Categories: News Tags: hardbit Tags: ransomware Tags: infection Tags: insurance Tags: cyber Tags: negotiation Tags: encrypted Tags: locked Tags: network We take a look at a ransomware infection which uses a novel approach to payments: asking for the victim’s insurance details. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: France Tags: law Tags: 72 hours Tags: cyberincident Tags: insurance A French law has been announced that requires victims of a cyberincident to report within 72 hours after discovery. We have heard similar proposals that may come through |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:57:03 +0000
Cyber insurance is back in the news, but this time the focus is on personal insurance. We take a look at what’s on offer.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:30:10 +0000
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| Beyond the usual arguments on this subject, we wanted to ask the question: Are there any security risks we need to be worried about if the United States were to switch to ‘Healthcare for All’ policies? Categories: Tags: adam kujawaAMCAAmerican Medical Collection AgencyBlue Cross Blue ShieldbreachesCMScybercrimeDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDominion NationalElectronic Frontier FoundationGAOGovernment Accountability Officehealthcarehealthcare.govHeatlhcareHHSinsuranceinteroperabilityMalwarebytesmalwarebytes labsMedicare for allOnline Privacy Act of 2019OS IncPrema Blue CrossSolara Medical SuppliesSpectrum Health Lakelandthird-party servicesWolverine Solutions Group |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:30:38 +0000
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| A look at the cybersecurity news from October 7 – 13, including updates on war shipping, managed service providers, and stalkerware. Categories: Tags: amazonbody camsbotschromecybersecurityfacial recognitionGitHubGoogleiceinsuranceinsurance cybersecuritymanaged service providersmulti-factor authenticationnational cybersecurity awareness monthNational domestic violence awareness monthNCSAMpolice body camssecuritystalkerwaretwitterUS Immigration and Customs Enforcementwar shipping |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| We take a look at the many reasons people and businesses make use of cyber insurance, and ask if it’s as bad as (some) make it out to be. Categories: Tags: backupsclaimscyber insurancecybersecurity policycybersecurity trainingfirst partyinsurancemalwareransomwareransomware insurancethird partythreat actorsthreats |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:00:36 +0000
In this episode, Dave and Jeff discuss Facebook’s battle with ad-blockers, NotPetya ransomware, Lenovo losing employees’ private data, and more.
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