Articles Tagged with ''cyber attack''

Equipment was destroyed, consultants hired, and Internet communication blocked for months -- all because of a common malware virus on six computers. 

The cyber intrusion headlines may focus on the Fortune 100 being hacked, but they’re not the only victims.

According to research by Unisys Corporation , a majority of Americans are concerned about data breaches involving large organizations, but are evenly mixed on whether legislation should require private businesses to share cyber attack information with the government.

For the second time this month, the North Korean news and information site Uriminzokkiri.com has been taken down.

A recent study by ClikCloud found though more than three-quarters of small businesses believe their companies are safe from hackers, 20% of all cyberattacks hit small businesses with 250 or fewer employees.

Cyberattackers have attacked South Korean banks and broadcasters, infecting networks with a malicious program that slowed or shut systems down.

Requests for 2,500 absentee ballots, many originating from a few IP addresses overseas, caught the attention of fraud-detection software and election officials as the first cyberattack on an electronic election process. 

Hundreds of terabytes of data have been stolen from U.S. and other foreign companies and governments, Mandiant's report states. 

Cyber attacks originating in China have been discovered to spy on economic efforts at U.S. businesses, especially those in finance, technology and aerospace.

A vulnerability in a school records system could reveal the home address, social insurance number, telephone number and class schedule of any student enrolled, but when Hamed Al-Khabaz revealed and tested the flaw, he was expelled.