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Using Market Pressures to Improve Cybersecurity

Post-MedSec, Chris Wysopal discusses what impact the investor community -- if not consumers -- can have on squashing vulnerabilities and improving cybersecurity.

By Sara Peters Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 8/31/2017

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New York's Historic FinSec Regulation Covers DDoS, Not Just Data

Starting today, New York banks and insurers must report to authorities within 72 hours on any security event that has a 'reasonable likelihood' of causing material harm to normal operations.

By Sara Peters Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 8/28/2017

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Cybersecurity Firm root9B's Assets Up for Sale

Move to foreclose comes after company defaulted on repayment terms for over $10.7 millions in loans it owes creditors.

By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 8/21/2017

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After Cyber Attack, FedEx Temporarily Halts Trading of Its Shares

An attack at subsidiary TNT Express may disrupt FedEx's push to hit a record-high share price.

By Dark Reading Staff , 6/28/2017

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Bot-Driven Online Ad Fraud Losses Decline

But counterfeit ad inventory the next big worry for online advertisers.

By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 5/30/2017

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Computer Engineer Charged with Theft of Proprietary Computer Code

Zhengquan Zhang arrested for stealing over 3 million files containing company trade secrets from his employer, a global finance firm.

By Dark Reading Staff , 4/11/2017

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UK Loan Firm Wonga Suffers Financial Data Breach

Customers in the UK and Poland may have had their bank account details compromised.

By Dark Reading Staff , 4/11/2017

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Romanian Man Pleads Guilty to ATM Skimming Scheme

Radu Bogdan Marin allegedly used stolen account details and fake ATM cards to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars.

By Dark Reading Staff , 3/31/2017

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In Cybersecurity, 'Sales Engineers' Rake in Higher Salaries Than Tech Workers

Stop coding, start selling, and you could earn 50 percent more.

By Dark Reading Staff , 3/9/2017

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Yahoo CEO Punished for Data Breaches

Marissa Mayer will be denied her annual bonus of around $2 million and also forgoes annual stock award worth millions.

By Dark Reading Staff , 3/3/2017

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New Cybersecurity Regulations Begin Today For NY Banks

New York's new security regulations for financial industry viewed as potential model for other states.

By Steve Zurier Freelance Writer, 3/1/2017

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JPMorgan Hack: One More Pleads Guilty For Operating Bitcoin Exchange

Ricardo Hill allegedly operated Coin.mx which exchanged millions of dollars into bitcoin to support the hack scheme.

By Dark Reading Staff , 1/20/2017

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Macau Resident Held For Hacking, Insider Trading Charges In US

Iat Hong and two others allegedly breached computers of major US law firms and stole confidential exchange on M&A transactions.

By Dark Reading Staff , 12/28/2016

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Nigerian Charged With BEC Scam Involving $3.1 Billion

David Adindu and accomplices targeted thousands of businesses globally with fake emails asking for money transfer.

By Dark Reading Staff , 12/16/2016

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Romanian Gets 57-Months Jail For ‘ATM Skimming’ Scheme

Robert Mate and 15 others copied bank account details of thousands of ATM users and stole $5 million.

By Dark Reading Staff , 12/16/2016

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American Hacker Arrested For 2014 JP Morgan Chase Breach

Joshua Aaron and his two accomplices are charged with massive hacking of US financial organizations, securities fraud and money laundering.

By Dark Reading Staff , 12/15/2016

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Bangladesh Police Say Some Bank Officials Involved In Cyberheist

Mid-ranking officials of Bangladesh Bank deliberately exposed bank’s network to allow theft of $81 million, says top investigator.

By Dark Reading Staff , 12/14/2016

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Failure Fridays: Four Lessons We Learned

Tim Armandpour shares four lessons learned by implementing "Failure Fridays" at PagerDuty, and explains how your IT organization can benefit from the same approach.

By Tim Armandpour, SVP Product Development, PagerDuty , 11/25/2016

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The Fast-Moving CIO: A Race For Transformation

Sharyn Leaver of Forrester Research cites the fable of the tortoise and the hare: While slow and steady may sometimes win, here’s why a modern IT environment may require us to act more like the hare and less like the tortoise.

By Sharyn Leaver, VP & Group Director, Forrester Research , 11/23/2016

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Symantec To Buy LifeLock At $2.3 Billion

Deal set to be finalized by Q1 2017 and financed by cash and $750 million of new debt.

By Dark Reading Staff , 11/22/2016

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