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INSUREtrust and Parametrix Announce Agreement to Bring First-of-its-kind IT Downtime Insurance to Their Emerging Risks Network
May 17, 2021 INSUREtrust, the insurance industry’s leading specialty insurance brokerage for emerging risks, and Parametrix, the leading IT downtime insurance provider, today announced an agreement for Parametrix to support INSUREtrust’s exclusive group of agents and...
INSUREtrust launches new exclusive platform to help brokers & agents navigate hardening cyber market.
March 25, 2021 – Atlanta, GA – INSUREtrust is excited to announce that it has teamed up with the cyber industry’s top risk management firms to launch its exclusive innovation platform, the Cyber Secure Platform (CSP). This new platform gives INSUREtrust’s exclusive...
Ransomware Attacks Targeting Manufacturers
A few years ago, manufacturers were thought to be low-value targets for cyber criminals, and not many saw the need to purchase cyber insurance. “Traditionally, manufacturing companies are largely unregulated, and executives are often quick to say that they have...
Phishing attacks use interest in US election to launch banking Trojan
According to BankInfoSecurity, cyber criminals launched an attack last week preying on email recipients’ interest in the uncertainty of the US presidential election results. Shortly after polls closed on Election Day, phishing emails were sent containing the Qbot...
ALERT: Feds Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against Medical Providers
On October 28, officials from the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alerted healthcare executives of an “imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” The ransomware attacks could begin as soon as this weekend. One security...
Don’t Try to Navigate the Uncertainties of a Ransomware Attack on Your Own
A post on the cyber security blog “Ride the Lightning” from October 1, 2020, discussed the difficulties a company faces when it’s hit with ransomware. Does the business pay the ransom or not, and if so, how does one negotiate with the hackers? Paying the ransom does...
Former Uber Chief Security Officer Under Investigation Over 2016 Data Breach
During 2016, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation into Uber in connection with a data breach that occurred in 2014. During this investigation, Uber was hit with another breach from hackers that stole a database containing personal...
Malware Bypasses Apple’s Vetting Process and Hits MacOS
Over the years, Apple products have been touted as more secure than Microsoft Windows. While Apple does have strong security, a big reason for this perception in the marketplace is due to the fact that Microsoft Windows is more widely used in companies and...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Blackbaud After Ransomware Attack
Nonprofit software and data services giant Blackbaud is facing a class action lawsuit with the US District Court District of South Carolina after donors’ data was hacked by cyber criminals. Hackers breached Blackbaud’s systems on February 7, 2020, but the intrusion...
FBI Investigating COVID-19 Data Breach in South Dakota
Residents of South Dakota recently received a letter from the Department of Public Safety stating that they may have been affected by an information data breach on July 19 that targeted the DPS Fusion Center database used to share COVID-19 patient names and addresses...
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