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Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out For in 2025

Centraleyes

Attackers are becoming more organized, with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations providing easy access to malicious tools for even novice cybercriminals. Current cybersecurity trends show that attackers are now targeting critical infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services, leading to massive disruptions.

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How security pros, the insurance industry, and regulators can combat ransomware

SC Magazine

AIG is one of the top cyber insurance companies in the U.S. Today’s columnist, Erin Kennealy of Guidewire Software, offers ways for security pros, the insurance industry and government regulators to come together so insurance companies can continue to offer insurance for ransomware. eflon CreativeCommons CC BY 2.0.

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Ransomware Task Force of 60+ Members From Industry, Government, Law Enforcement, Civil Society, and International Organizations Publishes Comprehensive Framework to Combat Ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

The 48 recommended actions provide guidance for dealing with the complexities of the ransomware epidemic, from the role of cyber insurance, to cryptocurrency, to safe havens for threat actors.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Ransomware facts.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. Should I get a ransomware cyber insurance policy? Many organizations have used cyber insurance to recover from ransomware attacks.

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Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out For in 2025

Centraleyes

Attackers are becoming more organized, with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations providing easy access to malicious tools for even novice cybercriminals. Current cybersecurity trends show that attackers are now targeting critical infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services, leading to massive disruptions.