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Cyberattacks Present Shipping Industry’s Biggest Threat Since WWII
Cybersecurity // July 28, 2024

The shipping sector is reportedly facing a spike in cyberattacks tied to state-sponsored hackers. The industry saw at least 64 cyber incidents last year, the Financial Times reported Saturday (July 27), citing research by the Netherlands’ NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. That study found...

This Week in B2B: Embedded Payments, Digital Tooling, Small-Business Success
B2B Payments // July 18, 2024

Innovation and competition are constantly reshaping the B2B landscape. The pace of transformation has financial institutions (FIs) and corporations increasingly seeking ways to bring their B2B payments processes up to date with the latest technology. Given the economic volatility over the past few years and...

Payments, Penalties and TradFi Adoption Define This Week in Web3
Blockchain // July 10, 2024

Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and Web3 companies are already complying, a fact which industry observers believe could represent the start...

2024 Is Already the Year of the Cyberattack
Cybersecurity // July 04, 2024

It’s the summer of steals, not the summer of deals, for businesses suffering cyber breaches. That’s because, as the world goes digital, fraudsters are constantly probing modern, multifaceted attack surfaces for vulnerabilities. But with the news Tuesday (July 2) that auto dealership software provider CDK...

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2024 Is Already the Year of the Cyberattack

July 04, 2024
It’s the summer of steals, not the summer of deals, for businesses suffering cyber breaches. That’s because, as the world goes digital, fraudsters are constantly probing modern, multifaceted attack surfaces for vulnerabilities. But with the news Tuesday (July 2) that auto dealership software provider CDK Global has “substantially all” of its car dealership customers back […]

Hacktober’s $718M Losses Are an Existential Threat to DeFi

October 26, 2022
October hasn’t been kind to crypto, with $730 million lost to 18 hacks this month alone, driving the 2022 total loss to $3 billion. With decentralized finance, or DeFi, as...

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Bank of America: Cybercrime Could Be ‘World’s Third-Largest Economy’

October 10, 2024
The cost of cyberattacks is reportedly growing alongside the increases in digitization and artificial intelligence (AI). “If cybercrime damage were a state, it would be the world’s third-largest economy,” Bank of America said in a Thursday investor note, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (Oct. 10). The financial institution’s note added that 60% of organizations were hit by ransomware in […]

Cyberattacks Present Shipping Industry’s Biggest Threat Since WWII

July 28, 2024
The shipping sector is reportedly facing a spike in cyberattacks tied to state-sponsored hackers. The industry saw at least 64 cyber incidents last year, the Financial Times reported Saturday (July...

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty to Testify Before Congress on Cyberattack

April 29, 2024
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify before two Congressional committees Wednesday (May 1), addressing the cyberattack that hit the company’s Change Healthcare unit. The Senate hearing is titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the...

Millions in Mutant Ape/Bored Ape NFTs Swiped in Hack

December 17, 2023
Hackers have apparently stolen millions of dollars worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a recent security breach. Peer-to-peer trading platform NFT Trader confirmed the breach on X Saturday (Dec. 16), saying it...