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Shares of these six cybersecurity stocks are up about 15% this year, on average. Yet they are down about 25% over the past 12 months.

Shares of these six cybersecurity stocks are up about 15% this year, on average. Yet they are down about 25% over the past 12 months.

Security firm’s report shows states might be inadvertently helping Chinese-owned app collect data

Jan. 12, 2021 10:59 pm ET A breach at email security provider Mimecast Inc. underscores that Russia-linked hackers appear to have targeted victims along multiple avenues of attack in what is shaping up to be one of the most successful cyber campaigns of U.S. government and corporate systems. The attack potentially adds thousands of victims to the yearslong intelligence operation and likely aimed at gaining access to email systems, security experts say. Mimecast, in a Tuesday blog post, said the hackers were able to obtain a digital certificate used by the company to access its custom...

Analysts say cyber-security stocks’ gains can continue. Dreamstime Security stocks had a huge run in 2020, with an extra boost from the end-of-the-year revelation of the “Sunburst” hack attack on software company SolarWinds that left almost 18,000 of their customers vulnerable. Analysts see further gains ahead in 2021, as the attack drives some companies to prioritize spending on detection, preventing and addressing cyber-security issues. Wall Street has been ratcheting up its estimates, stock ratings and price targets in response. On Tuesday, two more analysts joined the...