cybersecurity News
Business Leaders Appear Less Concerned by Cyber Risk: Report
The worldwide impact of cybercrime on business is predicted to balloon to $10.5 trillion by 2025, but boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing, according ...
Ransomware Criminals are Dumping Kids` Private Files Online After School Hacks
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric ...
Report: Stolen Identities Top Cyber Security Threat
Stolen identities lead to massive breaches, costing businesses an average of $9.4 million per breach in 2022, a new report by ForgeRock found. Its identity breach report found that 1.5 billion ...
U.S., Other Nations Name ‘Lockbit’ Digital Gang Top Ransomware Threat
The United States and six other countries identified the digital extortion gang operating under the "Lockbit" banner as the world's top ransomware threat. In a joint advisory issued last week, U.S., ...
Report: Financial Sector Sees Upswing in Ransomware Attacks
Last year, the financial sector became the second most targeted industry for ransomware attacks, with a total of 120 incidents reported, according to a newly released report by NordLocker. The ...
Consistent Policy Wording Bringing Some Relief to Evolving Cyber Market
Consistency within cyber insurance policies is something the industry has been grappling with for nearly a decade, according to speakers at the annual RIMS Riskworld ...
Cybersecurity Fail: Top 10 Passwords Used by the Insurance Industry
Despite cybersecurity experts' repeated warnings, the insurance sector, along with other industries, is not doing a great job when it comes to creating secure passwords, says new research by password ...
Embroker: Business Insurance Shoppers Concerned With Startup Leadership Post-SVB Collapse
Following the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), VC-backed startups were increasingly looking for stronger protection in case their assets were compromised — specifically liability policies ...