All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 23 2019 // A newly created U.S. cybersecurity agency said Thursday that China represents the greatest strategic risk to the U.S., and as a result, the agency’s top operational priority is reducing the risks from Chinese...
Aug 22 2019 // More than 20 local governments in Texas were targeted in a coordinated ransomware attack of unprecedented size.The Texas Department of Information Resources said in a statement that it believes a single source is behind...
Aug 19 2019 // California leads the nation in small to mid-size business cyber insurance adoption, according to a report released in early August by CyberPolicy.The report shows the highest annual premium in the state totaled more than...
Aug 19 2019 // Remote employees place businesses at risk, yet many small business owners are not properly mitigating potential cyberthreats, nor are they adequately protecting their employee platforms, a new report says.As work-life and...
Aug 19 2019 // The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report cited that 58% of cyberattack victims were small businesses, and the 2019 Symantec Internet Threat Report™ stated that employees working at small businesses were...
Aug 19 2019 // Intellectual property (IP) is an area of risk that is underinsured and one that presents interesting opportunities for agents and brokers, according to Erik Alsegard, Intellectual Property practice leader for CFC...
Aug 16 2019 // The Seattle woman accused of hacking into Capital One Financial Corp.’s cloud and stealing personal information on more than 100 million Americans also broke into servers of more than 30 other companies, the U.S....
Aug 15 2019 // The European Central Bank (ECB) shut down one of its websites on Thursday after it was hacked and infected with malicious software.The ECB said no market-sensitive data had been compromised during the attack on its...
Aug 13 2019 // Canadian lender Desjardins Group said on Monday it spent C$70 million ($53 million) in the second quarter related to a data privacy breach earlier this year that exposed personal information of 2.9 million members.The...
Aug 13 2019 // Payroll management firm Paychex is now making cyber liability insurance available to its clients through Paychex Insurance Agency and AXIS Insurance Co.The policy helps business owners mitigate the potential financial...
Aug 13 2019 // At a conference where hackers can try their hand at picking locks and discover cyber vulnerabilities in a makeshift hospital, they can also endeavor to break into the control units of cars and take over driving...
Aug 12 2019 // Chubb has introduced a new offering designed to help professional service firms mitigate a variety of exposures that can impact their businesses.The new Pro ERM offering combines miscellaneous professional liability, media...
Aug 9 2019 // Remote employees place businesses at risk, yet many small business owners are not properly mitigating potential cyberthreats, nor are they adequately protecting their employee platforms, a new report says.As work-life and...
Aug 8 2019 // It took a $650,000 salary for Matt Comyns to entice a seasoned cybersecurity expert to join one of America’s largest companies as chief information security officer in 2012. At the time, it was among the most...
Aug 8 2019 // Officials in the southwest Florida city of Naples say they lost $700,000 in a recent cyberattack.The Naples Daily News reports that the attack was a “spear phishing” effort targeting a specific person or...
Aug 6 2019 // California leads the nation in small to mid-size business cyber insurance adoption, according to a report released on Tuesday by CyberPolicy.The report shows the highest annual premium in the state totaled more than...
Aug 6 2019 // Equifax 2017. Marriott 2018. Capital One 2019.Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days, and personal details about you can lead to identity theft, such as credit cards and loans in your...
Aug 6 2019 // Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 174, titled the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act, into law on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.This law is based on an NAIC Model Act, which establishes a comprehensive...
Aug 5 2019 // A cyberattack on a suburban Omaha, Nebraska, school district touched off an FBI investigation and is proving to be a significant, and perhaps costly, inconvenience.Papillion-La Vista Community Schools officials said the...
Aug 1 2019 // Lincoln, Nebraska-based insurance and finance company Ameritas has notified customers that their personal information may have been exposed in a data breach.The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the company said in a...