Latest Cyber Headlines
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Economic and Cyber Risks Lead Global D&O Concerns: Survey
May 2 2023 // At the top of increasing concerns for directors and officers around the globe are economic, geopolitical and cyber risks, according to the latest Directors and Officers Liability 2023 Survey released by Willis Towers...
Cyber Insurance Rate Hikes Moderate, While Property Prices Rise in Most Regions: Marsh
Apr 27 2023 // Average global cyber insurance prices continued to moderate in the first quarter, with average price increases of 11%, compared to 28% in Q4 2022, according to the Global Insurance Market Index published by insurance...
Cybersecurity Fail: Top 10 Passwords Used by the Insurance Industry
Apr 27 2023 // Despite cybersecurity experts’ repeated warnings, the insurance sector, along with other industries, is not doing a great job when it comes to creating secure passwords, says new research by password manager...
People Moves: QBE Nabs Davis From Beazley to Head Cyber; Dhillon Head of Markel’s Catastrophe, Exposure Management
Apr 26 2023 // QBE Names Davis to Newly Created Position: Global Head of Cyber QBE Insurance Group Limited has appointed Serene Davis to newly the created position global head of cyber. Davis will begin working in the role on May...
Lessons From Inside: Two Cyber Experts Share Biggest Risks for Companies
Apr 26 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv On this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, two cybersecurity experts shared their inside view of the current cyber risk landscape. “While working in the cybersecurity industry for...
People Moves: Hiscox Re & ILS Hires Hamilton Re’s Shah as Dir. of U/W Risk; BHSI Names Claims Execs in Germany; Aon’s Reins. Solutions Taps AXA XL’s Grigg for Cyber
Apr 26 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hiscox Re & ILS, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), and Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions A summary of these new hires follows here. Hiscox...
U.S. Deploys More Cyber Forces Abroad to Help Fight Hackers
Apr 26 2023 // The United States is sending more of its cyber forces abroad to help foreign governments fight hackers, a top U.S. military official said at the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. In the last three years, the...
American Bar Association Sued Over Data Breach
Apr 25 2023 // A member of the American Bar Association (ABA) has filed a class-action lawsuit against the organization related to a recent data breach. Tiffany Troy, on behalf of herself and other affected members, filed the suit in...
DC Health Link Data Breach Blamed on Human Error
Apr 25 2023 // The recent data breach of personal information for thousands of users of Washington D.C.’s health insurance exchange, including members of Congress, was caused by basic human error, according to a top...
Capita Warns Customer Data May Have Been Stolen in Cyber Attack
Apr 21 2023 // Capita Plc, one of the UK’s biggest outsourcing companies, said that customer data may have been stolen during a recent cyberattack. There is “currently some evidence of limited data exfiltration from the small...
ChatGPT Poised to Expose Corporate Secrets, Cyber Firm Warns
Apr 20 2023 // Companies using generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT could be putting confidential customer information and trade secrets at risk, according to a report from Team8, an Israel-based venture firm. The...
Cyber Firm Group-IB Finalizes Exit From Russia to Spur Global Expansion Ambitions
Apr 20 2023 // Cybersecurity company Group-IB has finalized its exit from Russia, the group said on Thursday, cutting ties with its original market in an effort to spur its global expansion ambitions. Punitive Western sanctions against...
British Officials Sound Alarm on Spyware, Mercenary Hacking Market
Apr 20 2023 // British officials are sounding the alarm over the widespread abuse of surveillance software and hackers-for-hire, saying that thousands of people were being targeted each year by an industry they described as posing an...
EU Announces $1.2B Plan to Counter Growing Cyber-security Threats
Apr 19 2023 // The European Commission on Tuesday announced a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.2 billion) plan to counter growing cybersecurity threats, underscoring mounting concerns about a series of high-profile hacking incidents. The growing use...
Russian Hackers Target Western Critical Infrastructure, UK Warns
Apr 19 2023 // The UK government’s cyber defense agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war on Ukraine. Russia-aligned...
Hackers Stole Arizona School Data; Teachers Left in the Dark
Apr 19 2023 // Classrooms across Tucson, Arizona, were ravaged by ransomware in January that locked up computer systems and forced teachers to revamp lesson plans. Officials in southern Arizona’s largest school district tried...
Restaurants Affected by Ransomware Attack on Payment System Firm NCR
Apr 18 2023 // Atlanta-based NCR Corp., one of the largest makers of payment systems, self-checkout technology and ATMs, said it had been targeted this week by a ransomware attack, affecting some customer restaurants. An NCR data center...
Supply Chain Hack in Japan Provides Warning for Businesses Across the Globe
Apr 18 2023 // Kojima Industries Corp. is a small company and little-known outside Japan, where it produces cup holders, USB sockets and door pockets for car interiors. But its modest role in the automotive supply chain is a critical...
Cyber Watchdog Has ‘No Confidence’ in Emergency Cell Network Security
Apr 12 2023 // America’s cybersecurity watchdog has no confidence that the cellular network used by American first responders and the military is secure against digital intrusions, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said in a letter released...
German Superyacht Maker Lürssen Hit by Ransomware Cyber Attack
Apr 12 2023 // German shipbuilder Lürssen, which makes military vessels as well as luxury yachts, has become the target of a ransomware cyberattack. The Bremen-based company was attacked over the Easter holiday period, company spokesman...
