up to 4 million...
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'Ransomware' Extortion Cyber Attacks Surge 165 Percent In Q1
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 11:09am | 461Read More...According to a new report by Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), high-tech extortion attacks surged 165 percent in the first quarter of 2015. Intel’s latest McAfee Labs Threats Report indicates that the slight drop in so-called “ransomware” attacks that occurred in 2014...
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Cyber-Attacks Cost The Health Care Industry Billions A Year
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 3:43pm | 346Read More...The rise of cyber-attacks has led to virtually every company beefing up its internal security measures to limit, not eliminate, the fallout from future attacks. The list of sectors most prone to attacks include the obvious choices: financial institutions, governmental organizations and...
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30 Cybersecurity Stocks In A Dangerous Digital World
Sunday, February 22, 2015 - 12:07pm | 1068Read More...Cybersecurity stocks have been on fire lately, but not all of the names in the space are familiar to investors. Here’s a list of 30 companies that are working to keep the digital world safe. 1. CyberArk Software Ltd (NASDAQ: CYBR) This Israeli software designer’s stock is already...
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More Hacking From Inside China, Trading Opportunities (MS, GOOG, MFE, SYMC)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 8:08am | 639Read More...Hackers have struck again. As Benzinga readers are already aware, there have been a plethora of recent attacks by hackers on companies and on the NASDAQ itself. Recently, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) was the target by China-based hackers. According to Bloomberg, the hackers gained access to highly...
