Tara Seals The war against phishing is still on, with 76% of organizations experiencing phishing attacks in 2017. Further, nearly half of information security professionals surveyed said that the rate…
Year: 2018
Contractor hacks former employer, destroys and corrupts data
Edward Soybel was let go by W. W. Grainger and subsequently hacked his way back into the company to access customer databases to destroy and corrupt the data. By Christopher…
Firms buy insurance 'in mad panic' as cyber-attacks soar
By Matthew Wall With cyber-attacks increasing in frequency and severity, many companies are turning to insurance to cover their mounting losses. But can insurers quantify the risk accurately and could…
OnePlus phone company investigates card fraud claims
Android phone company OnePlus is investigating claims that customers’ credit card numbers have been stolen after they used its online shop. The company has stopped taking credit card payments while…
Hackers steal $400,000 of crypto-currency
ackers have stolen $400,000 (£290,000) of the virtual currency Stellar Lumen in an online attack on Saturday. The group hijacked the server that hosts BlackWallet, a web-based wallet application that…