Sentences with word «cyberattack»

Sophos's figures echo those released last week from a McAfee study, which warned of the growing threat of cyberattack on critical systems.

In January, a report from Recorded Futures alleged that Lazarus, a group believed to be sponsored by North Korea, was responsible for a number of cyberattacks on South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges in 2017.

«It means that we will coordinate and organise our efforts to protect against cyberattacks in a better and more efficient way,» NATO secretary - general Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, last week.

In response to recent attacks, the Obama Administration issued an executive order directing an assessment of potential economic sanctions against nation - states (sup > 3 and individuals in those states that are identified as having been involved in cyberattacks against U.S. corporations.

The difficulties of bridging the partisan gap were in evidence on their last day, when lawmakers were unable to agree on two pressing problems: how to help livestock producers suffering from widespread drought and how to protect critical industries from cyberattacks launched by terrorists or other enemies.

Experts included: a leader of the emergency response team for the Federal Government for cyberattacks on Australia's critical infrastructure control systems; a manufacturing excellence manager working in the global electrical power industry with large power transformers; and a registered builder and company director for an Australia - wide building company specialising in design and construction in commercial and industrial sectors.

The firm noted that other companies and organization had also been affected by cyberattacks on Tuesday.

Facebook was increasingly grappling with cyberattacks from countries like Iran, whose hackers were caught trying to break into the accounts of State Department employees, and from Russia, the current and former employees said.

U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.

The Petya ransomware attack — the second major global cyberattack in two months — left a trail of locked computers...

On Wednesday, crypto assets plunged double digits on speculation that Binance may have been subject to an orchestrated cyberattack targeting altcoins.

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U.S. forces also had secretly launched cyberattacks against Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities, disabling almost 1,000 uranium centrifuges in 2009 and 2010.

North Korea, a pariah state widely believed to have been behind cyberattacks on financial institutions around the world, may also have tried to pilfer cryptocurrencies to get around sanctions.

LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.

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Far from the realms of the destructive Sony hack, JPMorgan Chase, the inside job at Morgan Stanley and other high - profile cyberattacks which have taken place over the past year, Hacker's List matches hackers with members of the general public who wish to hire hackers for far smaller jobs — although ones that may not be any less damaging on a personal scale.

When we think about cyberattacks on businesses, many of us think of a hoodie - clad hacker slouched over a keyboard in some far - flung, underground lair.

The hacker group known as «Dragonfly» is behind sophisticated wave of recent cyberattacks on the energy sectors of Europe and North...

In 2014 Sony Pictures, part of the Japanese - based Sony conglomerate, suffered a massive cyberattack which closed down much of its computer network and allowed hackers to access sensitive information.

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CNN reported experts are saying the bitcoin - ransom - demanding hackers behind the global WannaCry cyberattack are linked to North Korea.

Joseph Demarest, the FBI's cyber-crime division assistant - director said the Sony Pictures hack, which crippled computers and networks and destroyed data after a devastating cyberattack blamed on North Korea last year, would not be a «one off.»

«When we see malicious cyberattacks, whether from the Kremlin or other nation - state actors, we are going to push back,» Rob Joyce, a special assistant to the president and the cybersecurity coordinator for the National Security Council, said in joint conference call with journalists by senior officials in Washington and London.

What's more, Bitcoin and other digital currencies like it are protected from hacking and other cyberattacks by its blockchain, which encrypts every single transaction to keep the currency, and payments made with it, safe and secure — at least in theory.

Cramer liked that the company, which came public last October, already beat earnings estimates twice in a row and boasts contracts with the Department of Defense to secure data and improve the Pentagon's response time during cyberattacks.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand teamed up with a leading Republican colleague, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, to propose an independent commission to investigate how Russian cyberattacks affected the 2016 election and how such meddling can be prevented in the future.

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You can't pick up the paper or tune in to the news without hearing about the latest cyberattack against a prominent business.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software to launch a destructive cyberattack in the United States, following a devastating breach last week at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

In fact, SMBs are particularly vulnerable to ongoing cyberattacks because they have very few safeguards in place.

The number of successful cyberattacks per year per company has increased by 46 % over the last four years.

This is the second time this year that the U.S. and U.K. have attributed cyberattacks on Russia, following their unprecedented attribution in February of last year's extremely expensive NotPetya attack.

Cyberattacks into the computer networks of some of America's most successful businesses threaten the security of their trade secrets and other intellectual property and in many parts of the world pirated versions of software, films and music are more common than legitimate ones.

The infographic was firms published by Legaltech News in a comprehensive article titled: Heightened Risk of Cyberattacks Puts Pressure on Law Firms to Bolster Defenses.

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The alert elaborates on «Russian government actions targeting U.S. Government entities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors» — a goal consistent with suspected Russian cyberattacks like last year's NotPetya malware which focused on industrial targets and past hacks of energy systems in Ukraine.

Recently, he has been representing companies and financial institutions in investigations relating to anti-money laundering, sanctions, and FCPA compliance as well as in connection with sophisticated cyberattacks on their computer systems and compliance with the NYDFS cyber regulations.

This last part is particularly important because so many cyberattacks against government computers come from shadowy groups acting independently of any nation or state.

The hack sets a new precedent and draws into question the US government's ability to deter state - sponsored cyberattacks on even the most sensitive government and political operations.

The personal data compromised in the Equifax cyberattack included names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and some driver's license numbers.

They're becoming increasingly important, and visible: In May, another good - guy hacker, an attentive 22 - year - old in the U.K., spotted an unfolding global cyberattack named WannaCry and successfully stopped the attack.

The city of Atlanta is starting to get some online services back up after a massive cyberattack last week.

That is not to say that cyberattacks do not happen.