Microsoft Corp., battered for its role in several major hacks, said it’s revamping the way it provides cybersecurity protection, using artificial intelligence and other methods to speed the company’s response to vulnerabilities and better protect customers.
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Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks
Complete sexual assault case folios containing these details were among more than 300,000 files dumped online in March after the 36,000-student Minneapolis Public Schools refused to pay a $1 million ransom.
U.S. Companies to Face New Cyber Reporting Requirements
According to new rules approved by Congress, companies critical to US national interests will now be required to report when they are hacked or pay ransomware. The rules are part of a larger effort by the Biden administration and Congress to strengthen the country’s cyberdefenses following a series of high-profile digital espionage campaigns and disruptive… Continue reading U.S. Companies to Face New Cyber Reporting Requirements
Like ‘Terminator,’ High-Tech Cyber Crime to ‘Keep Coming’
Businesses worldwide are fighting sophisticated data scientists as they battle to protect their data-rich computers from cyber crime —and the costly attacks are not going to stop, a top expert at insurer Sompo Holdings Inc. said on Tuesday. “It’s like the Terminator: They’re just going to keep coming at you” because it is profitable, Brad… Continue reading Like ‘Terminator,’ High-Tech Cyber Crime to ‘Keep Coming’