All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 8 2017 // Deputies processed arrests by hand and building code officers used paper records Wednesday as one of North Carolina’s largest counties was hit by a hacker who froze county servers and demanded ransom.Mecklenburg...
Dec 7 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers has increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the...
Dec 7 2017 // Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the state is now investigating ride-sharing service Uber over an alleged cover up of a national data breach.Bondi said Dec. 1 that her office has issued a subpoena to Uber. The...
Dec 7 2017 // UK banks still aren’t telling regulators about all the cyber attacks on the financial services industry despite a ten-fold increase in reports to the Financial Conduct Authority over the last four years.“Our...
Dec 6 2017 // Coalition is making its formal debut into the cyber insurance space, but with a twist. The San Francisco-based startup is also a cybersecurity firm.Founded in March 2017, Coalition is co-founded by technology entrepreneurs...
Dec 6 2017 // The next phase of a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity training center taking shape in downtown Augusta is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently announced an additional $35 million in...
Dec 6 2017 // Exploding Samsung phones, error-prone Takata airbags, faulty GM vehicle ignition switches, failing Johnson & Johnson hip implants — multi-billion dollar product recalls have become more common over the past...
Dec 5 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, has launched CyberPro Data Breach and Third Party Cyber coverage designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses.The new CyberPro offers an end-to-end cyber security, including...
Dec 4 2017 // Britain’s cyber security agency has told government departments not to use antivirus software from Moscow-based firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns about Russian snooping.Ciaran Martin, head of the National Cyber...
Dec 4 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Yogesh “Yogi” Virji has been promoted to lead the UK cyber team. In addition, Hui Yu will join the UK team as a senior underwriter in the new year....
Dec 4 2017 // The financial performance of commercial property/casualty insurance program administrators continued to outpace the performance of the overall property/casualty insurance markets, according to a recent study.Program...
Dec 4 2017 // A California insurtech startup with a new cyber product has launched to offer brokers and their clients what it calls “redesigned insurance, with cyber security expertise at its core.”Mountain View,...
Nov 30 2017 // Global banks need to do more to protect themselves from cyber attacks after a “significant evolution” in the threat level in the last 18 months, according to the SWIFT global payments network.Hackers are...
Nov 30 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. said information from 2.7 million U.K. customers was taken in a 2016 security breach that hit 57 million riders and drivers globally and that the company kept secret from the public and authorities...
Nov 28 2017 // Pool Re, the UK’s terrorism reinsurance pool, announced it will extend its cover to include material damage and direct business interruption caused by acts of terrorism using a cyber trigger. The new cover will be...
Nov 28 2017 // A year after a wave of denial-of-service attacks knocked out major websites around the world, millions of unsecured printers, network gear and webcams remain undefended against attack across major European cities, a report...
Nov 27 2017 // The holidays are coming, bringing heightened anticipation. Families look forward to time together, children can’t wait for presents, merchants envision boosted sales and criminals dream of a wealth of unprotected...
Nov 22 2017 // Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security...
Nov 21 2017 // The influence of cyber risk on insurer ratings is likely to be neutral or gradual as long as insurers continue take a cautious approach to the business, according to Fitch Ratings.At its recent cyber conference in New...
Nov 16 2017 // A California insurtech startup with a new cyber product has launched today to offer brokers and their clients what it calls “redesigned insurance, with cyber security expertise at its core.”Mountain View,...