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#1 Spyware Hacking of Egyptian Oppo Leader Prompts Updates from Apple
Sep 25 2023 // BOSTON (AP) — A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware after announcing a presidential bid, security researchers reported Friday. They said Egyptian authorities were likely behind the...
#2 Viewpoint: Solving Systemic Risk Is the Cyber Market’s Number One Priority
Sep 22 2023 // The Grange Pub in Cardiff is a typical modern British tavern. A short stroll from the city centre, it’s busy most days of the week. Weekends are packed, especially for Sunday lunch. In March 2020 all that stopped....
#3 MGM Resorts Recovers From Cyberattack, but Still No Digital Room Keys
Sep 21 2023 // MGM Resorts said on Wednesday its hotels and casinos were back to normal operations but it was working to resolve issues at its luxury Excalibur hotel and casino in Las Vegas, over a week after a cyberattack disrupted its...
#4 Bermuda Public Services Remain Disrupted After Cyber Attack
Sep 26 2023 // Bermuda is working to restore public services that were halted after last week’s “sophisticated and deliberate” cyberattack on its government systems, the island’s premier, E. David Burt, said on...
#5 US Federal Agencies Aim to Streamline ‘Hodgepodge’ of Cyber Reporting Rules
Sep 20 2023 // The Department of Homeland Security wants Congress and other federal agencies to help it streamline 52 different cyber reporting requirements to protect critical infrastructure and ease regulatory burdens on hacking...
#6 Caesars Entertainment Paid Millions to Hackers in Attack
Sep 14 2023 // Caesars Entertainment Inc. paid tens of millions of dollars to hackers who broke into the company’s systems in recent weeks and threatened to release the company’s data, according to two people familiar with...
#7 Hackers Who Breached Casino Giants MGM, Caesars also Hit 3 Other Firms, Okta Says
Sep 19 2023 // Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment in recent weeks also broke into the systems of three other companies in the manufacturing, retail, and technology space, a security...
#8 People Moves: Former CSAA CEO Troy Joins USAA; Big ‘I’ Installs McBride as New Chairman; Dagostino AXA XL’s Global Cyber CUO, Commercial
Sep 14 2023 // Former CSAA CEO Troy Joins USAA USAA has selected former CSAA president and chief executive Tom Troy as its chief transformation officer. He will start Sept. 25 and report to CEO Wayne Peacock. This newly created position...
#9 Viewpoint: IT Asset Disposition Is Growing Cyber Security Threat for All Organizations
Sep 19 2023 // Cyber risk headlines are dominated by rising ransomware activity and soaring global data breach costs. The increased ransomware activity, driven largely by threat actor financial motives, has indiscriminately affected all...
#10 Clorox’s First-Quarter Results Could See ‘Material Impact’ From Cyber Attack
Sep 18 2023 // Pine-Sol maker Clorox said on Monday its first-quarter results could see a “material impact” from a cybersecurity attack last month that damaged portions of its IT infrastructure and caused widescale disruption...
#11 Marsh McLennan Asks Court to Revisit Data Breach Ruling to Avoid Flood of Litigation
Sep 28 2023 // Marsh McLennan wants the Second Circuit appeals court to reconsider its August decision that overruled a district court and reinstated a former employee’s lawsuit against the company over a 2021 data breach. Marsh...
#12 Lloyd’s Cyber War Exclusions: Confusing, Disruptive, but Necessary?
May 22 2023 // The rollout of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) cyber war exclusions received considerable criticism for the chaos and confusion they caused leading up to their effective date on March 31. But here are...
#13 Alleged Russian Hacker Charged in $200 Million Ransomware Spree
May 17 2023 // A Russian man was charged by US authorities in connection with his alleged role with multiple ransomware gangs that attacked hospitals, schools and police departments. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, who was known online as...
#14 MGM Hack Has Vegas Hotels Resorting to Cash Bars, Paper Vouchers
Sep 13 2023 // MGM Resorts International has been saying its hotels and casinos are “operational” following a cyberattack over the weekend that appeared to take down everything from payment systems to sportsbooks. Some of its...
#15 US Agencies Hit in MOVEit Hacking Campaign as Victim List Grows
Jun 16 2023 // Multiple US agencies were compromised by a hacking campaign in which attackers have exploited flaws in a popular software tool to gather information from a range of victims. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
#16 Low-Tech Cyber Attacks Took Advantage of Fixable Vulnerabilities in 2022: Coalition
May 16 2023 // Outdated technology, poor software maintenance, and the dreaded clicking of a malicious link were most to blame for cyber insurance claims experienced by policyholders in 2022, according to a new report from...
#17 Consistent Policy Wording Bringing Some Relief to Evolving Cyber Market
May 19 2023 // Consistency within cyber insurance policies is something the industry has been grappling with for nearly a decade, according to speakers at the annual RIMS Riskworld conference, held this year in Atlanta, but the industry...
#18 Hackers Contacted Cybersecurity Firm CEO’s Son, Wife in Extortion Attempt
May 17 2023 // Hackers stole contracts from cybersecurity firm Dragos Inc. as part of an extortion attempt that included contacting the chief executive officer’s wife and 5-year-old son, according to a company blog post, documents...
#19 Marsh: Cyber Insurance Purchases Climb After Rocky Couple of Years
May 23 2023 // Stricter policy language, pricing increases and more scrutiny at policy inception made for a tumultuous couple of years in the cyber insurance market. Despite this, 36% of Marsh’s clients reported buying cyber...
#20 Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber
Aug 25 2023 // At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other...
