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Top Cyber Attacker Techniques, August–October 2024

Digital Shadows

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. To enhance security, organizations should block direct internet access to RDP services using firewalls and restrict access to internal networks and VPNs.

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Trade Wars: How U.S. Tariffs Are Reshaping Cyber Risk and Resilience

SecureWorld News

The impact will be felt well beyond the involved countries of Canada, USA, Mexico, and China," said Kenrick Bagnall , Founder, KONCYBER & RB-Cyber Assurance; Royal Candian Mounted Police (RCMP) Contractor/Instructor; Toronto Police Service (Cybercrime Unit) (Ret.). " The new 25% U.S. Here is his detailed breakdown: 1.Cross-border

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News Alert: QBE North America launches new cyber insurance program with Converge

The Last Watchdog

New York, NY, July 27, 2023 – QBE North America today announced the launch of a cyber insurance program with new MGA, Converge, acting as program administrator. The program will be broken down into two separate distribution structures, each with a distinct revenue focus and cyber security data access formation.

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Policyholders may be the primary target in hack of cyber insurance provider CNA

SC Magazine

Insurance firm CNA Financial, a prominent provider of cyber insurance, confirmed a cyberattack against its systems, which has some concerned that cybercriminals may target policyholders. For example, messaging might now include ‘We know that you use xyz firewall, and we know how to break it,’” he said. “I

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Work from home increases Cyber Threats on Enterprises

CyberSecurity Insiders

And as per the research, most of those attacks or threats were targeted by cyber crooks launching email attacks with an intent to spread malware or eavesdropping. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of UK conducted the survey and came to the above stated conclusion that shows how relaxed are businesses for cyber security.

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

The Livingston firewall rapidly became replaced with Checkpoint running on Windows NT server, (Stop laughing, I actually set one up once). Cisco came to market with the PIX firewall, Netscreen came to market with the ASIC based firewall, and suddenly, security had a voice. What Is Not Covered Under Cyber Insurance?

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MY TAKE: SMBs can do much more to repel ransomware, dilute disinformation campaigns

The Last Watchdog

Eventually, governments will address the risk by beefing up security and purchasing cyber insurance, which go hand in glove. Bandura Cyber complements existing firewalls and intrusion detection and prevention systems. Ransomware attacks against local government entities at some point will run its course.