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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. The perceived threat of cyber risk to global business leaders peaked in 2021 (34%) and over the past two years, the risk perception has dropped (27%). But worryingly they appear less concerned by cyber risk than a couple of years ago.

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North Korean Hackers Intensify Cyberattacks on South's Arms Industry

SecureWorld News

North Korea's prolific state-sponsored hacking units are once again setting their sights on South Korea's defense and arms manufacturing sector. The group employed sophisticated spear-phishing, watering hole attacks, and kernel-level malware to compromise the targets. KAI), Hanwha Aerospace Co. , LIG Nex1 Co. , and Hyundai Rotem Co.

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Report: Cyberattacks drive 185% spike in health care data breaches in 2021

SC Magazine

The data supports a June Avanan report , which confirmed health care has been among the most targeted with phishing attacks during the first half of 2021, alongside the IT and manufacturing industries. The health care sector saw over 6,000 phishing emails out of an average of 451,792 emails. Another 20.7%

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Corvus Insurance Reports the Ratio of Ransoms Demanded to Ransoms Paid is Steadily Declining

CyberSecurity Insiders

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 Ransomware claims and costs. Media companies (publishers, TV networks, etc.)

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Cybersecurity in 2022, Predictions for digital ecosystem facing more challenges and sophisticated threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware.

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How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. In addition, if individual access is not quickly withdrawn upon an employee's departure from the organization, it might constitute an equally severe cyber risk.

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NIS2 Framework: Your Key To Achieving Cybersecurity Excellence

Centraleyes

In recent years, a surge in cyber-attacks targeting critical infrastructure has been observed globally. The transition to remote work during the pandemic has also exposed new vulnerabilities, increasing susceptibility to phishing attacks. Important entities” include manufacturing, food, waste management, and postal services.