Cyber Security

Consumers can avoid public WiFi and not click on suspicious links to avoid fraud.

The city's Cyber Command, which monitors more than 100 government agencies and offices, first detected the breach on Saturday.

The New York City Law Department was the target of a cyber hack on Monday — and employees who work at the agency have been locked out of their accounts, City Hall said.

The Department of Justice announced on Monday that investigators were able to recover most of the ransom paid to hackers who interrupted operations at Colonial Pipeline last month.

Navistar International Corporation has learned of a "credible potential cybersecurity threat" to its information technology system that has extracted certain data.

U.S. officials on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on companies and foreign adversaries to fight cybercriminals, and said President Joe Biden is considering all options, including a military response, to counter the growing threat.

GameStop earnings, Apple's developer conference, and a hearing on the Colonial Pipeline hacking are among the big events that will capture investor attention in the coming week.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday admitted that U.S. adversaries currently have the capability to shut down U.S. power grids with cyberattacks.

Elon Musk appears to be the latest target of a notorious group of hackers.

In April, REvil (short for Ransomware Evil), demonstrated the use of a tactic called triple extortion, according to security researchers.

As the news broke that cybersecurity will be a top subject of discussion in an upcoming summit between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, top St. Petersburg banker Andrey Kostin told Fox Business' “Claman Countdown” that the two men are likely to build a constructive relationship during the American president's tenure.

Hackers accessing a single remote account were able to interrupt operations at Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest pipeline systems for refined oil products in the U.S., a cybersecurity expert says.

The White House is urging the private sector to take ransomware crime seriously by ensuring corporate cyber defenses match the threat, while warning that "no company is safe" from being targeted.