Latest Cyber Headlines

All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.

What is Ransomware?

Jun 27 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB.According to IBM’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report, it’s estimated that data breaches cost businesses an average of $4.5M in 2023. Statista, shared that over...

Evolve Bank & Trust Confirms Data Was Stolen in Cyberattack

Jun 27 2024 // Evolve Bank & Trust confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack and that customer data had been posted on the dark web, less than two weeks after the Arkansas-based lender was ordered by regulators to improve its risk...

Hacked UK Trove of Medical Records Includes Data on Newborns, Cancer Patients

Jun 27 2024 // Hackers behind a London hospital attack recently published records that include personal information about pregnant women, newborns, cancer patients, people suffering from schizophrenia and thousands of others across the...

People Moves: QBE Promotes Europe Product Managers for Cyber and Mgmt. Liability/Financial Institutions; Stoop Named Managing Director of DUAL Benelux

Jun 26 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE and Howden’s managing general agency, DUAL Benelux.A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Promotes Product Mgrs for Cyber and Mgmt....

Hackers Grow More Sinister and Brazen in Hunt for Bigger Ransoms

Jun 26 2024 // A hack on a London hospital has left hundreds of millions of health records exposed and forced doctors to reschedule life-altering cancer treatments. In North America, a gang tried auctioning off data about LendingTree...

BlackSuit Cybercrime Gang Blamed in CDK Hack That Roiled Car Dealers

Jun 25 2024 // A hacking group called BlackSuit is behind the cyberattack on CDK Global that’s paralyzed car sales across the US, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at the security firm Recorded Future Inc.The cybercrime...

Chinese Hackers Step Up Attacks on Taiwanese Organizations, Cybersecurity Firm Says

Jun 25 2024 // A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as government, education, technology and diplomacy, according to cybersecurity...

Cyber Insurance Market ‘Stable’ With Potential for Growth, Says AM Best

Jun 24 2024 // According to industry rating agency AM Best, there are enough positive factors to give the cyber insurance market a ‘stable’ outlook despite a stall in premium growth.Analysts at AM Best issued a segment...

Probe of Russian Hack on London Hospitals May Take Weeks; Data-Dump Worries Grow

Jun 24 2024 // An investigation into a ransomware attack earlier this month on London hospitals by the Russian group Qilin could take weeks to complete, the country’s state-run National Health Service said Friday, as concerns grow...

Hackers Auction Off Stolen LendingTree Consumers’ Data

Jun 24 2024 // Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the...

CDK Begins Restoring Systems After Cyber Hack Hits Thousands of Retailers

Jun 24 2024 // Retail technology and software provider CDK Global has begun work to restore systems used by over 15,000 retail locations across North America, the company said in a statement on Sunday, adding that it expects the process...

Hackers Auction Off Stolen LendingTree Consumers’ Data: Source

Jun 21 2024 // Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the...

UK Hospital Hackers Claim to Publish Stolen NHS Data

Jun 21 2024 // The cyber criminals taking credit for the hack on London hospitals earlier this month have published what they claim is stolen data from the attack.England’s National Health Service said in a statement Friday it was...

Massachusetts 911 System Restored After Outage Caused by Firewall, Not Cyber Attack

Jun 20 2024 // The 911 system across Massachusetts was restored Tuesday after going down for several hours, which made it impossible for anyone to reach emergency services through the call number.The Massachusetts State Police announced...

Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack

Jun 20 2024 // Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US.The company “shut all systems down...

Hackers Demand as Much as $5 Million From Snowflake Clients

Jun 19 2024 // Cybercriminals are demanding payments of between $300,000 and $5 million apiece from as many as 10 companies breached in a campaign that targeted Snowflake Inc. customers, according to a security firm helping with the...

UK Hospital Hackers Say They’ve Demanded $50 Million in Ransom

Jun 19 2024 // A cohort of Russian-speaking hackers is demanding $50 million from a UK lab-services provider to end a ransomware attack that has paralyzed services at London hospitals for weeks, according to a representative for the...

City in Upstate New York Restoring Systems Disrupted by Cyber Incident

Jun 17 2024 // The city of Newburgh in New York’s Orange County is today reopening its City Hall while continuing to work on restoring municipal services following identification of a cyber incident last Monday.The network security...

People Moves: Canopius Taps Getty From Talbot for Cyber Team; Howden Promotes Hipson to Head of London Broking

Jun 17 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at special re/insurer Chaucer Group and the London-based broker Howden.A summary of these new hires follows here. Canopius Taps Getty From Talbot for Cyber...

London Hospitals Knew of Cyber Vulnerabilities Years Before Hack

Jun 17 2024 // A group of London hospitals struggling to contain the fallout from a cyberattack against a critical supplier had known for years about weaknesses that left them vulnerable to hacks, according to documents reviewed by...