Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike Outage Rolls On; Attention Turns to Software Update Quality Control
July 22, 2024

The CrowdStrike-Windows outage story continued to play out in airports, online and in stores Monday (July 22) with the focus now turning to the security of what used to be routine software updates. Both Microsoft and CrowdStrike, as well as other companies that were victimized...

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Cryptocurrency Exchange WazirX Loses $230 Million in Cyberattack
July 18, 2024

Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX said Thursday (July 18) that it lost more than $230 million in a cyberattack. “This is a force majeure event beyond our control, but we are leaving no stone unturned to locate and recover the funds,” the company said in a...

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June Auto Sales Reporting Thrown off by CDK Cyberattack
July 17, 2024

As automotive retailers bounce back from the cyberattack on leading tech provider CDK Global, their financial results are murky for the period impacted by the incident, prompting challenge maintaining investor confidence. Automotive services and technology company Cox Automotive highlighted the impact of the hack, which...

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Recent High-Profile Cyber Breaches Highlight Need for Fault-Tolerant Security
July 16, 2024

What do Rite Aid, Disney, and Squarespace all have in common? The fact that, in just the past few days, they each reported cyber breaches resulting in the theft of sensitive information. Rite Aid announced Monday (July 15) that in June, an unknown third party...

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Report: Disney Data Leaked After Hack of Its Slack System
July 15, 2024

Disney has reportedly suffered a hack of its Slack system, with data from thousands of the channels of the company’s workplace collaboration system being leaked online. The data goes back as far as 2019 and includes material ranging from discussions about ad campaigns to assessments...

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Industry Groups Push Back Against Federal Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements
July 09, 2024

If digital transformation is at the forefront of innovation, then cybersecurity is at the forefront of digital transformation. As the world goes digital, security-critical sectors like healthcare, finance and more are finding themselves increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. With the news that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...

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Healthcare FinTech HealthyEquity Latest in Sector Hit With Data Breach
July 04, 2024

Health tech company HealthEquity has suffered a data breach, though unconnected to other recent attacks. The company revealed that attack in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this week, saying that hackers had stolen the “protected health information” of some customers. According to the filing,...

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2024 Is Already the Year of the Cyberattack
July 04, 2024

It’s the summer of steals, not the summer of deals, for businesses suffering cyber breaches. That’s because, as the world goes digital, fraudsters are constantly probing modern, multifaceted attack surfaces for vulnerabilities. But with the news Tuesday (July 2) that auto dealership software provider CDK...

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Cyber Insurance Premiums Fall Despite Ransomware Wave
July 01, 2024

Despite a recent wave of ransomware attacks, cyber insurance premiums are declining around the globe. That’s because businesses have gotten better at dealing with losses related to cybercrime, specialist insurance broker Howden said in a report issued Monday (July 1). “Favorable dynamics have persisted into 2024, with the cost...