Cyber Attack news and trends

Business Email Compromise Attack Hijacks Session Token to Steal Vendor Payments

August 20, 2026
BEC cyberattack
NCR Ransomware Hits Restaurant Customers
Cybersecurity // April 17, 2023

NCR has been hit by a ransomware attack that is affecting the capabilities of some restaurants. The incident was discovered Thursday (April 13), caused a single data center outage and has impacted the company’s Aloha point-of-sale (POS) system for restaurants and its Counterpoint retail management system,...

Toyota Apologizes For Breach of User Info
Cybersecurity // October 07, 2022

The world’s biggest carmaker on Friday (Oct. 7) apologized for a breach apparently caused by a third-party vendor that is thought to have leaked close to 300,000 email addresses and associated customer management numbers.  Toyota Motor announced on its website that email addresses and associated...

Ransomware Could Have Hit Payroll Firm PrismHR
Cybersecurity // March 03, 2021

PrismHR, a payroll company, suffered what could have been a ransomware attack over the weekend that left a massive outage, according to a Tuesday (March 2) report from BleepingComputer. PrismHR works as an online payroll, benefits and human resources platform used by professional employer organizations...

Cyber Attack Hits US Health Department As It Tries To Fight Coronavirus
Cybersecurity // March 17, 2020

A cyber attack was leveled at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday amid that department’s continued vital role in the coronavirus mitigation. The attack didn’t have any dire effects like a data breach, officials said, and HHS networks were functioning like...

Interviews & Exclusives
For Cybersecurity, Independent Contractors Should Think Like Big Businesses

August 25, 2017
The cyber insurance market is expected to grow, by a lot. Researchers at PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted in 2015 that the market would hit $7.5 billion in annual premiums by the end of the decade (and at least $5 billion by next year). With recent high-profile attacks like WannaCry, cyber insurance demand is spiking as corporations look […]

When Cyber-Risk Becomes A Legal Nightmare

June 20, 2017
Hitting the ground running with the next big thing in services or products or payments can be a thrill, but for startups with blinders on, ignoring cyber risk can be...

Quick Reads
Business Email Compromise Attack Hijacks Session Token to Steal Vendor Payments

August 20, 2026
Cybersecurity firm TrendAI uncovered a business email compromise (BEC) scheme in which an attacker tricked a victim into clicking on a link and was then able to reroute payments that were sent by the victim’s company and intended for its vendors, it said in a Aug. 14 blog post. In this attack, the adversary targeted […]

NCR Ransomware Hits Restaurant Customers

April 17, 2023
NCR has been hit by a ransomware attack that is affecting the capabilities of some restaurants. The incident was discovered Thursday (April 13), caused a single data center outage and has...

Toyota Apologizes For Breach of User Info

October 07, 2022
The world’s biggest carmaker on Friday (Oct. 7) apologized for a breach apparently caused by a third-party vendor that is thought to have leaked close to 300,000 email addresses and...

Cyber Attack Hits US Health Department As It Tries To Fight Coronavirus

March 17, 2020
A cyber attack was leveled at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday amid that department’s continued vital role in the coronavirus mitigation. The attack didn’t have...