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Russian cyber attack on US mobile customers

CyberSecurity Insiders

He asked all the technology CEOs, and the business heads to bolster their in-house cybersecurity measures to mitigate the cyber risks emerging from Moscow. Cyber Attack on Verizon’s network and generating spam from the users’ own phone numbers needs a lot of technical expertise of international standards.

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Zurich chief warned that cyber attacks will become uninsurable

Security Affairs

The chief executive of insurance giant Zurich warns that cyber attacks, rather than natural catastrophes, will become uninsurable. Mario Greco, chief executive of insurer giant Zurich, has warned that cyber attacks will become soon “uninsurable.”. These people can severely disrupt our lives.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Seeds of Destruction: Cyber Risk Is Growing in Agriculture

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#213): Molly Jahn of DARPA and University of Wisconsin joins us to talk about the growing cyber risk to the Food and Agriculture sector, as industry consolidation and precision agriculture combine to increase the chances of cyber disruption of food production. Read the whole entry. »

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A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns

Security Affairs

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine L agarde, is warning that a cyber-attack on a major financial institution could trigger a liquidity crisis. The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has warned that a coordinated cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis.

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How to Stop Local Governments From Being Attractive Cyber Attack Targets

CyberSecurity Insiders

A coordinated attack in the fall of 2019 hit 22 smaller Texas communities at once for a combined ransom of $2.5 The Texas attack showed that what once was thought to be a big city problem is leaving every local government vulnerable, and attacks are on the rise. 1 and June 4.

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NASA Audit: Cyber Risk Skyrockets with 'Work from Home'

SecureWorld News

NASA audit: work from home greatly increases attack surface. The audit proves what we've heard from many security leaders during our SecureWorld Remote Sessions : the pandemic and work from home have greatly increased the cyber attack surface and attack attempts.

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Pearson agreed to pay $1 million for 2018 Data Theft

CyberSecurity Insiders

To deteriorate the cyber risk, Pearson filed an annual review report in July 2019 saying there was a significant possibility of student Dobs and email addresses stolen in the cyber attack, when it actually knew that the records were indeed stolen.