Category: Cybersecurity News

CANFIELD, Ohio – In this excerpt from our Business Journal Roundtable Series featuring cybersecurity, Mercy Komar of L. Calvin Jones & Co. and Robert Merva of Avrem Technologies discuss cybersecurity insurance and why some businesses are being forced to buy it.

The hacking of a municipal water authority in a small Pennsylvania town is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials. HARRISBURG, Pa. — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at…

A landmark settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of breaching user privacy by tracking activity in “private mode” browsing modes.  This decision, announced on Thursday, marks a significant victory for consumers and underscores the intensifying scrutiny directed toward Big Tech’s data collection practices, reads BBC report. Unmasking…

A missing foreign exchange student from China was found safe inside a tent on a Utah mountainside following a dayslong search in what police called a case of “cyber kidnapping.”Kai Zhuang, 17, was reported missing Thursday night by his high school, according to the Riverdale Police Department. The teen’s parents told school officials that they…

Xerox said a subsidiary is dealing with a cyberattack that may have involved the theft of personal information.Last week a ransomware gang named INC claimed it attacked the company — which earned over $7 billion in 2022 from selling printers in more than 160 countries. When asked about the claims, a spokesperson for Xerox directed…

Cybersecurity expert says advancements in AI will increase cyber threats in 2024 – CBS News

2023 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our 22 million readers than others. Below are fourteen of what BleepingComputer believes are the most impactful cybersecurity stories of 2023, with a summary of…

Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2023 Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit, which alleged that the company monitored individuals using the Chrome “incognito” mode. Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit over claims that the company monitored online activity of people…