Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Some industries saw particularly high growth of double-extortion attacks, including healthcare (643%), food service (460%), mining (229%), education (225%), media (200%), and manufacturing (190%). Here are some best practices recommendations to safeguard your organization against ransomware: Get your applications off of the internet.

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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I was personally honored in my early career to work for Wang Laboratories and was invited to share one of my visions ‘fax over the internet’ with the company, which I invented. Within this whirlwind of all things moving to the internet, insurance vendors recently began to take cyber insurance very seriously.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

First, call the cyber insurance company that issued the organization’s cybersecurity policy. Most insurance companies require specific incident response vendors, procedures, and reporting that must be met to meet the standards to be insured. The First Calls After an Attack.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Specializing in seed and Series A opportunities, the San Francisco-based firm has an extensive consumer, enterprise, and healthcare investments portfolio. Insight’s portfolio goes beyond cybersecurity, serving IT verticals in data, fintech, healthcare, and logistics. Insight Partners. Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. With the extensive use of the internet, malicious ads pose a long-lasting threat if not blocked. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Over the past decade, once siloed, Operational Technology (OT) systems have become increasingly connected to the internet, as water and energy systems become powered by intelligent IoT sensors and government operations are deep-rooted in data. CNI attacks, both targeted and untargeted, have never been easier to carry out.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

An attacker can easily scan the internet for websites that haven’t patched a vulnerability for which the attacker has an exploit. In addition to encrypting data and holding it hostage, ransomware attackers also upload valuable data to other systems on the internet. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

SpiderSilk offers an impressive proprietary internet scanner that maps out a company’s assets and network attack surface to detect vulnerabilities. Cowbell Cyber. The healthcare segment alone saw significant investment in cybersecurity due to the adoption of telehealth and teleworking models. SpiderSilk.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

The primary target and focus for nation-states will continue to be their adversaries Critical Infrastructure sectors, such as healthcare, government, communications, transportation, defense industrial base, media, utilities, finance, and cargo logistics. Enforcement of regulations is also causing serious tension.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Between the initial damage inflicted on your data, the threat of data leak to the Internet, and the loss of business as a result of damaged customer confidence, the net effect on your business can be major. RobinHood is not known to leak data to the Internet if no payment is made.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

“I think that’s an area we’re going to see ransomware actors move into unfortunately, because it tends to be very successful and it’s got a relatively low barrier to entry once there are [proof of concept exploits] published on the internet and that’s another way that attackers can potentially make a lot of money quickly.”.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Cunningham John Paul Cunningham , CISO, Silverfort Identity-based attacks in 2024, like those on Microsoft and Snowflake, are prompting insurers to intensify scrutiny in 2025. As a result, sectors like healthcare and energy are adopting breach-ready defenses, emphasizing microsegmentation to contain impacts and ensure resilience.

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