If
a hacker targets your company, how would you respond?
Cyber hacking attacks have risen drastically in the last while, with
hackers targeting companies that hold very sensitive data such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords etc, the latest being Equifax which affected millions of users.
Not exact matches
Hackers pummeled the code - sharing site's servers with 1.35 terabytes per second of bogus Internet traffic — 15 % stronger than the next biggest DDoS attack, which
targeted Dyn, an Internet infrastructure
company (now owned by Oracle), in late 2016.
Hackers are
targeting small - and medium - size businesses, which typically employ weaker cybersecurity protections and often have relationships with larger
companies.
Both reports come as
companies are feeling particularly vulnerable: In December's high - profile Operation Aurora,
hackers targeted employees (and their social networks) from Google, Adobe Systems, and two dozen others, hunting for ways to infiltrate the
companies» computer systems.
Not only are
hackers targeting your personal financial accounts, they also frequent the
companies and stores you favor.
In 2012, for example, then - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Iran was one of the most prolific
hackers,
targeting everything from government systems to
company networks.
A group of
hackers linked to China have
targeted Sabre — a travel technology
company that processes reservations for hotels and airlines — and American Airlines, Bloomberg reports.
The comments from Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, came one day after The Intercept reported on a top - secret National Security Agency document that said
hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency
targeted a
company with information on US voting software days before the election.
And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month,
hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency
targeted a
company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials.
Of course,
Target isn't the first big
company to fall prey to
hackers.
The
company touts its team's government experience with an eye toward doing business with
companies being
targeted by foreign
hackers.
«But
hackers are starting to
target small businesses more and more because it's assumed small businesses don't have as many resources to protect their data as Fortune 500
companies do.
Hackers targeted a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange
company named Youbit, which filed for bankruptcy after the attack.
The appeal of this is trust: if you rely on any one party to take care of your details - a bank, a government, a
company - you are creating a
target for
hackers and manipulators, as well as having to pay them for the responsibility.
Alan Hewer's letter suggests that unlike
hackers targeting big
companies, no one would be sympathetic to a «burglar claiming to...
It looks like
hackers are now
targeting companies that readers cluster to.
I read that the
hackers were
targeting all major gaming platforms this year, not because they are «doing evil» but because they do it to force the
companies to up their level of security due to their (
hackers) ableness to bring the network (s) down and / or bypass security.
In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have
targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information about the firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that
hackers working for the Chinese military
targeted one
company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.
In April 2011,
hackers attempting to access sensitive documents
targeted four Canadian law firms by posing as partners who were working on an acquisition of a Chinese
company.
Only the rare lawyer doing unusually sensitive work, such as cutting - edge IP and M & A of publicly traded
companies, such that the lawyer is likely to be a
target for motivated
hackers, needs to worry about a higher level of security.
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Hackers are increasingly
targeting law firms and public relations
companies with a sophisticated e-mail scheme that breaks into their... [more]
Add cyber crime coverage to your Wichita business insurance plan to safeguard your
company's bank account in case a
hacker targets you.
When a
company like Equifax is then
targeted, all the
hacker is able to see is verified claims about our identities made against the blockchain.
Russian
hackers are reportedly
targeting dozens of U.S.
companies to steal users» credentials.
These apps are built with the sole intention of stealing personal data and money from the associated
hacker's
targets, according to digital threat management
company RiskIQ.
Going by history,
hackers often
target digital wallets, cryptocurrency exchanges, DAOs, ICOs, mining
companies, virtual private servers, and hosting services among others.
Hackers targeted a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange
company named Youbit, which filed for bankruptcy after the attack.
Many
hackers and scammers are currently
targeting individuals and
companies that have cryptocurrencies on their systems.
Large
companies are the favorite
targets of
hackers these days and your information could be manipulated if breached.
Limit the number of people who have administration - level access to your
company's system, including social media, which is also a
target for
hackers.
When
hackers pose as agents or title
companies, their
target is someone's down payment on a house.
When these
hackers find a potential
target, they send a bogus email that looks like it's from the home buyer's real estate agent, title
company or attorney saying there are new money - wiring procedures.