Cytelligence

JANUARY 14, 2020

The rise of cyber insurance – Underwriters will sell more cyber insurance policies for businesses and government agencies such as schools, hospitals and utilities. Insurance companies may guide their policyholders to pay ransoms, as this is generally cheaper than having to recover from a ransomware attack.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We carry insurance, including cyber insurance, which we believe to be commensurate with our size and the nature of our operations. What data is encrypted or stolen? Relying on cyber liability insurance during a ransomware attack. Related: SecureWorld virtual event schedule ]. Is it critical?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Remember, sometimes a little common sense goes a lot further than the fanciest encryption out there. Ransomware is another significant threat, where attackers encrypt an organization's data and demand payment for its release. The key here is implementing smart, affordable cybersecurity strategies that work best for nonprofits.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. As a result, many organizations are shifting away from cyber insurance and adopting layered defenses in an effort to achieve cyber resilience. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. 2022 was no different.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

There are hardware elements such as having a redundant data center, where the enterprise can fail over during an event. In the event of ransomware, the enterprise needs to have access to an uncorrupted copy of its data, so it can refuse to submit to cyber criminals’ demands. Also see the Best Business Continuity Solutions.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

As we’ve seen recently, cyber insurance is no guarantee of avoiding a ransomware pitfall either with refusal of payout being decided in a court of law. Backups are the last line of defence against an attack that encrypts your data. Rate limiting is a great way to fend off brute force attempts on your login.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Only about 20% of the ransomware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) used by ransomware attackers are identified out-of-the-box by antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and security information and event management (SIEM) tools. Attempt access to file and SQL servers with privileged accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

These platforms make it possible for security teams to analyze consolidated threat feeds from various external alerts and log events. TIPs contextualize these threats, offering security teams more information, usually at a faster rate than vendor threat feeds.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Common ransomware protections could have partially mitigated either event. It’s a little blunt to be a solution,” said Mike McNerney, chief operating officer of Resilience, which provides cyber insurance, and a former policy adviser to the Department of Defense. We’re going to end up criminalizing being a victim.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 11, 2021

Too many businesses cannot continue their activities until they recover the data encrypted by ransomware. Many collaborative platforms can help you recover the data encrypted by ransomware. Your own systems may fail to process the encryption key. And do not forget about data encryption, both data in transit and static.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Machine-in-the-middle attacks : A good DNS filter uses DNS encryption, which secures the connection between your computer and the DNS resolver. Bonus: Cyber insurance. Without cyber insurance, you can expect to pay a dizzying amount of cash. Read more: 4 ways businesses can save money on cyber insurance.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Cyber Insurers, regulators and customers will expect these controls to be present, regardless of public or private status. As the impact of cyber events spreads across more nations, with greater negative effect, expect to see more governments jumping on the bandwagon. Watch this space — there’s more to come!

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. And so, a lot of times once the encryption occurs, that's really the final stage. They found what they believed to be sensitive data and then they perform the encryption. By no means. Of the of the incident.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this episode of the podcast (#117), we go deep on one of the hottest sectors around: cyber insurance. In the first segment, we talk with Thomas Harvey of the firm RMS about the problem of “silent cyber” risk to insurers and how better modeling of cyber incidents is helping to address that threat.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 22, 2022

But according to Anne Neuberger, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology, this warning is “based on evolving threat intelligence, that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States.”. Cyber insurance is not the answer!

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 20, 2022

This will include things like cloud configurations for open protocols, open ports, authenticated entities, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, who is accessing what items, etc. Amaya works for Progressive, which is the main player in auto and Cyber Insurance. A Future Example.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. Global Averages for a Data Breach The following statistics are cited in IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2019 as the global averages for a data breach event.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Deduce offers actionable identity intelligence through event-level telemetry to act against abnormal user activity. GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Cowbell Cyber. Ubiq Security.

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