cyber security

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) on Tuesday announced the discovery of links between Chinese law enforcement and the pro-China “Spamouflage” influence campaign. Despite its scope and complexity, the disinformation campaign struggled to gain genuine traction and largely...

Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) is borrowing $54 billion from the Swiss National Bank to help shore up liquidity. Big week for bank bailouts! Market Prices as of 4 pm EST, 3/15/23 Macro An unexpected decline in producer prices might have been the top news yesterday, if not for Credit...

In this article, we will explain how anyone — and not just information technology experts — can find and access security cameras, passwords, system logs and other databases that were meant to be secret.  Before proceeding further, it is important to consider that performing the...

As Twitter Inc.'s new CEO, Elon Musk, goes after the 'blue badge' verification process, cybercriminals have reportedly become active to leverage the chaos.  What Happened: Hours after Musk became the new CEO of Twitter, cyber threat elements started sending phishing emails targeted...

This article is the first in our Fintech& series, leading up to Boston Fintech Week, which will take place from Sept. 27-29. Meet Merkle Science: Artificial intelligence and machine learning are being implemented in industries across the board: sports, medicine, and now managing the...

Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ: FTNT) is well-positioned as security is likely to remain a priority within IT spending even in the event of a recession, according to BMO Capital Markets. The Fortinet Analyst: Keith Bachman upgraded the rating for Fortinet to Outperform, while raising the price...

No matter how secure the vault is, there will always be someone willing to take a chance and force their way in. We not only see this in movies where criminals try to break into casinos, banks, art galleries, and jewelry stores, but also in real life. In the past, criminals would have to go to a...

They openly admit to hacking companies' IT systems, stealing their sensitive data, and leaking it and putting it up for sale if they aren't paid. But there are some red lines that the operators of the Marketo stolen-data marketplace say they won't cross. They claim they don't do ransomware — that...

Data apparently stolen from Navistar International Corp. has been leaked onto the dark web, exposing detailed financial information less than a month after the heavy truck and military vehicle manufacturer disclosed a cyberattack.  The data appeared on Wednesday on Marketo, which bills itself as a...

Earlier this year, Carrie Palmer got a panicked phone call from a client. The trucking company had gotten hit by a ransomware attack minutes earlier, and it wanted the South Carolina-based lawyer's guidance on what its next steps should be.  By Palmer's account, it was a pretty typical attack. The...

This article has been updated. On Friday, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) said that hackers behind the SolarWinds attack had gained access to its customer service agent's device. What Happened: According to Microsoft, Nobelium, the group behind the SolarWinds...

South Korean shipping line HMM was targeted in a cyberattack that caused outages to its email systems, the company said Tuesday.  HMM said the attack, detected on Saturday, appeared limited to the company's Outlook email system. The company said the attack did not impact other operations,...

Experts point out that privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero (CRYPTO: XMR) is becoming increasingly popular among cybercriminals, taking away a part of Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) cake. What Happened: According to a Sunday CNBC report, Chief Information Security...

Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) told the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday that it was hit by a cyberattack in late May.  The Lisle, Illinois-based truck and bus manufacturer said it is "minimizing potential impact" by working with third-party cybersecurity experts and federal...

For most of 2020, the pandemic-shaped year, COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the food and restaurant industry. Analysts hoped rising consumer demand for alternative foods would offset the strangled foodservice channel but industry players had a difficult time to adapt to a new era and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ...