Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

While various sectors in Australia were noted to be particularly targeted, the Avaddon strain has been instrumental in the successful network compromise of the Asian division of the AXA Group , one of the biggest cyber insurance companies in the world.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 10, 2021

The company also provides services to real estate, legal, insurance, financial services, petrochemical and the oil and gas industries. According to this year’s Cyber Threat Report from SonicWall , ransomware attacks have increased rapidly, surpassing the number of attacks in 2020 and the first half of this year.

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Webroot

JULY 8, 2021

Our latest threat report found the average ransomware payment peaked in September 2020 at more than $230 thousand. They extend to fines for breaches of compliance regulation, the rising costs of cybersecurity insurance and a host of other unforeseen consequences. But the ransom alone doesn’t tell the whole story.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The cybersecurity regulations apply to entities overseen by the NYDFS, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, agents, and brokers, as well as banks, trusts, mortgage lenders and brokers, money transmitters, check cashers, and other related businesses.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

According to the Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare and Life Sciences Edition , in 2023, among healthcare and life sciences respondents, human error (76%) is the leading reported cause of cloud data breaches, well ahead of a lack of MFA, the second highest, at 11%. What is HIPAA? Who does it apply to?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Other cases include health information being stolen and sold to life insurance companies, home breakings being timed for when people are not home based on hacked thermostat information and much more. With more sophisticated attacks and the ensuing damage, why are people seemingly not more concerned about securing their data?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 23, 2019

According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-India Edition , digital transformation is well underway in India, with 41% of Indian respondents saying they are either aggressively disrupting the markets they participate in or embedding digital capabilities that enable greater organizational agility.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

That includes banks, insurances, payment institutions, stock market, and many financial management firms (trading, crypt-assets, etc). What is the scope of DORA? As set out in its Article 2, DORA applies to the entire financial services sector.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

With that in mind, Thales has launched the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, which includes responses from 300 security leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations. Download the full Thales 2022 Data Threat Report for the Critical Infrastructure for more information.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Capital markets, insurance, financial services, and banking are now online. Other methods.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 3, 2024

This has led to a huge change in the way customers interact with financial organisations, with the majority of Americans now buying insurance online, and over 65% of Europeans now regularly using online banking.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Breach damages of $300k to $1 million may be within the risk tolerance for some, and many may expect to recoup damages from cybersecurity insurance. CrowdStrike 2024 Global Threat Report : Compiles data and insights from their cybersecurity tools and threat hunting teams working worldwide.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline. MarCom Awards Its not only our technical solutions that win awardsour communications efforts do, too.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Many victims wind up paying a fraction of that amount, as they may be able to negotiate these charges down or rely on cyber insurance coverage to cover a portion of these costs. The average ransom demands have soared between $50 million and $70 million.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline. MarCom Awards Its not only our technical solutions that win awardsour communications efforts do, too.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Tokenization (for instance) is used both to take servers using credit card data out of audit requirements by replacing data with a “token” that represents the information, as well as for meeting needs to such as obscuring driver’s license numbers, national identity or insurance numbers, social security information.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Thats according to Corvus Insurances Q3 2024 Cyber Threat Report , which said many of the ransomware attacks in Q3 leveraged outdated VPN software and poorly protected VPN gateways.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

However, even after the Colonial Pipeline attack, less than half of businesses (48%) have a formal ransomware plan according to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report. In addition, the report found that one in five businesses have paid or would pay a ransom to get their data. Cyber insurance coverage ramps up.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

According to the 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), ransomware or extortion was involved in nearly one-third of breaches, indicating a shift among traditional ransomware actors toward new methods, including mobile-focused extortion.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Britain's biggest banks, including Barclays, HSBC, and NatWest, and insurance companies, including Aviva and Direct Line, will face new tougher testing of their cyber defences by the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC). Banks and Insurers to Face Tough Cyber Stress Tests under Bank of England Plan.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient records were always valued by attackers for launching sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchasing medical supplies or drugs, or committing other types of fraud including identity theft. Hospitals and healthcare organizations were an attractive target even before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

Quantum Resistant Crypto Briefing The proliferation of quantum computing will bring many exciting applications, but it also creates novel threats to data security and privacy. , presented by Steven Gautier , Principal Solutions Architect. Security teams must build quantum resilience today to protect their business from emerging risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient records were always valued by attackers for launching sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchasing medical supplies or drugs, or committing other types of fraud including identity theft. Hospitals and healthcare organizations were an attractive target even before the coronavirus pandemic.

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