CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

For some time, many local government officials did not recognize the risk of behaviors in which they were engaged. Then, 2020 happened and much of that changed. The Texas attack showed that what once was thought to be a big city problem is leaving every local government vulnerable, and attacks are on the rise.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospital administrators are quick to point out that, to date, there have been no known cases in which a ransomware attack on a healthcare facility has been proven to lead to a patient's death. However, there are two well-documented cases that come very close," said Kip Boyle, vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 15, 2022

A class action suit over one of the largest healthcare data breaches of 2020 will be settled for $3 million, under a proposal recently filed with the court. million patients and employees during a one-month cyber attack in late 2020. (No No details were given on how the attackers gained access.). (No

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The post As Cyber Attacks Mount, Small Businesses seek Authentication. » Related Stories Opinion: AI and Machine Learning will power both Cyber Offense and Defense in 2020 Passwordless? A LastPass survey of IT leaders has some valuable clues. Read the whole entry. »

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

The threat landscape for businesses today is filled with many different security threats and attack vectors used by hackers and other malicious individuals. On the world scene, 2020 has already been a challenging year for businesses across the board with COVID-19. What Is a Cyber Attack? Who are behind cyber attacks?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

NASA audit: work from home greatly increases attack surface. The audit proves what we've heard from many security leaders during our SecureWorld Remote Sessions : the pandemic and work from home have greatly increased the cyber attack surface and attack attempts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A high alert raised by FBI, NSA and CISA on a joint note says that some government backed hackers are busy stealing confidential information from defense contractors and the campaign to steal intelligence is going from January 2020. Note 2- The advisory was issued when Russia was trying to wage a war with its neighbor Ukraine.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 28, 2022

Recent research from Hiscox even found that a fifth of businesses across the US and Europe faced insolvency as a direct result of a cyber attack. Unfortunately, transferring traditional insurance models to the cyber-sphere isn’t an easy task. billion in 2020, expected to rise to US$27.83 This, in turn, limits uptake.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

Data from at least one insurance broker tracked a near doubling of clients who were opting in for cyber-specific insurance from 26% in 2016 to 47% in 2020. Lyle said the same rush of companies to shift some of their financial risks around cybersecurity to insurance also likely contributed to those increases.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

ransomware to conduct the cyber-attack, the hackers threaten to expose stolen files unless the company pays a ransom. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time the company has experienced such an attack. Malicious hackers claim to have hacked into the network system of the Foxconn Baja factory in Mexico on June 11.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 3, 2021

Universal Health Services (UHS), an American Fortune 500 company that provides healthcare services, recently revealed that it fell victim to a cyberattack in late September 2020 which forced IT networks to be shutdown at multiple hospitals in the US. This is just more proof that cyber risk is a business risk.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to remember, however, as we slowly transition back into some semblance of normality, that there will be new challenges to face in all facets of life, and the Cyber Security sector is no exception. Human error is still the number one cause of cyber attack and home working could make this even more prominent.

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IT Security Central

JULY 6, 2021

According to the FBI’s recently released Internet Crime Report 2020, cybercrime resulted in $4 billion in losses last year, a low estimate that still encapsulates the incredible value lost to threats actors. The costs and consequences of a data breach or cybersecurity incident have never been more severe.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 30, 2020

» Related Stories As Cyber Attacks Mount, Small Businesses seek Authentication Fix Opinion: AI and Machine Learning will power both Cyber Offense and Defense in 2020 Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem Also: Bad Password Habits start at Home. Read the whole entry. »

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

True enough, cyber attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated across the board and the attack surface continues to expand as digital transformation accelerates. At the same time, more organizations are taking cyber risk mitigation as seriously as they should.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2021

And now CISOs and security teams are getting some surprise mainstream exposure from comedians as they turn cyber headlines into security punchlines. It is helping raise greater security and cyber risk awareness within organizations, with everyone from end-users to board members. It was very productive. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7!".

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2021

New research reveals that a record number of organizations are buying cyber insurance policies as a tool for protecting themselves against cyber risk. However, the cost for those policies is rising dramatically as cyber insurance premiums soar up to 30% vs. the previous year. Cyber-specific policies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The report provides an inside look at the insights and tools used by risk managers, IT departments, security researchers, and solution providers to hone their offerings and approaches to keeping organizations safe from evolving cyber threats. “By Ransomware claims and costs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

The 2020 Global State of Industrial Cybersecurity report found that 74% of IT security professionals are more concerned about a cyberattack on critical infrastructure than an enterprise data breach. Therefore, it is vital to be proactive rather than reactive to reduce these cyber-risks.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s a roller coaster of a time to lead, as CIOs, CISOs and CTOs are having to deal with more users, data, devices, technologies, connectivity, mobility, regulations, risks, and threats than they care to. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. McKinsey & Company raised the alarm in 2020.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 4, 2020. AON ACQUIRES CYTELLIGENCE, A LEADING INTERNATIONAL CYBER SECURITY FIRM WITH DEEP EXPERTISE IN CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE AND DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS. ? Global cyber insurance premiums are expected to grow from $4 billion in 2018 to $20 billion by 2025.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These are just a handful of the 18,000 or so customers affected by the SolarWinds Orion data breach of 2020, and, nearly two years later, the company continues to handle the fallout from this event. “We We expect to incur significant legal and other professional services expenses associated with the Cyber Incident in future.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 11, 2021

Assurance of the adoption of these five security controls by an organisation provides a good degree of confidence an organisation is protected against the most common cyber threats, thus the UK Cyber Essentials certification scheme was born. The maximum amount is the higher value between £17.5

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

From Solar Winds to Colonial Pipeline, we’ve seen that the consequences of a ransomware attack don’t just affect the victimized organization – they can have trickle-down effects that impact whole communities, industries and even nations. The Herjavec Group Threat Team recently reported on the State of Ransomware in 2021.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Attributing cyber-attacks to the responsible threat actors is an incredibly difficult task. While cybercriminals are often upfront with their intentions and in claiming responsibility for an attack, mapping real world identities can often be incredibly challenging.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Series A Cado Security 2020 London, UK 26 $11.5 Series B Wiz 2020 Tel Aviv, Israel 186 $230.0 Most traditional tools used for investigating cyber attacks cannot assess potential impacts on these environments. Startup Est Headquarters Staff Funding Funding Type DoControl 2020 New York, NY 37 $13.4 Series B SECURITI.ai

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

A 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Special Report found that 54 % of all cyber attacks cost the target company more than $0.5 However, smaller companies rarely have the IT talent, tools, or budget to prevent such attacks. million — damages that would crush most SMBs. We offer a product that has a ton of value,” Côté says.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

To this day, the group that launched the NotPetya attack is still active, and it’s not unreasonable to believe they’ll strike again. A second example is the SolarWinds breach in 2020. of the CMMC, a framework for protecting the defense industrial base from complex cyber attacks. Other frameworks such as the U.S.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

22% of PC users still use Windows 7, which Microsoft stopped supporting in January 2020. Researchers on Monday reported that 22% of PC users still use Windows 7, which Microsoft stopped supporting in January 2020. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

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Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

While the world transitions out of the pandemic, cyber adversaries have continued to take advantage of the chaos – cyber attacks have skyrocketed and are only becoming more frequent, destructive, and sophisticated. Ransomware – the hacker’s current cyber weapon of choice.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Particularly during the peak of COVID-19, research by IBM found that ransomware incidents ‘exploded’ in June 2020, which saw twice as many ransomware attacks as the month prior, taking advantage of remote workers being away from the help of IT teams.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2020

In February, ISA, in partnership with the National Association of Corporate Directors ( NACD ), published the 2020 edition of their Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook for Corporate Boards. LW: How is it that we’ve come this far in the digital age with such a lack of clarity about the economic context of cyber risks?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 5, 2020

Related: The golden age of cyber espionage The United States, at present, operates with a “nebulous” definition of what constitutes a cyber attack that rises to the level of threatening national security, asserts Rogers, who was commander, U.S. At a fundamental level, it comes down to more rigorously practicing cyber hygiene.

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