Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity has come to the public’s attention after the recent hacking of social media platform Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). The rise in the number of cyberattacks on companies and public institutions has become a huge concern. Peter Yapp, the U.K.'s former deputy director at the National...

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and a number of cybersecurity shares were trading higher Thursday after a major, wide-ranging hack of the Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) platform.  What Happened: On Wednesday, strange tweets were sent from Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's official Twitter...

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an increase in cyber threats and online phishing attacks. Since the lockdown started, Capterra said in a report that one-third of respondents have fallen victim to phishing emails, which hackers use to steal passwords — 45% of which were related...

VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has acquired cybersecurity startup Lastline, the latter announced Thursday. What Happened Lastline said the boards of both companies had approved the acquisition and the transaction is expected to close by July, subject to regulatory approval. The startup didn't...

Cybersecurity company Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) reported first-quarter results Tuesday highlighted by an 89% year-over-year subscription growth, $686 million in annual recurring revenue and improving free cash flow from negative $16.1 million last year to positive $87 million. Here...

Apparently, cybersecurity stocks and exchange-traded funds don't want their cloud counterparts to have all the fun because Monday's batch of all-time high ETFs contains several cybersecurity offerings. Besides the obvious catalyst of strength in the broader technology, there are some...

In the first-quarter of 2020, 854,441 confirmed phishing and counterfeit pages and 4 million suspicious pages were detected, according to data released by Bolster, a fraud prevention company.  The FBI says it has seen a spike in cyber crimes reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center...

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) on Tuesday published a guide to help ocean carriers thwart cyberattacks. The Amsterdam-based nonprofit said the guide is designed to facilitate vessel readiness to comply with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution MSC.428(98) on...

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) survived the market sell-off last week. And it did it relatively well. As most of the tech sector, its stock has fallen from its peak price and now it looks it has even started to rebound. But the question of how far it will go keeps popping up and is surely on...

The transportation industry was slow-moving toward fast-tech. But today, freight tech has revolutionized the brokerage business through digital freight matching, and commercial trucks commonly travel with dashcams, electronic logging devices (ELDs) and trailer trackers. After tech overcame...

A cybersecurity company in China says it believes evidence shows the CIA has hacked government officials, scientists and industry targets in China for several years. The company, Qihoo 360, published a report online alleging a "CIA hacking group" known as APT-C-39 has been targeting...

Steel giant EVRAZ has shut down its plant in Regina, Canada, and temporarily laid off its workers after a ransomware attack reportedly hit its North American operations.  The shutdown is expected to last at least three days. EVRAZ management told local officials from United Steel Workers that the...

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Carriers were notified around 11 a.m. on Thursday that external hackers had breached Total Quality Logistics (TQL) IT systems and may have gained access to customers' business information. According to an email sent out to carriers by Kerry Bryne, president of TQL, hackers may have gained access...