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A group of activist hackers kicked off an ambitious cyber operation on Tuesday that targeteted a slew of high-profile American targets, however the Group Anonymous assault appears to be running into serious resistance. Dubbed OpUSA, the attack targeted a slew of major government agencies and dozens of U.S. financial-services companies, marking the latest effort by hacktivists to flood critical websites with massive amounts of traffic aimed at slowing down or even blocking access."We see this as a widening in the cyber war front and organizations may require new tactics or technical defenses to defend," said Carl Herberger, vice president of security solutions at Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR).However, by late Tuesday afternoon no major website disruptions were reported due to OpUSA, Radware said, raising the chances that the Anonymous effort could fall well short of its goal. Ironically, Radware said it is seeing a lower-than-normal level of attack activity on its deployed devices around the wo...
The Social Security check is about to go the way of the door-to-door salesman and Green Stamps. Beginning March 1, 2013, paper checks for U.S. government benefits wi...
Nomura Equity Research initiated coverage of nine large banks, putting "buy" recommendations on Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), PNC Financial Services G...
Fresh off of a last-minute resolution to the so-called fiscal cliff, it's tempting to tune out noise about another standoff in Washington, D.C. But the fight over ra...
Increased taxes and continued uncertainty among government policy makers will slow economic growth and job creation significantly early this year and threaten to tip...
Increased taxes and continued uncertainly among government policy makers will slow economic growth and job creation significantly early this year and threaten to tip...
In the slow economic recovery, it sure helps a bank to lend in Texas.Ralph Babb, the chairman and chief executive of regional bank Comerica Inc. (CMA), said his Dall...
TEL AVIV MarketWatch -- Comerica Inc., the Dallas banking company, reported fourth-quarter net income reached $130 million, or 68 cents a share, from $96 million, or...
The U.S. economy grew faster than previously thought in the third quarter, helped by exports and government spending, but a sluggish global demand and belt-tightenin...
The U.S. economy grew faster than previously thought in the third quarter, helped by exports and government spending, but a sluggish world economy and belt-tightenin...
The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the third quarter as exports and government spending provided a lift, but that boost is likely to be lost a...
Factory output posted its sharpest increase in nearly a year in November as auto production staged a rebound, while consumer prices slipped, offering cautious optimi...
U.S. factory output posted its sharpest increase in nearly a year in November as auto production staged a rebound, while consumer prices slipped, offering cautious o...
Economic growth probably gained steam in the first quarter on strong consumer spending, but the momentum is already ebbing and could slow further as the impact of au...
U.S. Bancorp (USB) and Comerica Inc. (CMA), two of the nation's most financially stable regional banks, resorted to expense cuts in the first quarter to offset slowi...
Robert Johnson discusses high unemployment among African Americans
Every month, First Data releases the latest results of its SpendTrend analysis. This tracking study measures the total dollar value spent across the country in count...
A number of big U.S. banks Thursday unveiled plans for dividends and stock buybacks following the latest round of the Federal Reserve's stress tests.In all, 14 of th...
After taking almost a month-long break from disrupting the websites of financial institutions, the al-Qassam cyber fighters appear to have once again resumed cyber a...
Sequestration and defense budget cuts. How Islamists have seized control of the Arab Spring
