Wannacry

Cyber Insurance Market Expected To Reach $15B By 2022
Cyber Insurance Market Expected To Reach $15B By 2022
November 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

As data breaches and ransomware hacks escalate, cyber protection is becoming one of the fastest-growing insurance industry sectors, a Financial Times special report indicated. The...

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2019 To See Increase In Nation-State Cyberattacks, Ransomware
2019 To See Increase In Nation-State Cyberattacks, Ransomware
December 27, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Will the New Year bring an increase in cyberattacks? According to one security expert, the answer is, unfortunately, yes. According to Robert Ackerman, Jr., founder and...

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Bitcoin Daily: Tezos Launches Main Network, WannaCry Still Used To Mine Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Tezos Launches Main Network, WannaCry Still Used To Mine Crypto
September 17, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Samsung has revealed that South Korea’s customs authority has agreed to use the company’s Nexledger blockchain tech for its decentralized customs clearance system. In addition,...

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Anatomy Of A Bank Heist, SWIFT-ly Done By Phishers
Anatomy Of A Bank Heist, SWIFT-ly Done By Phishers
September 17, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

In 2016, $81 million disappeared from Bangladesh’s central bank. It could have been a lot worse — hackers tried to get away with $1 billion....

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Sony Hack Programmer Charged With Cybercrime Conspiracy
Sony Hack Programmer Charged With Cybercrime Conspiracy
September 07, 2018  |  Legal

The U.S. Justice Department announced that it has charged North Korea’s Park Jin Hyok (박진혁; aka Jin Hyok Park and Pak Jin Hek) for his...

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AIG: WannaCry, Data Breaches Made 2017 Worst Year Yet
AIG: WannaCry, Data Breaches Made 2017 Worst Year Yet
June 04, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Following a series of sophisticated cyberattacks, such as WannaCry and NotPetya, AIG received a surge of cyber claims in 2017: The insurer saw as many...

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School District Pays Hackers $10K In Bitcoin To Recover Data
School District Pays Hackers $10K In Bitcoin To Recover Data
May 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

After hackers stole data from the computer system of a Massachusetts school system, they offered to return the information in return for a $10,000 bitcoin...

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North Korea Using Bitcoin To Sidestep Sanctions
North Korea Using Bitcoin To Sidestep Sanctions
March 05, 2018  |  Bitcoin

North Korea might turn to bitcoin as a way to get past sanctions imposed on the country by the U.S. government. The Trump administration imposed...

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The 17 Most Important Stories Of 2017
The 17 Most Important Stories Of 2017
January 01, 2018  |  News

Happy New Year! Ready to hit the gym? Gonna learn to speak Mandarin this year? Have a book club to form? Those are all perfectly...

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