Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. A key for analysts is to remain flexible and not compartmentalize cyber threats.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

And it wasn’t because the media paid more attention to this relative newcomer in the area of cybercrime. The best defense is to practice good cyber hygiene, back up data, keep systems patched and up-to-date, and invest in workplace training to identify phishing emails and other suspicious behavior. 1 Cyber Threat This Year.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

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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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Michael Daniel, former cyber coordinator under the Obama administration and now president and CEO of the non-profit Cyber Threat Alliance, thinks he knows why information sharing so often fails. It can also help communication of cyber risks in a way that is more easily understood by executive decision makers.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. These attacks sparked public realization that cyber threats can disrupt daily life, leading to anger against corporations, not just cybercriminals, if they failed to implement basic cybersecurity measures.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

From data breaches to sophisticated cyberattacks, enterprises are continuously at risk from a vast spectrum of potential cyber threats from malicious actors. The need of the hour is not just to react to these threats but to anticipate and mitigate them proactively.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 31, 2023

Some companies volunteered that info in the “risk factors” section of their investor reports but even among them the format and consistency of reporting was uninformative at best and oftentimes confusing or obscured. Companies that used hacked software MOVEit included pension funds, universities, government agencies, airlines, and news media.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The CISA ‘s Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) initiative is going to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats. What comes to mind when you think of cyber criminals? To address this gap, the JCDC is planning proactive measures for future cyber risks.

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NopSec

AUGUST 30, 2013

In our own backyard, the New York State Department of Financial Services has distributed a “Cyber-Security/Cyber-Risk Questionnaire” that covers topics such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning tools, and emerging threats from mobile devices, social media, and Cloud computing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2023

The recent slowing of the US economy and volatility in the digital asset market have surfaced some less talked about aspects of insider risk that companies should consider. About Luke Tenery Luke Tenery brings over 20 years of experience helping leading organizations mitigate complex cybersecurity, data privacy, and digital risks.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity can often feel like a game of cat and mouse where cyber attackers and defenders engage in a chase, with one party trying to outsmart the other. Just like in previous years, 2024 is set to test practitioners’ skills as the frequency of cyber threats continues to surge leaving no room for complacency.

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Hot for Security

MAY 25, 2021

However, the increased exposure to cyber risks is not limited just to the remote-working population. Adapting to digital trends and keeping up with the latest cyber threats, vulnerabilities and attacks will safeguard personal and financial information from threat actors.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 31, 2023

Some companies volunteered that info in the “risk factors” section of their investor reports but even among them the format and consistency of reporting was uninformative at best and oftentimes confusing or obscured. Companies that used hacked software MOVEit included pension funds, universities, government agencies, airlines, and news media.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability. This isn’t just the media catastrophising.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2023

According to a media statement from the City: "Wednesday morning, the City's security monitoring tools notified our Security Operations Center (SOC) that a likely ransomware attack had been launched within our environment. Broadnax, who said he is optimistic that the risk is contained. Register here.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The report provides an inside look at the insights and tools used by risk managers, IT departments, security researchers, and solution providers to hone their offerings and approaches to keeping organizations safe from evolving cyber threats. “By Media companies (publishers, TV networks, etc.) Ransomware claims and costs.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Research from Cybersecurity Ventures, which first appeared in the media early last year, predicts that women will represent more than 20 percent of the global cybersecurity workforce by the end of 2019. Either way, the 20 percent figure is still way too low, and our industry needs to continue pushing for more women in cyber.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat. Cloud security success and choosing the right investments is all about having a clear understanding of threat types and their resulting damages.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

Overall, insurance companies seem to be responding to increased demand from clients for cyber-specific insurance, and one survey found that the two things most likely to spur a purchase of cyber insurance are when a business experiences a cyber attack and when they hear about other companies being hit by a cyber attack.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

And they contend there is a hidden risk as a result of the angle these reports take, which is warping how leaders in business, academia, and government understand cyber risk. Public and academic knowledge of cyber conflict relies heavily on data from commercial threat reporting.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

For example, they’re used in boardrooms as “eye candy” to portray the state of company cyber-risk, with supply chain partners to manage third-party risk and, even more frightening, by insurance companies to create risk profiles for cyber-insurance policies.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 21, 2019

Tortoises have no finances and, taken as a genus, they rarely have names and social media accounts. If only our employees had the cyber equivalent of what tortoises have. It is creating a culture of cyber threat awareness and best practices. Oversharing on social media expands one’s attackable surface.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is just as true in security as it is in business, and the lack of a clear plan to protect your business from cyber risks usually results in no real protection at all. An information or cyber security plan is a very simple and free tool that can have a profound impact on how well your business is protected from cyber threats.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

. “Usually, if something goes wrong, it’s either due to human error or because there is a mismatch in expectations over how to handle the information,” said Michael Daniel, president and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA). This value vs. risk equation varies per partner and can change as time goes on.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Cyber thought leaders were quick to acknowledge the importance of continued cooperation across federal, state and local jurisdictions, though several CISOs suggested that there wasn’t too much new ground covered and recommended ways the federal and state governments and private industry could do even more to assist overwhelmed municipalities.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

Effective cyber risk management requires being prepared, taking all precautions possible to prevent an incident from occurring, but arguably most importantly, knowing how to respond when something happens, and having experts on hand in multiple fields of expertise to assist in claims. share of the cyber insurance field.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Cyber threat intelligence should automatically scrape for proprietary source code on third-party sites to alert security teams before it becomes public. Above all, cyber risk managers must stay flexible and stay proactive, open the lines of “no fault” communications with developers and others.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 11, 2021

This led to the development of five critical 'cyber essentials' technical security controls which provides a minimum level of cybersecurity protection. To make the scheme more flexible, the are two levels, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. .

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Coupled with the current pandemic and the cybersecurity threats that have been very prevalent and growing in recent years such as ransomware, there are many different cyber risk types n 2020 that your business needs to prepare for. What are the types of cyber security threats? First of all, what is a cyberattack?

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