computer worms

A luxury hotel in Austria pays ransom — for the fourth time — when hackers keep the keycards of guests out of their ritzy rooms. The San Francisco transit system resists the urge to buy its way out of a hack that kidnaps its light-rail system, leaving strap-hangers unhinged. A premier...

When WannaCry overwhelmed more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries last Friday, global businesses stalled. Companies from PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (NYSE: PTR) and FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) to Nissan Motor Co Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NSANY) and Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TEF) suffered...

With global firms still reeling from last weekend’s WannaCry ransomware attack, cybersecurity firms are simultaneously riding the fear and bracing for an inevitable next wave of attacks. “Now that malware authors have seen the success of utilizing ETERNALBLUE, I'm sure they will be...

This weekend's ransomware attack took down computer systems and compromised data worldwide, but Monday was business as usual for cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ: PFPT). Rather than prompt product adjustments, the WannaCry hack merely highlighted “just how important it is to show...