Smart Homes, Appliances May be Cyber Hackers Next Target October 28, 2016 By Tim Culpan, Bloomberg Gadfly That’s the apocalyptic headline we could be reading one day, given the seemingly unassailable trend toward connecting mundane items to...
Regulators Want to Strengthen Banks’ Cyber Security October 21, 2016 By MARCY GORDON Federal regulators are looking to set up new standards for big banks’ planning and testing for possible cyberattacks. The aim...
G-7 Welcomes U.S. Guidelines on Self-Driving Cars September 28, 2016 U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Sunday that his counterparts in the Group of Seven nations welcomed U.S. guidelines on...
Auto, Tech Industries at Odds Over Airwaves to Aid Talking Cars August 29, 2016 By JOAN LOWY Cars that wirelessly talk to each other are finally ready for the road, creating the potential to dramatically reduce traffic...
Student Researcher Studies How to Keep Cars From Being Hacked August 26, 2016 In 2015, two researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a reporter who documented how the researchers controlled...
QIS: Insurance Carriers Face Enhanced Risk in Age of Big Data August 26, 2016 California-based Quadrant Information Services, a provider of big data technology for the property/casualty insurance industry, warns that digitization is a...
Texas Men Used Laptop to Reprogram, Steal More Than 100 Cars August 9, 2016 By MICHAEL GRACZYK and TOM KRISHER Two men jailed in Houston, Texas, and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may...
Ransomware and Cyber Extortion Are on the Rise – What Can Be Done? June 27, 2016 By Thomas B. Caswell and Rory D. Zamansky of Zelle LLP Ransomware is evolving from a relatively low-dollar extortion racket, into a more sophisticated, more expensive, and more prevalent major criminal...
Burger Chain Wendy’s Cyber Attack Bigger Than First Thought June 13, 2016 U.S. burger chain operator Wendy’s Co. said it had discovered additional instances of unusual credit card activity at some of...
New Type of Ransomware is Sign of Future Danger April 13, 2016 An unusual strain of virus-like hacker software that exploits computer server vulnerabilities – without requiring human interaction – is a...