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Report: Cyber Criminals Focus on Midsize Businesses’ Cloud Infrastructure
A new report highlights the latest target of cyber crime: midsize businesses and their cloud infrastructure. Ransomware is again on the rise, according to Delinea, a Privileged Access Management ...
U.S.-Led Alliance of 40 Countries Vow to Deny Ransom Payments to Cybercriminals
Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on ...
Separate Casino Cyber Attacks Highlight Continued Market Risk
Two cyber attacks against two separate casinos in Las Vegas last week highlight the continued cyber insurance market risk resulting from tenacious ransomware groups, according to Guy Carpenter's ...
Businesses See Cyber Attacks as Biggest Threat – Ahead of Pandemic, Economy: Survey
Cyber attacks are now seen as the dominant risk for many businesses—ahead of the pandemic, economic downturn, skills shortages and other issues, according to a report published by Hiscox. For its ...
The Biden Administration Wants Corporate America’s Help Tracking Down Cyber Criminals
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has a message for corporate America: The U.S. Justice Department needs its help in order to take down cyber criminals. "We cannot do this alone," Monaco said ...
A New Hacking Threat Worsens: Fraudulent Instruction
A form of hacking is on the rise that insurers and their clients should be aware of: fraudulent instruction. The latest Beazley Breach Insights report outlines the escalating threat, where a hacker ...
Cyber Attacks From Governments or Criminals Are Hard to Distinguish
Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. All the ...