Uncle Sam is looking for a few good hackers. As part of an effort to test its cybersecurity, the U.S. Defense Department is challenging computer geeks from the private sector to hack its public websites and networks. To sweeten the …
The U.S. Transportation Department and 17 automakers have reached agreement on efforts to enhance safety, including sharing information to thwart cyberattacks on their increasingly wired vehicles. Automakers including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. also agreed …
U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigations of cyberattacks on the nation’s critical manufacturing sector nearly doubled in the year ended Sept. 30, according to the agency. The Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Emergency Response Team, or ICS-CERT, …
The cumulative number of successful phishing cyberattacks has risen sharply over the last decade, and in 2014 that figure surged past the total U.S. population. To date, about 400 million breaches have yielded hackers some kind of personal information, according …
Results of a study on corporate confidence in responding to a data breach are in and of the 604 executives who responded, just 34 percent feel their company’s data breach response plans are effective. Though data breaches ranked second only …
The U.S. could consider criminal charges or sanctions against China if the U.S. determines hackers there are violating an agreement not to conduct economic cyber espionage on American industry, a senior Justice Department official said Tuesday. The remarks by John …
Reinsurance executives polled at the recent 2015 PCI annual meeting by Guy Carpenter & Company agreed that cyber continues to be the most threatening emerging risk. As the number of data breaches mount, more focus is being placed on the …
According to a new survey, 55 percent of risk managers are not confident their company is dedicating enough resources, in terms of dollars or personnel, to combat the evolution of hacking techniques. In a recent podcast interview with Claims Journal, …
Risks to drive U.S. $10 billion cyber insurance market by 2020, according to ABI Research. Continued and sustained cyberattacks are having a ruinous effect on enterprises and driving up the cost of incident response. With over 900 million reported records …
It seems there’s nowhere to hide these days from cyberattacks. Major breaches have exposed critical data at banks, retailers, health care providers and the government, as evidenced by word this month that hackers compromised personal information of at least 4 …