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Security Affairs newsletter Round 494 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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How Information Security Breaks The Classic IT Model

Security Boulevard

How Information Security Breaks The Classic IT Model. That $3.29, even with cyber insurance, is still a significant hit to the organization’s bottom line. How does information security fit into the producer/consumer model? In some cases, yes, information security does fit into this in several ways: a.

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University of Utah pays a $457,000 ransom to ransomware gang

Security Affairs

The University was able to recover the operations from the backups, but decided to pay the ransom to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. University of Utah officials explained that the university’s cyber insurance policy covered part of the ransom. ” continues the statement.

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Ransomware Attack Hits Carnival Cruise Corporation: What We Know

SecureWorld News

Security researcher and pentester Vinny Troia tells SecureWorld that although some hackers love making headlines and the notoriety of it all, most have a very specific motivation for their attacks: "Money, money. Ransomware attacks: another argument for cyber insurance? And number one is cyber insurance.

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HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost

Security Affairs

For those who have cyber insurance against ransomware attacks. Insurance companies require you to keep your insurance information secret, this is to never pay the maximum amount specified in the contract or to pay nothing at all, disrupting negotiations. Very important! reads the ransom note.

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The Financial Dynamics Behind Ransomware Attacks

Security Affairs

In some cases, attackers are even leveraging the threat of regulatory actions or causing cyber insurance policies to be rendered moot by reporting lapses in security on the part of the victim to regulators and insurers. The indirect costs of ransomware attacks are often even more damaging.

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C-suites adapt to ransomware as a cost of doing business

SC Magazine

Coats is a member of the Cybersecurity Collaborative , a chief information security officer membership organization owned by SC Media parent company CyberRisk Alliance. I do believe wholeheartedly that companies are waking up to recognize that cyber is a business driver and a business risk, and ransomware is [a] cost of doing business.