article thumbnail

Cyber Insurers Pull Back Amid Increase in Cyber Attacks, Costs

eSecurity Planet

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers.

article thumbnail

How security pros, the insurance industry, and regulators can combat ransomware

SC Magazine

AIG is one of the top cyber insurance companies in the U.S. Today’s columnist, Erin Kennealy of Guidewire Software, offers ways for security pros, the insurance industry and government regulators to come together so insurance companies can continue to offer insurance for ransomware. eflon CreativeCommons CC BY 2.0.

Insurance 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

First, however, let's look at the top 15 cyber threats organizations face right now, according to the report: Malware. During the reporting period, Emotet evolved into a botnet, increased its activity, and initiated new localized spam campaigns with spear-phishing functionality to install ransomware or steal information.". Data Breach.

article thumbnail

Cybersecurity in 2020

Cytelligence

The variety show of phishing attacks – While email remains number one for phishing attacks, cybercriminals are also using a variety of other attack routes to trick their intended victims into giving up personal information, login credentials, or even sending money.

article thumbnail

You’ve Never Heard of the C-Suite Targeting Scam, but It’s a Killer

Adam Levin

That is exponentially more expensive than other cyber events. Consider that the average cost for a ransomware attack against a business is about $4,400, and your run of the mill phishing incident weighs in at a much less hefty $500. So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing? BEC has a home In the pantheon of ishings.

Scams 130
article thumbnail

Why 83 Percent of Large Companies Are Vulnerable to This Basic Domain Hack

Adam Levin

Hackers were also quick to pounce on the disruption caused by the 2018 shutdown of the U.S. A recent domain hijack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck.com was used to spoof the company in a spear-phishing campaign. Many of these faux-Zoom sites were used to distribute malware under the guise of links to online meetings.

Hacking 130
article thumbnail

Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Krebs on Security

companies with the Cyber Risk Score, and then invited these companies to sign up and see how their score compares with that of other organizations in their industry. The stated use cases for the Cyber Risk Score include the potential for cyber insurance pricing and underwriting, and evaluating supply chain risk (i.e.,