FBI Reports Cybercrime Losses Nearly Doubled in 2018 April 25, 2019 By Jim Sams The amount of reported losses from cyber crime nearly doubled in 2018 to $2.7 billion, with almost half of that...
Jury Convicts 2 Romanians in Malware Scheme that Infected 400,000 Computers April 12, 2019 A federal jury on Thursday convicted two Bucharest, Romania, residents of 21 counts related to their scheme to infect victim...
NAS Says Ransomware Demands Growing Along with Cyber Claim Costs March 26, 2019 Cybercrime claims by policyholders outside the health care sector nearly doubled in 2018, led by financial fraud, often phishing schemes...
Experts Say Vulnerable Businesses Should Increase Cyber Defenses March 14, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg When cyberthieves attacked Empire Industries’ computer network, technology manager Rich Shemanskis could see files in the process of being infected...
Certain Personality Traits Heighten Cyber Crime Risk December 20, 2018 Impulse online shopping, downloading music and compulsive email use are all signs of a certain personality trait that make you...
Hackers Target Older Tech Like Fax Machines August 15, 2018 By ROBERT STEVENS What could be less threatening than the old office fax machine? Nothing. That’s precisely why it’s used as a backdoor...
Former Yahoo CEO: No One Immune from Hacks November 13, 2017 By KEVIN FREKING Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer told lawmakers Wednesday that the threat from state-sponsored hackers has changed the playing field so...
Equifax Hack Has Businesses Uneasy About Security September 29, 2017 The Equifax breach is reminding small business owners that they may be vulnerable to cybercriminals. Companies that provide security and...
World’s Biggest Shipper Reports Cyberattack Cost up to $300M August 23, 2017 The June cyberattack that paralyzed the computer systems in companies around the world is estimated to have cost the world’s...
Hackers Want to Shut Down Factories for Pay August 11, 2017 By EMERY P. DALESIO The malware entered the North Carolina transmission plant’s computer network via email last August, just as the criminals wanted, spreading...