All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2023 // Budgets and insurance policy costs have increased exponentially despite doubts surrounding efficacy of cyber practices, according to a recent survey gauging cybersecurity practices among global debt issuers conducted by...
Oct 10 2023 // The Philippines’ state health insurer didn’t have cyber protection software when hackers attacked its computers, giving criminals access to the data of millions of its citizens and triggering calls for an...
Oct 10 2023 // Hacking groups, including some tied to Russia, are attacking Israeli government and media websites, allying themselves with the Palestinian military group Hamas that launched a series of deadly strikes on the country over...
Oct 6 2023 // MGM Resorts International said on Thursday a cyberattack last month that disrupted its operations would cause a $100 million hit to its third-quarter results, as it works to restore its systems.One of the world’s...
Oct 5 2023 // State attorneys general were busy Thursday announcing their share of a $49.5 million settlement with software company Blackbaud related to a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the data of millions of people across the...
Oct 5 2023 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced a strategic partnership with Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group to provide cybersecurity monitoring solutions for...
Oct 2 2023 // Aspen Promotes Bianconi to Global Head of CyberBermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. has appointed Bobby Bianconi as global head of Cyber. Bianconi has been with Aspen since 2016 and brings over 1o years of dedicated...
Oct 2 2023 // Cyber insurers can sometimes feel like systemic risk is unique to them. It isn’t. The COVID-19 pandemic was about as systemic as it gets. Business interruption (BI) insurers faced an avalanche of claims following the...
Sep 29 2023 // Most small businesses don’t believe they will experience a cyber attack, yet many employees are concerned they are putting their organizations at risk, according to a recent poll by Insurance Bureau of Canada...
Sep 29 2023 // Measured Analytics and Insurance, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based cyber insurance MGA, announced the launch of its insurance product, CyberGuard 2023, for the protection of small-and-midsize enterprises (SMEs).With its...
Sep 29 2023 // Paladin Cyber has changed its corporate name to Upfort. Upfort also announced two senior hires, Jeremy Wieber and Matthew Leanza, to advance its strategic initiatives and spearhead the company’s partnership-centric...
Sep 28 2023 // Marsh McLennan wants the Second Circuit appeals court to reconsider its August decision that overruled a district court and reinstated a former employee’s lawsuit against the company over a 2021 data breach.Marsh...
Sep 27 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Allianz Commercial.A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Taps Chubb’s Gossé for Cyber Insurance,...
Sep 27 2023 // According to privileged access management Delinea’s report, Closing the Cyber Insurance Gap – 2023 State of Cyber Insurance, a significant gap is emerging between insurance carriers and organizations who are...
Sep 26 2023 // Bermuda is working to restore public services that were halted after last week’s “sophisticated and deliberate” cyberattack on its government systems, the island’s premier, E. David Burt, said on...
Sep 25 2023 // BOSTON (AP) — A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware after announcing a presidential bid, security researchers reported Friday. They said Egyptian authorities were likely behind the...
Sep 22 2023 // The Grange Pub in Cardiff is a typical modern British tavern. A short stroll from the city centre, it’s busy most days of the week. Weekends are packed, especially for Sunday lunch.In March 2020 all that stopped....
Sep 22 2023 // Trium Cyber, a Lloyd’s cyber specialist, announced that the US-based company has opened a London office to write coverage for clients based outside of the US.“Our advanced technical underwriting, outstanding...
Sep 21 2023 // MGM Resorts said on Wednesday its hotels and casinos were back to normal operations but it was working to resolve issues at its luxury Excalibur hotel and casino in Las Vegas, over a week after a cyberattack disrupted its...
Sep 20 2023 // The Department of Homeland Security wants Congress and other federal agencies to help it streamline 52 different cyber reporting requirements to protect critical infrastructure and ease regulatory burdens on hacking...