Adobe on Thursday admitted that hackers broke into its network and stole personal information, including an estimated 2.9 million credit cards, illustrating the lucrative target that software-by-subscription providers have become to cyber criminals, analysts said today....
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A website linked to more than four million cyber attacks across the globe, including those targeting some of the UK’s biggest banks, has been shut down, with arrests in Croatia, Serbia, Canada and Scotland. The action follows an investigation led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch National Police, in collaboration with international law enforcement partners. Authorities in the Netherlands, Serbia, Croatia and Canada, with support from Police Scotland and Europol, t...
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“Cybercrime damages are predicted to cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015″ says Steve Morgan, founder and Editor-In-Chief at Cybersecurity Ventures, in an email to INN. This is a problem that is getting bigger, and more expensive, which is why investors should pay attention. Cybersecurity was constantly in the conversation in 2016. Increased need for computer security dominated the news in 2016 as consumers, hospitals and politicians were aff...
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Global organizations finally understand that insider cyber threats are potentially the most damaging of all, but are doing little to quantify or respond to the threat, according to new SANS Institute research. The study, sponsored by Dtex, Rapid7 and Haystax, revealed that the largest plurality of respondents (40%) rate malicious insiders as the most damaging threat vector they face, followed by accidental or negligent staff (36%). However, nearly half (45%) claimed they didn’t know the po...
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In a move that throws the UK’s government IT footprint wide open to hackers of all stripes, the Government Digital Service has decided not to extend its £5.5m deal with Microsoft for support for Windows XP....
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In what federal officials believe is the first successful compromise of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment site, a hacker broke into the system and uploaded malicious software to the part of the site used for testing code. While the fallout is minimal in this case, the fact that it happened at all should be considered chilling, researchers said....
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