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Victory for Pharma Giant Merck in NotPetya Cyber Attack Suit Redefines “Act of War” Insurance Claims

May 16, 2023

Victory for Merck in the long-simmering suit on the 2017 NotPetya cyber attack means that cyber insurers now have much less ground to stand on when denying insurance claims on an "act of war" basis.

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Cloud Services From Major Providers Including Amazon and Microsoft Vulnerable To the Widespread SolarWinds Hack

January 4, 2021

SolarWinds hack may impact cloud services from major providers such as Microsoft and Amazon, especially since the Orion software stores API keys and other security credentials.

Bitcoin and dollar bills on keyboard showing ransomware attacks and ransomware payments

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40-Country Pact to Refuse Ransomware Payments Includes US, EU

November 7, 2023

The International Counter Ransomware Initiative conference has produced a pledge by 40 countries to refuse ransomware payments going forward, including the United States and EU members. The pledge appears to only apply to government entities.

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Over 100,000 UK Connected Cameras Have a Security Flaw Allowing Hackers Access to Live Footage

June 18, 2020

Consumer watchdog Which? has sounded the alarm over certain brands of wireless cameras manufactured by Chinese firm HiChip that allow hackers to access people’s home networks.

Facade of Palace Palazzo Chigi seat of Italy government showing Lockbit ransomware attack on tax agency

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Suspected Lockbit Ransomware Attack on Italian Tax Agency Potentially Leaked About 100 GB of Data

August 4, 2022

The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency and the Postal Police are investigating an alleged ransomware attack on the country's tax agency that potentially leaked 100 GB of data.

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Most Desired Skills, Programming Languages, and Professional Certifications for Cyber Security Jobs

October 30, 2020

Technical ability and mindset, Python coding language, and the CISSP certification are among the most desired skills for cyber security jobs, SpecOps' study found.

Bank of England building showing UK financial regulator stress test report on cyber insurance

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UK Financial Regulator: Country’s Cyber Insurance Providers Lack Consistency in Risk Assessments, Modeling Capability

February 7, 2023

The UK financial regulator found that cyber insurance firms "mostly" weathered the stress test, in the sense that only a small number reported concluding the scenario with an amount of funds on hand that would put them beneath national solvency capital requirements.

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Document Leak Reveals Meta Employees Took Bribes To Use Account Recovery Tool for Expedited Service, Account Hijacking

December 2, 2022

Rogue Meta employees and contractors abused an internal tool called "Oops," which is primarily intended for in-house account recovery for employees and business partners. There were some cases of account hijacking for money.

Blurred image of railroad showing the frightening speed for automated hacking of default credentials as tested through honeypots

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New Study Using Global Honeypots Reveals Frightening Speed for Automated Hacking of Default Credentials

April 26, 2019

Honeypots set up by Sophos logged a staggering amount of scripted attacks attempting to pass default credentials. What’s more alarming is the aggressive speed and scale of these attempts with the first attack in less than 60 seconds.

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Apple Expands Advertising Business in the Midst of App Tracking Clampdown

April 28, 2021

Apple is expanding its advertising business even as it puts unprecedented restrictions on publishers with the rollout of its App Tracking Transparency.

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Victory for Pharma Giant Merck in NotPetya Cyber Attack Suit Redefines “Act of War” Insurance Claims

Cloud Services From Major Providers Including Amazon and Microsoft Vulnerable To the Widespread SolarWinds Hack

40-Country Pact to Refuse Ransomware Payments Includes US, EU

Over 100,000 UK Connected Cameras Have a Security Flaw Allowing Hackers Access to Live Footage

Suspected Lockbit Ransomware Attack on Italian Tax Agency Potentially Leaked About 100 GB of Data

Most Desired Skills, Programming Languages, and Professional Certifications for Cyber Security Jobs

UK Financial Regulator: Country’s Cyber Insurance Providers Lack Consistency in Risk Assessments, Modeling Capability

Document Leak Reveals Meta Employees Took Bribes To Use Account Recovery Tool for Expedited Service, Account Hijacking

New Study Using Global Honeypots Reveals Frightening Speed for Automated Hacking of Default Credentials

Apple Expands Advertising Business in the Midst of App Tracking Clampdown

Health Insurance Provider Blue Shield of California Discloses Accidental Sharing of Customer Health Data Via Google Analytics

2025 Verizon DBIR: Cyber Attacks Increasingly Driven by Vulnerability Exploitation, VPNs and Edge Devices Heavily Targeted

CISA Warns About Heightened Security Risks from the Alleged Oracle Cloud Credential Leak

Medusa Ransomware Gang Claims NASCAR Data Breach Leaking Over 1 Terabyte of Sensitive Information