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Oppenheimer: Nuance Communications Rebounding From Recent Cyberattack
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 1:37pm | 371By most benchmarks, Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN)'s fiscal fourth quarter earnings report came in better than anticipated across multiple metrics. The Analyst Oppenheimer's Shaul Eyal maintains an Outperform rating on Nuance's stock with an unchanged $23 price target....
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Report: Uber Paid Hackers After Data Theft From 57 Million Riders, Drivers
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 2:47pm | 361Uber's public relation nightmares aren't going away despite a change in leadership. The company announced Wednesday that it was the victim of a 2016 data breachn that resulted in the theft of data from more than 57 million users and drivers. But on Wednesday the company released a...
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Can FedEx Investors Overlook Cyberattack-Related Miss And See A Silver Lining?
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 11:10am | 526FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX)'s fiscal first quarter earnings report initially sent the stock lower by 4 percent as the company acknowledged it was negatively impacted by a cyberattack in its TNT unit. However, the stock recovered those after-hours losses and was up more than 2 percent...
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How Long Will TNT Issues Last For FedEx? This Analyst Isn't Waiting To Find Out
Friday, September 15, 2017 - 10:36am | 348FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX)'s TNT unit was the victim of a cyberattack in late June and it wasn't until Aug. 18 when the company confirmed its operations in Europe is back to normal. UBS analyst Thomas Wadewitz said it still remains unknown if the company's international operations,...
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Ransomware Rears Its Head Again As 150 Countries Hit By New Virus
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 2:31pm | 409Ransomware cyberattacks broke out Tuesday from the United States to India to Russia, where computer systems monitoring radiation at the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear plant were knocked offline. The attacks affected roughly 150 countries, including government offices and infrastructure in the...
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Check Point Software Preps Customers For 'WannaCry' Follow-Up Attacks
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 12:07pm | 485With 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...
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Why So Many Websites Were Down On Friday Morning
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 12:50pm | 245A cyberattack plagued many websites Friday morning, including Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Tumblr, after web provider Dyn was apparently targeted in a cyberattack. According to The Wall Street Journal, Dyn said that its domain name system (DNS) service suffered from a denial-of-service attack...
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Market Wrap For May 21: Fed's Minutes Support Wednesday's Bull Run
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 4:37pm | 2652U.S. stocks rose at the opening bell and continued to rise throughout the trading session. Investors and traders breathed a sigh of relief when the Federal Reserve indicated a rate hike is not likely in the short term. According to the Fed, it is examining multiple strategies to tighten its...
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Your Local ATM Could Be Vulnerable To Cyberattack Soon
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 10:45am | 567After April 8, ATMs worldwide could be vulnerable to cyberattack. That’s because April 8 is the last day Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it would provide regular tech support for Windows XP, which according to Hareetz.com is the software behind 95 percent of the world’s ATMs. Microsoft declined...