FinTech

Ransomware Attacks Driving Cyber Reinsurance Rates Up 40%

Willis Re International told Reuters that recent high-profile ransomware attacks are sending reinsurance rates soaring. Read more

Leaked Infrastructure Code, Credentials And Keys Costing Orgs An Average Of $1.2 Million Per Year: 1Password

About 60% of survey respondents said their organization dealt with leaked API tokens, SSH keys, and private certificates... Read more

Red Hat Leader Jim Whitehurst Steps Down As IBM President

Under Whitehurst, Red Hat became a billion-dollar company and was acquired by IBM. He then moved up to become IBM's Pres... Read more

Lawmakers, Experts Question Whether CISA Should Be Split From DHS After Delayed Confirmation Of Easterly

Anger over the delayed confirmation of Jen Easterly has reignited calls for CISA to exist on its own. Read more

Technology Services Firm CI&T Acquires Dextra

The company founded in Brazil advances its M&A plan to strengthen its global footprint. Read more

SAP Partners With Columbia University On Cybersecurity Diversity Initiative

The first group of recent graduates is joining SAP this summer. Read more

Ransomware: This New Free Tool Lets You Test If Your Cybersecurity Is Strong Enough To Stop An Attack

CISA's Ransomware Readiness Assessment allows organisations to test how well their networks can protect against and reco... Read more

Ransomware Gangs Are Taking Aim At 'soft Target' Industrial Control Systems

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting industrial control systems that control cyber-physical systems in the hope of... Read more

People Count, Book Review: Technology, Data, Privacy And Contact-tracing Apps

Public debate about how and when contact-tracing apps should be used is still required, says Susan Landau, so we can be ... Read more

With Modi Squeezing Twitter, India's Love For Big Tech May Be Ending

An avalanche of criticism over social media against India's farming Bills and an outpouring of revulsion at Modi on Twit... Read more

Optus Outage Stretches Into Friday Afternoon

Optus customers left wondering why the internet headed off for the weekend at 10:30am AEST. Read more

Microsoft Adds Second CVE For PrintNightmare Remote Code Execution

While PrintNightmare has been known as CVE-2021-1675 this week, Microsoft has now thrown CVE-2021-34527 into the mix. Read more

130 Countries Commit To Overhauling Global Corporate Tax Rules

An agreement has been signed by 130 countries that could potentially stop multinationals from profit-shifting to avoid p... Read more

Cloud 'sticker Shock' Explored: We're Spending Way Too Much, Some Venture Capitalists Say

'Repatriation' from the cloud on the horizon? Andreessen Horowitz partners discuss the paradox of long-term cloud adopti... Read more

FOSTA-SESTA Trafficking Law Used Once Since 2018: GAO Report

Despite criticism from the GAO, federal prosecutors say they aren’t using the controversial law because it is new. Read more