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30% of Businesses Lack Cyber Insurance: HSB Survey
Half of U.S. businesses have either purchased cyber insurance for the first time or increased their level of coverage in the last year, according to a survey of risk managers by The Hartford Steam ...
China Hackers Test U.S. Economic, Diplomatic and Defense Capabilities
China's military conducted cyber probes and intrusions against U.S. computer networks to support intelligence collection and electronic warfare, according to a new Pentagon report. "China is using ...
Russian Criminals May be Selling Hundreds of Millions of Hacked Email Accounts
Hundreds of millions of hacked usernames and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters. The discovery of 272.3 ...
Russian Computer Hacker Rewarded for Aiding U.S. Prosecutors
A Russian who admitted creating a computer virus that infected more than 1 million computers worldwide was spared from additional prison time on top of the the three years he's already spent locked ...
Global Network for Bank Money Transfers Aware of Many Cyber Fraud Incidents
SWIFT, the global financial network that banks use to transfer billions of dollars every day, warned its customers on Monday that it was aware of "a number of recent cyber incidents" where attackers ...
Beazley/Munich Re Start Selling Broad Cyber Cover for Large Global Companies
Beazley will link up with a unit of Munich Re to roll out broad cyber protection for the world's largest companies, with a focus on digital assets and IT infrastructure. Plans call for Beazley, the ...
Global Cyber Email Scams Cost Businesses Billions of Dollars
Businesses have lost billions of dollars to fast-growing scams where fraudsters impersonate company executives in emails that order staff to transfer to accounts controlled by criminals, according to ...
U.S. Hospitals Increasingly Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks: Study
U.S. hospitals should brace for a surge in "ransomware" attacks by cyber criminals who infect and shut down computer networks, then demand payment in return for unlocking them, a non-profit ...