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What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance?

Malwarebytes

You’ve likely only seen cybercrime insurance primarily mentioned in relation to attacks on businesses. Some folks think the mere presence of insurance simply encourages more attacks , and is hurting more than it’s helping. Personal insurance plans are slowly becoming a more visible and talked about topic.

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P-to-P fraud most concerning cyber threat in 2023: CSI

CSO Magazine

Industry respondents also expressed concerns over identity theft at 4%, unavailable or unaffordable cyber insurance at 4%, geopolitical risks at 3%, DDoS attacks at 2% and website defacement at 0.9%, according to CSI’s annual survey of the financial sector.

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How Your Business Could Protect Its Cybersecurity in a Surprisingly Cost-Effective Fashion

IT Security Guru

It helps to protect your organisation, workforce and clients from cyber-attacks. By doing this, you are reducing the chance of identity theft, data breaches, ransomware, and many other types of cyber threats. Cybersecurity is critical to any company.

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

First, however, let's look at the top 15 cyber threats organizations face right now, according to the report: Malware. Identity Theft. Physical Manipulation, Damage, Theft and Loss. Cyber Espionage. So that is the top 15 list of cyber threats according to the European Union. Web-based Attacks. Data Breach.

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XM Cyber’s Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

Attackers will rely less and less on CVEs, instead using identity theft, passwords, and misconfigurations to enter and move within networks. The post XM Cyber’s Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023 appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Shay Siksik, VP Customer Experience. Zur Ulianitzky, VP Research.

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

Adam Levin

With the W2 variety, a citizen of the c-suite requests all the W2s from human resources or accounting–thereby collecting a rich file of personally identifiable information that can be used to commit tax-related fraud as well as all stripe of identity theft. So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing?

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Ransomware in 2020

Cytelligence

Unfortunately, the citizens of the country had to pay the ransom as the city had no cyber insurance. Having cyber insurance meant the city only had to pay a small fee to get their systems back up and running. Ransomware will continue to be the growth driver in cyber-crime.