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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. Erin: How has the cyber threat landscape evolved since you first got into cybersecurity?

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Does That Data Make Your Company a Cyber Attack Target?

CyberSecurity Insiders

From a macro level, the primary focus is speed to market. This means that the product team’s time and resources are spent defining target customers, securing funding and achieving the kind of scale that can bring its features to market quickly. The post Does That Data Make Your Company a Cyber Attack Target?

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As market for cyber insurance booms, watchdog calls for better data

SC Magazine

In a report released May 20, the Government Accountability Office looked at how the private cybersecurity insurance market has developed over the past five yearsRich Baich is global chief information security officer for insurance giant AIG. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

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Cyber Attack on Ardent Health Closes 3 of Its 30 Emergency Rooms

SecureWorld News

A few percentage slide in company value on the stock market could be in the hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. Hospital administrators are quick to point out that, to date, there have been no known cases in which a ransomware attack on a healthcare facility has been proven to lead to a patient's death.

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Cyber Threats to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Digital Shadows

Cyber threat actors, with varying resources and motivations, are highly interested in these eye-catching events too. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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GUEST ESSAY: The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation and fake news

The Last Watchdog

For instance, during the lockdown period of 2020, there was a huge surge in fake news and illegal activity related to the financial and other markets. Cyber attackers have used misleading information on social media for procuring campaign finances as well as personal and financial information of people and corporations.

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The Government of Taiwan Faces 5 Million Cyber Threats Daily

Hacker Combat

According to Taiwan officials, the island is under millions of cyber-attacks, with over 50 percent of the attacks originating from China. Chien Hung-wei, the director of the cyber security department, told the parliament that the government of Taiwan faces over five million cyber-attacks and probes daily.