Schneier on Security

JULY 1, 2021

Here’s one more contribution to that issue: a research paper that the insurance industry is hurting more than it’s helping. Although it is a societal problem, cyber insurers have received considerable criticism for facilitating ransom payments to cybercriminals.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

When a reliable method of scamming money out of people, companies or governments becomes widely known, underground forums and chat networks tend to light up with activity as more fraudsters pile on to claim their share. And that’s exactly what appears to be going on right now as multiple U.S. Meanwhile, a number of U.S.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2020

federal government if the crooks who profit from the attack are already under economic sanctions, the Treasury Department warned today. government, they still can be fined either way, said Ginger Faulk , a partner in the Washington, D.C. Image: Shutterstock. jurisdiction) and making it a crime to transact with them.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2022

One of the most common ways to mitigate the risk of a cyber security incident is cyber insurance. These activities aren’t typically included in standard business insurance policies, which tend to only cover costs related to technical issues, such as corrupted hard drives and lost devices. The benefits of cyber insurance.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Australian government announced sanctions for a member of the REvil ransomware group for the Medibank hack that occurred in 2022. The Australian government announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov (aka GustaveDore, aiiis_ermak, blade_runner, JimJones), a Russian national who is a member of the REvil ransomware group.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 15, 2020

That’s why they organisations increasingly relying on cyber insurance policies to cover the costs when data breaches and cyber attacks occur. But just how helpful is cyber insurance? What is cyber insurance? How does cyber insurance work? What does a cyber insurance policy cover? Who needs cyber insurance?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 23, 2022

Cyber liability insurance helps organisations cover the financial costs of a data breach. Without insurance, organisations spend £3.6 By purchasing cyber liability insurance, organisations gain the resources they need at a fraction of the cost. What does cyber insurance include? First-party vs third-party insurance.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Australian PM Says Russia Should 'Be Held Accountable' for Data Leaks The Australian government says hackers from Russia are behind the attack on Medibank, the country's largest private health insurer.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. government.

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KnowBe4

MAY 22, 2023

Food for thought as discussed on May 18, 2023, an article posted in The Australian Insurance Council: Banning paying a ransom to cyber hackers is counter-productive where Andrew Hall, the Chief Executive of the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), stated that “attempts to ban businesses from paying ransoms for cyber attacks risks eroding trust and (..)

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

The SEC says First American derives nearly 92 percent of its revenue from its title insurance segment, earning $7.1 Title insurance protects homebuyers from the prospect of someone contesting their legitimacy as the new homeowner. Title insurance is not mandated by law, but most lenders require it as part of any mortgage transaction.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Lloyd’s of London has announced that its insurance policies will no longer cover losses resulting from certain nation-state cyber attacks or acts of war. In a memo sent to the organisation’s insurance syndicates , Underwriting Director Tony Chaudhry said that Lloyd’s remains “strongly supportive” of policies that cover cyber attacks.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 7, 2023

By stepping in to provide aid, the federal government could help protect companies, insurers, and the economy from the impact of a widespread, catastrophic cyberattack.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

-based PerCSoft is a cloud management provider for Digital Dental Record (DDR), which operates an online data backup service called DDS Safe that archives medical records, charts, insurance documents and other personal information for various dental offices across the United States. ” Read the full ProPublica piece here. .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

is perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves. government websites. These days, ID.me Some of the primary and secondary documents requested by ID.me.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the need and scope for a potential federal insurance response to catastrophic cyber incidents, akin to the one put in place for terrorism insurance after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The request, published by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the U.S. Background.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

based supplier of identity access management (IAM) systems, which recently announced a partnership with Omada, a Copenhagen-based provider of identity governance administration (IGA) solutions. Governance and attestation quickly became a very big deal. Compliance became a huge driver for governance and attestation,” Curcio said. “It

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

As government-sponsored and widespread vulnerability attacks continue to result in larger damages, cyber insurers are looking for opportunities to still meet demand without incurring risk.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 17, 2024 the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) published a Proposed Insurance Circular Letter (“Proposed Circular”) regarding the use of artificial intelligence systems (“AIS”) and external consumer data and information sources (“ECDIS”) in insurance underwriting and pricing. Actual Actuarial Validity.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

A report released this week (PDF) by security firm ClearSky details how Iran’s government-backed hacking units have been busy exploiting security holes in popular VPN products from Citrix and a number of other software firms.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

“Affected insurance providers can contact us to prevent leaking of their own data and [remove it] from the sale,” RansomHub’s victim shaming blog announced on April 16. According to the HIPAA Journal, the biggest penalty imposed to date for a HIPPA violation was the paltry $16 million fine against the insurer Anthem Inc.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Mexico’s president announced the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack that targeted the administration’s legal affairs office. The authorities launched an investigation after the ransomware gang Ransomhub claimed the attack and published samples of personal information from a database of government.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 23, 2019

federal government shutdown is having a tangible, negative impact on cybercrime investigations, according to interviews with federal law enforcement investigators and a report issued this week by a group representing the interests of FBI agents. The shutdown may impact government and civilian cybersecurity efforts in other ways.

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Back in 2017, I called up a few of the information governance friends I’d made through the AIIM Community to better understand the challenges they were up against. Four years later, we're finally seeing this shift in governance mindsets in nearly every AIIM member organization we speak with. Hurdles to Information Governance Success.

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Collibra

JULY 2, 2024

But as most businesses recognize, innovation is nothing without the right governance to ensure that risks don’t get out of hand. AI governance is about increasing business value while retaining control As AI continues to permeate the fabric of life and work worldwide, so too does AI-based risk increase. AI governance gets harder.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 1, 2023

In this first of two posts, I investigate the anatomy of artificial intelligence and its impact on insurance. Academia is in an uproar over originality of authorship, and governments have even started to outlaw its general use. It offers customers and the insurer’s system to interact in a human-like manner.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2019

Another curious, if only coincidental, development: On April 4, 2019, the government of India sold “enemy” shares in Wipro worth approximately $166 million. “The buyers were state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), New India Assurance and General Insurance Corporation. . “A total of 44.4

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. Then there’s insurance. The post CrowdStrike: Lessons on the Importance of Contracts, Insurance and Business Continuity appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

government online. as a condition of receiving state or federal financial assistance, such as unemployment insurance, child tax credit payments, and pandemic assistance funds. to commercialize what should be a core government service.” Still, the bulk of those users are people who have been forced to sign up with ID.me

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

. “In January and February 2023, I contacted government organizations and several companies, but I did not receive any response from these organizations,” Akiri said. Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses from government organizations.” government in February about his findings, but received no response.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

Assuming Change Healthcare did pay to keep their data from being published, that strategy seems to have gone awry: Notchy said the list of affected Change Healthcare partners they’d stolen sensitive data from included Medicare and a host of other major insurance and pharmacy networks. But when Feb.

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Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. As more of our interactions and transactions occur online, the need for robust data protection measures becomes increasingly critical to safeguard personal data and maintain public trust in government institutions. There’s no going back.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

The government alleges Coelho and his forum administrator identity “ Omnipotent ” profited from the illicit activity on the platform by charging “escalating prices for membership tiers that offered greater access and features, including a top-tier ‘God’ membership status.” Coelho landed on the radar of U.S.

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Collibra

JUNE 1, 2022

Collibra Adaptive Data and Analytics Governance is available for a free test drive! The key is adaptive data and analytics governance. At Collibra, we believe it’s the next big step forward in data governance. . Collibra: The one-stop shop for adaptive data and analytics governance. Today, we have great news.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 12, 2023

government officials announced late Sunday that both insured and uninsured Silicon Valley Bank depositors will have access to all of their money beginning Monday.

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IG Guru

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The post Cyber Security: Insurance Prices Level After Two Years of Brutal Increases via ENR first appeared on IG GURU. Check out the article here.

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