SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

Hospitals and clinics are increasingly adopting cloud-based systems, electronic health records, telehealth services, and Internet of Things (IoT) medical devices. Many healthcare providers now undergo annual security audits and risk assessments as required by regulators or cyber insurance providers. Large health systems in the U.S.

Healthcare

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that is not accessible through regular search engines like Google. The company promptly launched an investigation into the incident with the help of external cybersecurity specialists. Omni told the US Department of Health and Human Services that the incident impacted 468344 individuals.

Data breaches

SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

The DBIR breaks down breach trends across industries: Financial and Insurance: Heavily targeted by credential stuffing and phishing; fastest detection rates. There is a strong correlational reason cyber insurance underwriters care about those key controls and coverage in the application process. And attackers are counting on that."

CISO

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

As of February 2025, Medusa developers and affiliates have impacted over 300 victims from a variety of critical infrastructure sectors with affected industries including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing.” ” reads the joint advisory.

Ransomware

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As breaches continue to escalate in frequency and cost, the demand for cyber insurance and heightened regulatory compliance will rise, pushing companies to not only protect their data but to prove adherence to evolving security standards. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

Cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2025

Its telemetry engine is helping early adopters shrink the blast radius of service account abuse and meet tighter requirements now being pushed by regulators and cyber insurers alike. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

Risk

The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

Im seeing more interest in vCISO roles where leaders come in as contractors with their own liability insurance and enabling business transformation without putting their career on the line. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

CISO

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Last week on ThreatDown: Hands-on-keyboard (HOK) attacks: How ransomware gangs attack in real-time Ransomware insurance is funding cybercrime, says White House official 5 tools IT admins should block right now Stay safe! Update now! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and prevent you from getting reinfected.

Data breaches

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2025

We immediately took action by communicating meaningful information to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KrCERT/CC) for rapid action upon detection, and we have now confirmed that the software exploited in this campaign has all been updated to patched versions. The software has since been updated with patched versions.

Malware

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2025

With regulatory frameworks like GDPR and HIPAA intensifying scrutiny—and cyber insurers demanding tighter access controls—SPHERE’s platform-based approach is gaining traction. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

Risk

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Cunningham John Paul Cunningham , CISO, Silverfort Identity-based attacks in 2024, like those on Microsoft and Snowflake, are prompting insurers to intensify scrutiny in 2025. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

CISA adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812 Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment Internet Archive was breached twice in a month Unknown threat actors exploit Roundcube Webmail flaw (..)

Data breaches

SecureWorld News

JULY 1, 2025

UnitedHealth now estimates that the February 2024 breach of its Change Healthcare subsidiary compromised data for 190 million Americans , delaying prescriptions and disrupting insurance billing nationwide. Malicious changes to chemical dosing at water plants or pressure manipulations in pipelines could trigger instant public safety crises.

Social Engineering

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 12, 2025

VPNs are a great choice for protecting your internet browsing, but theyre just a starting point for security. If you want to go all out, the Prime plan adds NordProtect, with dark web monitoring, credit monitoring, and identity theft insurance. Better for pricing: IPVanish Least Expensive Plan Essential: $3.33/month

VPN

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2025

DORA establishes strict cybersecurity requirements for financial firms including banks , insurance companies and investment firms, as well as for third-parties that provide information and communications technology (ICT) products and services to financial sector organizations. Monterey Benchmark v4.0.0 CIS Apple macOS 14.0

Banking

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. Moreover, RDP ports are often exposed to the internet, which allows threat actors to easily scan for open ports and launch brute-force attacks.

Cyber Attacks

GlobalSign

JULY 25, 2025

Its high-scale Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and identity solutions support the billions of services, devices, people and things comprising the Internet of Everything (IoE).

Risk

Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Financial services industry: Banks, insurance companies and other financial organizations offer a wealth of opportunity for hackers who can use stolen bank account and credit card information for their own financial gain. Keep your devices protected: Always keep your device software updated and use antivirus and internet security software.

Data breaches

Trend Micro

JUNE 26, 2025

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Security Awareness

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It will likely become necessary for defenders to deploy their own agentic AI bots, culminating in constant AI vs. AI warfare across the internet. In response, organizations will implement stronger protections, including indemnification clauses and enhanced Director & Officer (D&O) insurance, to shield CISOs from undue personal risk.

Cybersecurity

Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC.

Cyber Risk

GlobalSign

JULY 14, 2025

Following success in hitting major retailers, they moved onto the insurance market , stealing critical datasets from a top insurance provider before potentially being the group behind a late-June attack on a major airline. From retail, to insurance, to aviation – it raises the question, who could be next?

Insurance

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2025

Dont Mess With Texas Privacy: We will hold all these companies accountable, rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured). The post Allstate Violates Drivers Privacy, Texas AG Alleges appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Accountability

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. Its an apt phAn erase for people working in cybersecurity and data protection, who, as Brian joked, tend not to look on the bright side.

Scams

BH Consulting

APRIL 30, 2025

Another lens on cybercrime comes courtesy of the FBIs Annual Internet Crime Report. At more than 100 pages, theres plenty of detail to pore over. Verizon has an executive summary, video analysis and the full report to download from its website. Losses in 2024 exceeded an eye-watering $6.5

Data breaches

Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

1 Alerts Back Unread All Demo Series: Mastering Exposure Management close Proactively uncover and manage cyber risk > Support Business Support Portal Education and Certification Contact Support Find a Support Partner Resources AI Security Trend Micro vs. Competition Cyber Risk Assessments What Is?

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

The domains of cybersecurity, cybercrime investigations, and cyber insurance will all be impacted. Bagnall sees four key areas that will be affected by the tariff wars, including cross-border vulnerability research; cybercrime investigations; impact on the public sector and small businesses; and impact on the cyber insurance industry.

Cyber Risk

GlobalSign

JULY 16, 2025

Its high-scale Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and identity solutions support the billions of services, devices, people and things comprising the Internet of Everything (IoE).

IoT

NetSpi Executives

AUGUST 10, 2025

The success rate of finding open outbound paths was much higher than expected, often in environments where even desktop computers have very limited access to internet resources, allowing us to bypass network monitoring and security controls. In one case, we even found our client’s mainframe internet facing.

Penetration Testing

GlobalSign

AUGUST 1, 2025

While it may feel like a headache for IT teams, the Forum believes that the changes will be a net benefit for internet security and safety. Shorter certificate lifespans help prepare the internet for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), new encryption standards designed to protect against future quantum threats.

IoT

Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC.

Cyber Risk

Centraleyes

JUNE 29, 2025

This includes: Real names Unique identifier IP address Email address Social security number Passport number Drivers license number Signatures Physical character description Address Phone number Insurance policy number Credit or debit card number Financial information Health-related information Employment history Records of personal property Purchasing (..)

Data privacy

Zero Day

AUGUST 7, 2025

In North America, industries such as technology and telecommunications and finance and insurance show significantly higher Linux adoption compared to Europe. Given the recent shift by European governments from Windows to Linux, this trend isn't surprising.

Marketing

Zero Day

JUNE 26, 2025

"   If put in the wrong hands, this data could be sold to advertisers or insurance companies inclined to raise rates for their least healthy customers. Another expert interviewed for the story suggested that the wearables bring about "significant security issues."

Government

Zero Day

JULY 1, 2025

  Also: OpenAI wants to trade gov't access to AI models for fewer regulations The initial version of the rule also made $42 billion in broadband internet funding dependent on states' compliance with the 10-year ban. The amended version only held $500 million in AI funding for ransom if states disobeyed. 

Artificial Intelligence

Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

  The issue is twofold: if passed, the rule would both constitutionally prohibit states from enforcing AI legislation and put often critical funding for internet access at risk.  Written by Radhika Rajkumar, Editor June 27, 2025 at 2:15 p.m.   And it wouldn't only impact in-progress legislation.

Internet

Zero Day

JULY 28, 2025

They exist outside the hassle of insurance and are accessible in minutes via an account, unlike human therapists.  Character.ai is  currently being sued for wrongful death by Megan Garcia, whose 14-year-old son committed suicide in October after engaging with a bot on the platform that allegedly encouraged him. 

Artificial Intelligence