Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

These groups are also shifting toward more human-centric exploits , like social engineering and insider assistance. With 24% of all data breaches using ransomware, this commoditisation of cybercrime significantly broadens the field, resulting in a sharp increase in the frequency and variety of attacks.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

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. High-privileged accounts enhance attackers’ ability to access unauthorized data, potentially causing data breaches and operational disruptions.

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BH Consulting

MAY 28, 2025

Drawing on reports from the World Economic Forum, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report and Hiscox Insurance, Brian painted a picture of what that dark side looks like. Supply chain breaches are also becoming more frequent. Ransomware and business email compromise are constant threats against many businesses.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Attacks that we see today impacting single agent systems, such as data poisoning, prompt injection, or social engineering to influence agent behavior, could all be vulnerabilities within a multi-agent system. This haste could lead to significant data breaches and security missteps.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2025

The actor using the alias ‘Jabaroot’ released claims about the successful compromise of the National Social Security Fund of Morocco (CNSS). The motive behind the data breach remains unclear, but the scale of compromise already generated attention across cybersecurity community and privacy experts in the region.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Okta warns approximately 5,000 employees that their personal information was compromised due to a third-party vendor data breach. ” reads the data breach notification sent to the impacted individuals and shared with the Office of the Maine Attorney General.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Often inadvertent data breaches stem from a well-meaning employee trying to meet the needs of clients but without the technical systems to facilitate. as well as insurance and merchant accounts, to commit insurance fraud and wire fraud. Joshua Arsenio, Director, Security Compass Advisory.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 15, 2023

With ransomware attacks, social engineering, and data breaches at an all-time high, terms like “cybersecurity” and “cyber insurance” are being thrown around in conversation more than ever before. But what, in practice, do they mean – and how are the two intertwined?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 As the number and severity of data breaches continues to rise, organizations are recognizing that those costs are not theoretical. Cyber Insurance is Booming.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. How Did the Data Breach Happen?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

So, your business has just suffered a data breach and it’s time to dig deep in your pockets to pay all the resulting expenses. Without cyber insurance , you can expect to pay a dizzying amount of cash. Here are four ways your business can save money on its insurance. How is cyber insurance priced? Fixed rate.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In a letter sent to members, Christina Salcido, vice president of mission operations for GSOC, confirmed that attackers may have accessed to names, birth dates, home addresses, insurance policy numbers and health history for some members. Experts warn of possible social-engineering-based cyber attacks leveraging the exposed info.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

The post ‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate appeared first on Security Boulevard. Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action?

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Image Source: AI Generated Recent data breaches have exposed sensitive information from millions of customers across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. These data breaches highlight significant vulnerabilities in vendor relationships and supply chain security. healthcare system. healthcare system.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

Broward Health, a large healthcare system in South Florida, disclosed a data breach that impacts more than 1.3 What information was compromised in Broward Health data breach? Unfortunately for Broward Health and its patients, the personal data involved in the breach is quite extensive.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches IdentityIQ This past year has been an eye-opening year in the realm of digital security. Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. Breaches cripple businesses, harming their reputations as well as their finances.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Prima Facie revealed that hackers accessed no client data in the attack. FYI, the company was acquired by Aviva Insurance in the year 2022 and has over 19 offices across UK and is estimated to be £10 billion worth in assets. However, a confirmation on this note can only be given after a detailed inquiry gets concluded.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches. Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million per breach.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. “And those aren’t in the provenance of the incumbents, the data-centric brokers. To screen out fraudsters, ID.me ” A BETTER MOUSETRAP?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Head Mare hacktivist group targets Russia and Belarus Zyxel fixed critical OS command injection flaw in multiple routers VMware fixed a code execution flaw in Fusion hypervisor U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 15, 2023

Currently, it appears that the attackers are primarily focusing on companies in manufacturing, wealth management, insurance, and pharmaceuticals sectors. Stealing data from VMware software-operated servers is technically challenging, but Michael Kors seems to be an exception. million patient data records to hackers.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2025

TL;DR Insurance companies host large amounts of sensitive data (PII, PHI, etc.) TL;DR Insurance companies host large amounts of sensitive data (PII, PHI, etc.) The same risk then applies to the protection and storage of sensitive data. As they should!

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information. A prime example is the healthcare sector, where the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates encryption to protect patient health information.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. The data is published after Medibank reportedly declines to pay a US$10 million ransom demand.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

The Role Of Cybersecurity Insurance In A Predictive Security. Cybersecurity insurance in recent years has become a modern day stopgap for corporations looking to offset their losses for attacks. What Is Not Covered Under Cyber Insurance? Below is a list of adaptive controls needed for cyber insurance.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. The common demonitor: All of those organizations have now disclosed massive data breaches over a span of the past five years. Related: Uber hack shows DevOps risk.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2022

When operators receive a call, they use a variety of social engineering tactics, to convince victims to give remote desktop control , to help them cancel their subscription service. This group has the advanced social engineering capabilities of the three groups. The victim is tricked into contacting a special call center.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Major developments this quarter include “Play” transitioning from double-extortion tactics to targeting ESXi environments and the cybersecurity firm Fortinet experiencing a data breach in which 440GB of customer data was compromised. However, some cyber insurance policies explicitly forbid ransom payments.

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SecureList

JANUARY 25, 2024

We expected organizations to try to reduce the impact of the human factor on data security, so as to bring down the number of insider threats and social engineering attacks. The issue intensified with the widespread use of chatbots for work , leading employees to inadvertently share sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clasiopa group targets materials research in Asia CERT of Ukraine says Russia-linked APT backdoored multiple govt sites UK won the Military Cyberwarfare exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) CISA warns of disruptive attacks amid the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Highly evasive cryptocurrency miner targets macOS Hackers are actively exploiting (..)

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Given the continued surge of ransomware attacks, which soared 288% in the first half of 2022 alone, the need for cyber insurance will be a bigger priority, especially in the SMB market. As such, we anticipate a booming cyber insurance industry as many organizations heed these warnings and seek to guard against ransomware attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. Examining the available details of these breaches will help you learn key lessons from their pain to avoid suffering the same humiliating and expensive situations.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In late 2024, Russian ransomware groups began collaborating with native English speakers, boosting their social engineering capabilities. The group social-engineered the organization’s help desk, employing fluent English to achieve a reset of a compromised account’s password.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

“The scam is frequently carried out when a subject compromises legitimate business email accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct unauthorized transfers of funds.” So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing? BEC has a home In the pantheon of ishings. .

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Identity IQ

JUNE 30, 2023

File a Claim With Your Identity Theft Insurance If you’ve already invested in identity theft insurance , now you should take full advantage of it. Your insurance provider will guide you through the claims process. This includes phishing, data breaches, skimming, shoulder surfing, dumpster diving, and social engineering.

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