Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho School Trying to Recover Data Weeks After Ransom-Seeking Cyberattack
Jan 23 2018 // Nearly six weeks after being hit by a massive ransomware cyberattack, the Jerome School District is still working to recover. On Dec. 11, school district officials found out much of its data was encrypted. Each affected...
Filing Deadline Approaching for New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation
Jan 23 2018 // New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo has reminded all regulated entities and licensed persons covered by the Department of Financial Services’s (DFS) cybersecurity regulation that...
Companies Across Globe Race to Comply with EU’s Data Protection Law
Jan 22 2018 // Business is booming for software and privacy experts as companies across the globe spend millions of dollars to comply with a landmark European data protection law, even as many uncertainties remain about how the rules...
Cyber Attacks on U.S. Power Grids Can Be Deterred With Password Changes
Jan 22 2018 // A key to preventing cyber attacks from crippling U.S. power grids could be changing passwords on internet routers, wifi-connected thermostats and smart lawn-sprinklers. “A significant share” of internet attacks...
Lebanon Spy Agency Turns Smartphones into Spycams in 21 Countries: Researchers
Jan 19 2018 // Lebanon’s intelligence service may have turned the smartphones of thousands of targeted individuals into cyber-spying machines in one of the first known examples of large-scale state hacking of phones rather than...
U.S. Banks Face Growing Threat from Cyber Attacks: New Bank Regulator
Jan 19 2018 // U.S. banks are facing a growing threat from cyber attackers and making defense against them more complex by relying on third-party firms for support, according to a report released Thursday by Joseph Otting, the Trump...
Silent Cyber Included in Willis Re’s Cyber Risk Portfolio Modeling Tool PRISM-Re
Jan 18 2018 // Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory and broking company, has upgraded its cyber risk portfolio modeling tool PRISM-ReTM to include “silent cyber.” Willis Re defines...
Business, Political Leaders List Cyber Attacks, Geopolitical Tensions as Top Concerns: WEF Survey
Jan 18 2018 // The threat of large-scale cyber attacks and a “deteriorating geopolitical landscape” since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global elite’s list of concerns, the...
Cyber Incidents Most Feared BI Trigger for Global Companies: Allianz Risk Report
Jan 17 2018 // Business interruption and cyber incidents interlink as the major threat facing companies over the coming year, according to a report published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). Allianz revealed that...
Senators Propose Heavy Fines for Credit Agencies Over Privacy Data Breaches
Jan 12 2018 // Two Senate Democrats are proposing large new fines for credit reporting agencies that lose consumers’ personal information in data breaches, according to a bill they introduced on Wednesday. The bill would impose...
UK Fines Mobile Phone Retailer Carphone Warehouse over 2015 Data Breach
Jan 10 2018 // Britain’s information regulator said on Wednesday it had fined Carphone Warehouse 400,000 pounds ($539,400) after a 2015 cyber attack exposed the personal data of more than 3 million customers. The Information...
Wary Businesses Test Fixes for Chip Flaws Before Installing
Jan 8 2018 // Chances that a fix to a major microchip security flaw may slow down or crash some computer systems are leading some businesses to hold off installing software patches, fearing the cure may be worse than the original...
Intel Downplays Effect of Security Flaw as Investors Worry About Liability
Jan 5 2018 // Security issues with Intel Corp. microchips are only slowing computers slightly, technology companies said, as researchers played down the need for mass hardware replacements to protect millions of devices from...
Travelers Europe Offers Enhanced Cyber Cover for UK & Ireland Tech Sector
Jan 4 2018 // Travelers Europe announced it has enhanced its offering for technology businesses in the United Kingdom and Ireland with a packaged product to provide improved protection against the unique cyber risks facing IT,...
What to Do About Newly-Discovered Computer Security Flaws
Jan 4 2018 // Researchers from Google, academia and cybersecurity firms discovered two flaws in computer chips that affect nearly all modern computers. “Meltdown” is a flaw that affects laptops, desktop computers and...
CFC Underwriting Launches New Product for U.S. Nutraceutical Companies
Jan 4 2018 // Specialist lines underwriting agency CFC Underwriting has added to its life sciences suite of products with a new insurance product designed specifically for nutraceutical businesses in the U.S. Coverages include products...
Experts Warn of Security Flaws That Expose Most Computers, Phones to Hackers
Jan 3 2018 // Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro...
Top Insurance Journal International Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // Blockchain, cyber, mergers and acquisitions and London’s devastating Grenfell Tower fire are just some of the topics that dominate the most popular articles in Insurance Journal’s International section during...
Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // As 2017 wraps up, Insurance Journal is looking back on some of its most popular stories of the year while preparing for what is ahead for the insurance industry in 2018. These are just a few of many topics Insurance...
Top Insurance Journal National Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // It wouldn’t feel right to close out the year without looking back at the most popular stories on Insurance Journal during the past 12 months. Here are the national stories that attracted the most readers in 2017,...
