Social Polarization, Inequality Raise Potential for Risk, Disruption: WEF January 12, 2017 By Alex Morales Rising inequality and social polarization are set to shape world developments for the next decade after contributing to Britain’s decision...
Taiwan’s $2M ATM Theft Linked to Europe’s ATM Heist: Cyber Security Firm January 5, 2017 By Jim Finkle and J.R. Wu The group that orchestrated the theft of over $2 million from cash machines at Taiwan’s First Commercial Bank in July...
Bangladesh Police Detail How Insiders May Have Aided Cyber Bank Heist December 30, 2016 By Krishna N. Das A top investigator into the electronic theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank is turning his attention to...
Data Breaches of Internet Giants & Online Services Pose Major 2017 Cyber Threats December 22, 2016 By Ilya Khrennikov Potential leaks of personal user data collected by internet giants and online services will be one of the major cyber-security...
Yahoo’s Cyber Breach Adds to Age of Hacker Anxiety December 16, 2016 By Michael Liedtke Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo has become the worst-case example of an unnerving but increasingly common phenomenon – massive hacks that steal...
Turkey’s Akbank Faces Possible $4M Liability After Cyber Attack – But It’s Insured December 16, 2016 By Can Sezer and Birsen Altayli Hackers targeted Turkish lender Akbank in a cyber attack on the SWIFT global money transfer system, the bank said, adding...
Germany’s Cyber Security Watchdog Urges Yahoo Users to Switch Email Providers December 16, 2016 Germany’s cyber security authority, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), criticized Yahoo on Thursday for failing to adopt adequate...
Yahoo Warns 2nd Hack Exposed 1 Billion Users in Largest Data Breach in History December 15, 2016 By Jim Finkle and Anya George Tharakan Yahoo Inc. warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1...
SWIFT Official Warns Banks of Escalating, More Sophisticated Cyber Threats December 13, 2016 By Tom Bergin and Jim Finkle Cyber attacks targeting the global bank transfer system have succeeded in stealing funds since February’s heist of $81 million from...
Some Bangladesh Bank Insiders Helped Hackers Steal $81M: Investigator December 13, 2016 By Ruma Paul Some Bangladesh central bank officials deliberately exposed its computer systems and enabled hackers to steal $81 million from its account...