Security researchers have tied the recent spate of digital breaches on Asian banks to North Korea, in what they say appears to be the first known case of a nation using digital attacks for financial gain. In three recent attacks on banks, researchers working for the digital security firm Symantec ...
Read More »Details Emerge on Global Bank Heists by Hackers
Just how securely are banks moving money around the world? New details emerged on Friday about a pair of related attacks on banks that use the Swift message service, which allows financial firms and companies to transfer payments around the world. Computer security researchers briefed on the investigation into one ...
Read More »New Attack Reported by Swift Global Bank Network
Thieves have again found their way into what was thought to be the most secure financial messaging system in the world and stolen money from a bank. The crime appears to be part of a broad online attack on global banking. New details about a second attack involving Swift — ...
Read More »Global Soccer: Leicester City Celebrates Title, Then Goes Back to Work
Global Soccer By ROB HUGHES May 8, 2016 LONDON — The Leicester we have known and not always loved pulled off an entire season of tenacious victories as it blew away the established order of English soccer. After clinching the title last week, the club arranged a homecoming celebration to be remembered. ...
Read More »Global Soccer: Real Madrid Slogs Its Way Into the Champions League Final
LONDON — Zinedine Zidane, a player who scored majestic goals on all the world’s biggest stages, is now a game away from winning the Champions League just four months into his transition as a coach. The job is not done yet. For the second time in three seasons, the final ...
Read More »Fuel prices in Vietnam rise on global oil recovery
Vietnam ratcheted up pump prices on Thursday and global oil prices recovered after a sharp decline last year. That was the third hike in fuel prices this year. The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance review retail prices for adjustment every 15 days. The popular gasoline ...
Read More »Global Soccer: Bayern Loses in Winning 2-1, and Atlético Madrid Advances
LONDON — Pep Guardiola regrets that he must leave Bayern Munich without delivering on the one trophy for which he was hired — the Champions League. “It hurts,” he said in the media room at the Allianz Arena. “Of course it hurts every time. Titles are just statistics, but I ...
Read More »Global Soccer: Spanish Liga Title Chase Is a Real Page Turner
LONDON — The hardest league title race to call in Europe right now is in Spain. A single point separates Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid with two games each left to play, and like the plot of a decent detective thriller, this one is going all the way to ...
Read More »Global Soccer: Shades of Leicester City in Atlético Madrid’s Win
LONDON — There are similarities between the way that Leicester City has stormed through the Premier League and how Atlético Madrid has won its last two games in the Champions League, against Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Both Leicester and Atlético are upstarts. They have less to spend than the mighty ...
Read More »Global Soccer: Real Madrid’s Emergency Strategy: Leave It to Cristiano Ronaldo
Global Soccer By ROB HUGHES April 13, 2016 LONDON — The word superstar is too loosely used today in regard to team games, but it is impossible to imagine Real Madrid getting out of the hole it had dug for itself in the Champions League without its brightest talent, Cristiano Ronaldo. After ...
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