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Blackstone, KKR and other finance giants targeted in password theft hacking campaignU.S. financial firms and businesses faced phone-based hacking attacks recently. Hackers used fake websites to steal employee passwords and ...
US companies face rise in cyber attacksCompanies worldwide are experiencing a rise in AI-driven cyberattacks and ransomware incidents. Fairlife, a Coca-Cola-owned dairy company, ...
After KFC, cyberattack hits Japanese ice cream giantA major Japanese ice cream maker said Thursday that it is seeing shipment delays following a cyberattack at its logistics partner that has ...
Meta’s compounding India woes; HCLTech’s mega AI dealUnion minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has asked to summon Meta over child sexual abuse material on Instagram. This and more in today’s ETtech Top...
Bajaj Auto to push premium motorcycles, turbocharge Chetak in FY27: ChairmanBajaj Auto is set to bolster its 125cc+ motorcycle range and accelerate the electric Chetak's growth in FY27. The company plans to boost ex...
Key US government surveillance program is set to expire. A look at what that meansA vital US spy program, Section 702, has expired. Congress failed to extend its powers. This tool helps prevent terror attacks and track fo...
FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrimeCybersecurity experts said they were impressed by the deft dismantling of the network but cautioned that any setback to cybercrime would li...
US infiltrates big ransomware gang: 'We hacked the hackers'Officials said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, is among the world's top five ransomware networks and has heavily targeted health car...
U.S. says many ransomware attacks in late 2021 were connected to Russian actorsFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network said it had received 1,489 ransomware-related filings worth nearly $1.2 billion in 2021, a 188% jump f...
Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowedIn the months since President Joe Biden warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn't...
Biden sanctions cryptocurrency exchange over ransomware attacksHackers use ransomware to take down systems that control everything from hospital billing to manufacturing. They stop only after receiving ...
US to target ransomware payments in cryptocurrency with sanctions: ReportThe U.S. Treasury department plans to impose sanctions as soon as next week, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Russia’s most aggressive ransomware group disappeared. It’s unclear who disabled them.While shutting REvil for now would give Putin and Biden a chance to show they were confronting the problem, it could also give the ransomwa...
Biden warns Putin to act against ransomware groupsIn Biden’s starkest warning yet, he conveyed in a phone call to Putin that the attacks would no longer be treated only as criminal acts, bu...
Joe Biden weighs a response to ransomware attacksEach option runs significant risk, because Russia is capable of escalating its own behaviour. And as the ransomware deluge has shown, many ...
Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11 mn ransom in cyberattackThe world's largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of USD 11 million to hackers who broke into its computer system lat...
Oil gains after cyberattack forces shutdown of crucial U.S. pipelinesBrent crude was up by 57 cents, or 0.8 per cent, at $68.85 a barrel by 0645 GMT, having risen by l.5 per cent last week. U.S. West Texas In...
Oil gains 1% after cyber attack forces closure of US fuel 'jugular' pipelineSignalling the seriousness of the situation, the White House was working closely with Colonial Pipeline to help it recover from the ransomw...
Despite hacks, America not seeking widened domestic surveillanceThe official said the administration, mindful of the privacy and civil liberties implications that could arise, is not currently seeking ad...
Microsoft plans to takedown an army of zombie computers that can be a threat to US electionsExperts say the operators of Trickbot are Russian speakers mostly based in eastern Europe.