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Beware of cyber-light policies
“Cyber-light” is a term used to describe policies that are low on actual cyber coverage, so that the carrier can promote cyber as part of a package policy, at very little additional cost to the insured. But this coverage can do more harm than good, because it gives...
What to know about security vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre
In early January, it was revealed that nearly every computer chip made in the past 20 years contains fundamental security flaws called Spectre and Meltdown. Both bugs use a side-channel analysis attack, where malicious code can let attackers see information stored in...
An explainer of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
In 1995, the EU introduced its Data Protection Directive to protect consumers. But 20 years later, with rapid changes in technology, the Data Protection Directive now seems outdated. Consumers are more worried than ever about what companies do with their consumer...
“Mailsploit” makes phishing attacks tougher to detect
As if it weren’t already bad enough, phishing just got easier for the bad guys. A security researcher recently uncovered what is being dubbed “Mailsploit,” a variety of methods for making the identification of fake emails extremely difficult for the end user....
Security vulnerabilities discovered in security cameras, routers
Some Internet-connected surveillance cameras could be doing more harm than good. Researchers from ReFirm Labs, a Maryland cybersecurity startup founded by former National Security Agency employees, recently discovered vulnerabilities in TRENDnet, Belkin, and Dahua...
Without being able to hear it, DolphinAttack can hack your voice assistants
Voice assistants – just like dolphins – can hear high frequencies that humans can’t hear. And a team of security researchers from Zhejiang University recently found that this ability to hear inaudible sounds (frequencies above 20KhZ) provide cybercriminals the...
Christiaan Durdaller Joins Advisory Board for Advisen’s Cyber Risk Insights Conference
Norcross, GA (October 24 , 2017) – INSUREtrust, a national insurance wholesaler focused on cyber liability insurance, announced today that Christiaan Durdaller, executive vice president at INSUREtrust, will be an Advisory Board member for Advisen’s Cyber Risk Insights...
KRACK Attack and What it Means for Insurance Agents
On October 16, researchers at a Belgian University announced their discovery of a new vulnerability called KRACK that can affect any Wi-Fi enabled device. KRACK, an acronym for Key Reinstallation Attack, exploits a flaw in the WPA2 Wi-Fi encryption system, and can be...
INSUREtrust Promotes Will Tschetter to Professional Lines Broker
Norcross, GA (September 28, 2017) – INSUREtrust is pleased to announce that Will Tschetter has been recently promoted to Professional Lines Broker. In his new role, Tschetter will specifically focus on new broker production, and will be brokering cyber insurance,...
Directors and Officers On the Hook For Breach-Related Mismanagement
In response to a security breach in 2000 at the State Department, then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told her staff, “I don’t care how skilled you are as a diplomat, how brilliant you may be at meetings, or how creative you are as an administrator – if you are...
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