All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2019 // Research finds that when one company experiences a cybersecurity breach, other companies in the same field also become less attractive to investors. However, companies that are open about their cybersecurity risk...
Nov 8 2019 // Coalition, a cyber insurance company for small and midsize businesses, has launched a free, publicly available cybersecurity and risk assessment tool that assesses the expected probability and severity of a security...
Nov 6 2019 // Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced the launch of a new team of underwriters at the recently acquired Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. and the development of a new cyber product.Pembroke’s four-person cyber team is...
Nov 5 2019 // Marine services provider James Fisher and Sons Plc (JFS) said on Tuesday that hackers had gained unauthorized access to its computer systems, sending its shares down as much as 5.7%.JFS said it had taken all affected...
Nov 5 2019 // A cyber attack has hit Spanish companies including Cadena SER radio, Spain’s National Security Department said on Monday.The virus affected Cadena SER’s local broadcasts, although national output was not...
Nov 4 2019 // A June data breach that hit Canada’s Desjardins Group has affected all of the financial cooperative’s 4.2 million members, prompting government reforms to protect personal information in the Canadian province...
Nov 1 2019 // Global specialty insurer Hiscox has appointed Doug Karpp as head of Executive Risks and Cyber in the U.S, which includes Crime and Fidelity, Financial Services and Management Liability insurance products. Karpp, who...
Oct 31 2019 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has launched its flagship cyber product, Cyber Ctrl, targeted at insurers in Asia.The product covers a range of first party losses including business interruption and provides clients with crisis...
Oct 31 2019 // Miami Specialty Risk has launched a new cyber and technology E&O facility available in all 50 states. Backed by Lloyd’s of London, the Miami Specialty Risk facility is comprised of three products: SME Cyber and...
Oct 30 2019 // Markel has launched a risk management tool for its cyber policyholders. The new WhiteHaX testing and reporting tool simulates cybersecurity breaches and assesses the readiness of deployed security infrastructure and...
Oct 30 2019 // A single cyber attack that affects major ports across Asia-Pacific could cost $110 billion, which is roughly equivalent to half of all losses from natural catastrophes globally in 2018*, according to research from...
Oct 29 2019 // Ransomware attacks increased by 37% during the third quarter of 2019, compared to Q2, as cyber criminals target both IT vendors and their clients, according to data compiled by insurer Beazley.One-quarter (24%) of all...
Oct 29 2019 // Markel, a cyber liability insurer, has added a risk management tool for its cyber insurance policyholders. WhiteHaX, a cyber risk testing and reporting tool, simulates cyber security breaches and assesses the readiness of...
Oct 28 2019 // The City of Johannesburg shut down its website and billing systems after a group hacked into the authority’s system and demanded a ransom of four Bitcoins worth about $30,000.The call center, cashiers and other...
Oct 25 2019 // Montana hospital officials have confirmed a data breach may have compromised the personal information of about 130,000 medical clinic patients.The Daily Inter Lake reported that Kalispell Regional Healthcare employees were...
Oct 25 2019 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has partnered with SecurIT360, a full-service security consulting firm, and The Crypsis Group, a...
Oct 23 2019 // The National Cyber Security Centre defended the U.K. from 658 cyber attacks in the year to October — many from hostile foreign states — with government departments most at risk from attack, according to its...
Oct 23 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has launched the Cyber Resolute offering that combines new technology with smarter processes and specialized coverage.Cyber Resolute...
Oct 23 2019 // On the first Saturday in March, computer screens at the 911 dispatch center in this small town went dark.Staff at the county jail around the same time could no longer open cell doors remotely with electronic controls, and...
Oct 22 2019 // A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a data breach.Methodist...