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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 As the number and severity of data breaches continues to rise, organizations are recognizing that those costs are not theoretical. Cyber Insurance is Booming.

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Security Roundup June 2023

BH Consulting

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. And 95 per cent of breaches are financially motivated, the report found. When is a cybersecurity incident a GDPR data breach?

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Cybersecurity threats: what awaits us in 2023?

SecureList

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. will lead more people to poverty, which always translates to increased criminality (cyber or otherwise), and we know ransomware to be extremely profitable. Some may even perceive this as their patriotic duty.

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

Adam Levin

“The scam is frequently carried out when a subject compromises legitimate business email accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct unauthorized transfers of funds.” Most importantly, the FBI encourages victims of cybercrime to continue to file reports to law enforcement.

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The Unseen Threats: Anticipating Cybersecurity Risks in 2024

Security Boulevard

Recovery from supply chain attacks will cost 3x-5x more as compared to data breaches. Attackers will leverage AI for more scalable and effective social engineering attacks, disinformation campaigns, vulnerability discovery, and exploit amplification. Nation-state attacks on supply chains will double in 2024. In 2024: 1.

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