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Is social media leaving your organization open to cyberattacks?
Did you know Facebook breaches were responsible for a whopping 849 million leaked records in 2019? (Comparitech) With more than 2.8 billion active users, bad actors have plenty of opportunities to target social media accounts. Below are a few stats that showcase just...
Phishing Rates Have Hit a Three Year High – Is Your Company at Risk?
Phishing attacks are on the rise. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) lists phishing as one of the top crimes reported to the agency. These attacks have more than doubled since 2019 and have become more sophisticated in their approach. Gone are the days of the...
Security Business – Insure Your Future: Insurance Carriers Spur Cybersecurity Upgrades
Written by Erin Burns | Published June 14, 2021 by Security Business Skyrocketing premiums are impacting both integrators and their customers. Why and how did the cyber insurance market harden overnight? That is a question many businesses are pondering as they are...
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...
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