Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

Hackers used phishing emails to break into a Virginia bank in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 Now the financial institution is suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses. million total. THE LAWSUIT.

Insurance 199

Insurance Computer and Electronics Phishing Access 199

Dark Reading

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A well-organized email spoofing campaign has been seen targeting financial services, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, and telecom.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services Phishing Insurance Manufacturing 105

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

ICICI Bank’s response Threat to financial accounts Finance and insurance are one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals. Last year, with a total share of 18% of all cyberattacks, it was the second most targeted industry, following manufacturing.

Personal data 246

Personal data Phishing Risk Communications 246

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. For the insurance industry, working with clients to help them tackle these challenges is vital to ensuring businesses operate in as safe an environment as possible.

Risk 189

Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Marketing 189

IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

Welcome to July’s review of phishing scams, in which we look at criminals’ latest tactics and provide examples of successful frauds. The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Phishing 98

Phishing Manufacturing Insurance Data breaches 98

KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 | May 16th, 2023 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. I've also talked quite a bit about cyber insurance and the recent trends. billion in 2022 and projected to reach $33.3

Phishing 104

Phishing Insurance Passwords Ransomware 104

IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

On average, one in ten emails is a phishing scam. Very few respondents said they were likely to be lured by the most common pitfalls of phishing scams: Urgency: 10.7%. To see whether respondents really weren’t tempted by such scams, PhishMe sent them a series of simulated phishing emails. How does phishing work? >>

Phishing 75

Phishing Insurance Manufacturing Government 75

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Known records breached Up to 3,806 organisations with DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) servers Source (New) Healthcare Unknown Unknown >59 million Akumin Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 5 TB AMCO Proteins Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 4 TB Norton Healthcare Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 2.5 and Robert W.

Data Privacy 97

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 97

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Doncaster-based One Call Insurance hit by ransomware (unknown) Ransomware attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG (6,500) Wolfe Eye Clinic victim of Lorenz threat actors (unknown) One of the US’s largest pipelines shuts down to contain cyber security breach (unknown) J. Find out more. Ransomware. Spargo & Associates Inc.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

MARCH 14, 2018

A recent F-Secure report has found that phishing emails (16%) and malicious attachments (18%) together accounted for 34% of cyber attacks. The gaming and public-sector industries were mostly affected by targeted attacks, whereas the insurance and telecom industries mostly suffered opportunistic attacks.

Phishing 56

Phishing Education Insurance Manufacturing 56

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Technological tactics.

Energy and Utilities 121

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 121

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S.

Authentication 157

Authentication Military Access Insurance 157

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Toronto residents’ CERB payments on hold after fraudulent employment insurance claims (700) Kentucky’s unemployment system suffers another breach (unknown) Defence supplier PULAU Corporation says it has been hacked (unknown) American Payroll Association notifying those affected by cyber attack (unknown). Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

Justice Department announces seizure of domain names used in spear phishing campaign posing as U.S. discloses ransomware incident (unknown). million drivers’ details (3.3 In other news… U.S.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

filed notice of a security breach (726) Motto Mortgage comes under cyber attack (unknown) Highmark discloses security breach after employee falls victim to phishing (300,000) Stroke Scan reports security breach (50,000) Meriplex Communications announces security breach affecting Malaga Bank customers (unknown) DotHouse Health Inc.

Data breaches 129

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 129

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Professional services USA Yes 11,556 Poder Judicial de Santa Cruz Source (New) Legal Argentina Yes 8,732 J.D.

Data Privacy 76

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 76

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe have reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man. As usual, incidents affecting UK-based organisations are listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Training of employees to prevent phishing from both email and social media, as well endpoint protection and other cybersecurity safeguards to prevent future attacks. Has recovered data from all major hard drive manufacturers and all data loss scenarios. Digital forensics for insurance, medical, legal, and Fortune 500 companies.

Ransomware 139

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Insurance 139

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Other databases contained health insurance data, such as patents’ names, dates of birth, addresses and medical data. TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1 million patients and 1.6

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

million accounts compromised in Le Slip Français data breach The French underwear manufacturer Le Slip Français has suffered a data breach. GhostR says it obtained the records from a Singapore-based company with access to the database. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Breached organisation: D-Link Corporation, Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer. Incident details: Successful phishing attack, breaching records on a server that reached end of life in 2015, though the information itself was “of low-sensitivity and semi-public”. Records breached: Around 700 records.

Data Privacy 104

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 104

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Automotive With applications of AI, automotive manufacturers are able to more effectively predict and adjust production to respond to changes in supply and demand. Insurance With AI, the insurance industry can virtually eliminate the need for manual rate calculations or payments and can simplify processing claims and appraisals.

Artificial Intelligence 82

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 82

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Regulatory Compliance : Just like healthcare organizations, medical device manufacturers must adhere to strict regulatory guidelines, such as the FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR). This can span from stakeholders’ responses to SMS phishing to patches not installed or operating systems that haven’t been updated.

Risk 76

Risk Cybersecurity Data breaches Compliance 76

The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In recent years, China has made a habit of targeting large health insurers and healthcare providers as it seeks to build what some have described as a “data lake” of U.S. But in the vital healthcare sector, nation state actors are just one among many threats to the safety and security of networks, data, employees and patients. How is the U.S.

Security 52

Security Mining Government Cybersecurity 52

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. Used active multi-email engagements after effective phishing screenings. Deployed malvertising and SEO poisoning to evade detection tools.

Cybersecurity 122

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 122

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. Emerging Trends in Breaches.

Risk 40

Risk Privacy Compliance Access 40

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Whether deployed by ransomware groups or individuals via ransomware as a service (RaaS) , the most common method of ransomware deployment is a phishing email. Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. If you have a cyber insurer , they will have their own processes for responding to any cyber attack.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Risk 98

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

The Riskonnect GRC platform has specific use cases for risk management, information security, compliance, and audit professionals in healthcare, retail, insurance, financial services, and manufacturing. Insurance & claims management. The technology itself encompasses a number of tools, including: Compliance management.

Compliance 68

Compliance Risk Government Retail 68

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

The Riskonnect GRC platform has specific use cases for risk management, information security, compliance, and audit professionals in healthcare, retail, insurance, financial services, and manufacturing. Insurance & claims management. The technology itself encompasses a number of tools, including: Compliance management.

Compliance 58

Compliance Risk Government Retail 58

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. Threats can come in the form of destructive malware, phishing or ransomware. Make sure they recognize phishing and other cybersecurity threats. Malware attacks via backdoors made up 21% of all incidents, and 17% were ransomware attacks.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Source (New) Manufacturing Taiwan Yes 4,715,133 Mustafa Centre Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Retail Singapore Yes >3,5000,000 TRAXERO Source (New) Software USA Yes 2,634,753 Piping Rock Health Products Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 2,103,100 FBCS, Inc.

Data Privacy 91

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 91

IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Ransomware. Gallagher & Co confirms ransomware attack (unknown) Hackers hit South African government fund for children and missing people (unknown) The Medisys Health Group and its affiliate Copeman Healthcare pay ransom (60,000).

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Government IoT 140

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 175

Ransomware Encryption Insurance Manufacturing 175

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2025

Since its emergence in 2021, Medusa has targeted over 300 victims across various critical infrastructure sectors, including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. What is Medusa ransomware?

Ransomware 75

Ransomware Cybersecurity Insurance Manufacturing 75

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As long as humans are well……human, phishing attacks will lead to ransomware infecting more and more networks, and businesses, municipalities and other organizations will continue to pay whatever they must in order to regain control of their data and systems. You’re going to have personal cyber insurance.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity IoT Passwords Cloud 40

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 16, 2018

critical infrastructure sectors, including “organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation and critical manufacturing sectors.”. government entities and a wide range of U.S.

Manufacturing 49

Manufacturing Government Phishing Access 49