The recent outage on Microsoft Corp.’s cloud-computer platform demonstrated the persistence of an older, blunt-force style of cyberattack. It’s called a distributed denial-of-service attack, DDoS for short, and it works by directing massive amounts of junk internet traffic at a …
The vast majority of damages from last month’s CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s global IT outage will go uninsured, according to new estimates from Guy Carpenter and CyberCube Analytics Inc. The days-long cyberincident — which grounded planes, shuttered businesses and stopped markets …
Insurance fraud is rampant. It is considered to be the second costliest white-collar crime in America after tax evasion, costing consumers an estimated $308.6 billion each year. It may involve outright fraud—such as a staged accident, arson, identity theft, contractor …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday upgraded and expanded its investigation into nearly 1 million Stellantis Dodge sport utility vehicles over faulty door locks and windows after a report of one death tied to the issue. In May …
TikTok was sued by the U.S. for allegedly collecting data on children in violation of a federal online privacy act, three months after the popular video app sued the government over a law that could ban it across the country. …
Firefighters have increased containment on the Park Fire near Chico, California, which at 621-square-miles as of Friday is now the fourth largest wildfire in history. The fire, which covers parts of four counties—Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama—has a massive amount …
Boar’s Head Provisions was hit with a proposed consumer class action lawsuit in New York federal court on Thursday, a day after it expanded its recall to more than seven million pounds of deli meats and other products over concerns …
The parents of a motorcyclist who was killed in a 2022 crash involving a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot in Utah sued the electric carmaker and the vehicle’s driver, claiming that the driver assistant software and other safety features are …
A U.S. judge in California on Thursday threw out a $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League in a lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telecasts for more than a decade. The ruling by Los …
Apple Inc. said the US government’s antitrust lawsuit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the smartphone market “bears no relation to reality” and should be tossed out by a federal judge. In a court filing, Apple denied allegations that it …