Economy

May 21, 2021
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Vulnerabilities in billions of Wi-Fi devices let hackers bypass firewalls

Enlarge (credit: Mathy Vanhoef) One of the things that makes Wi-Fi work is its ability to break big chunks of…
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May 19, 2021
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Hackers have been exploiting 4 critical Android vulnerabilities

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Unknown hackers have been exploiting four Android vulnerabilities that allow the execution of malicious code that…
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May 18, 2021
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Florida water plant compromise came hours after worker visited malicious site

Enlarge (credit: myoldsmar.com) An employee for the city of Oldsmar, Florida, visited a malicious website targeting water utilities just hours…
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May 17, 2021
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AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia, basically admitting giant merger was a mistake

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) AT&T today announced it will spin off WarnerMedia—including HBO and Warner Bros.—into a new…
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May 15, 2021
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Colonial Pipeline paid a $5 million ransom—and kept a vicious cycle turning

Enlarge (credit: Sean Rayford | Getty Images) Nearly a week after a ransomware attack led Colonial Pipeline to halt fuel…
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May 14, 2021
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Pipeline attacker Darkside suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know

Enlarge Darkside—the ransomware group that disrupted gasoline distribution across a wide swath of the US this week—has gone dark, leaving…
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May 14, 2021
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Ireland’s health care system taken down after ransomware attack

Enlarge / St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) Ireland has shut down most of…
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May 13, 2021
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Biden signs executive order to strengthen US cybersecurity

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Photographer is my life) President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday in an…
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May 13, 2021
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Colonial Pipeline resumes operations after ransomware prompted closure

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Colonial Pipeline said it restarted operations on Wednesday afternoon after a five-day outage brought on by…
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May 11, 2021
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Ransomware crooks post cops’ psych evaluations after talks with DC police stall

Enlarge (credit: carlballou / Getty Images) A ransomware gang that hacked the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in…
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