Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Payment Gateway Slim CD Notifies 1.7M Cardholders of Hack
Sep 11 2024 // Electronic-payment gateway Slim CD has notified customers that its systems were hacked starting more than a year ago, potentially exposing the names, addresses, and credit card information of nearly 1.7 million...
Moody’s: Insurers and Asset Managers Bolstering Cyber Defenses
Sep 10 2024 // Insurers and asset managers worldwide continue to focus on cybersecurity amid growing risks, according to findings from a Moody’s Ratings survey that polled 110 companies operating across both...
Zurich, Marsh McLennan Call for Public Partnerships to Close Cyber Gaps
Sep 9 2024 // A new report from Marsh McLennan and Zurich titled “Closing the cyber risk protection gap” is calling for a closer collaboration between the insurance industry and the public sector as cyber insurance coverage...
Halliburton Says August Cyberattack Took Information From Systems
Sep 3 2024 // Oil service company Halliburton on Tuesday said a cyberattack last month has caused “disruptions and limitations” to business applications that support operations. “The company believes the unauthorized...
Finance Chief Resigns After Connecticut Town Hacked for $200K
Sep 3 2024 // The Connecticut town of Plymouth has been hacked for more than $200,000 and the town’s finance director has resigned as a result of the cybersecurity incident. Mayor Joseph Kilduff said the town fell victim to a...
Ransomware Study: 78% of Attack Victims Paid Ransom; 74% Suffered Multiple Strikes
Sep 2 2024 // A survey of nearly 1,000 IT and security professionals shows numerous organizations were targeted by ransomware attacks in the past year with a high degree of success, with most paying a ransom — many of which paid...
Chinese Hackers Breach US Internet Firms Via Startup, Researcher Says
Aug 27 2024 // The state-sponsored Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon is exploiting a bug in a California-based startup to hack American and Indian internet companies, according to security researchers. Volt Typhoon has...
Halliburton Probes Impact of Cyberattack With Law Enforcement
Aug 26 2024 // Top U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday it was working with law enforcement to determine the extent of a computer systems breach and was yet to determine if the incident would have a material impact on...
Microsoft, Cyber Firms to Meet on Fixes After CrowdStrike Crash
Aug 26 2024 // Microsoft Corp. is planning a meeting next month with cybersecurity companies that operate at the core of its Windows systems to discuss ways in which they can keep last month’s worldwide computer crash from...
Cyber Resilience Overestimation Leads to Business Continuity Issues, Ransom Payments
Aug 22 2024 // New research commissioned by Cohesity, an AI-powered data security firm, reveals organizations overestimate their cyber resilience capabilities and maturity, leading to significant business continuity disruptions and...
Cyber Risk: West Virginia OIC Plans to Dispose of Older Workers’ Comp Files
Aug 22 2024 // The West Virginia insurance commissioner’s office has adopted a new policy: It will soon begin destroying workers’ compensation claim files that are 10 years old or older. “Given increasing cybersecurity...
US Firms Warn Against ‘Unprecedented’ Hong Kong Cyber Rules
Aug 21 2024 // US firms have warned that parts of a proposed cyber law could grant the Hong Kong government unusual access to their computer systems, highlighting the latest challenge to Western tech giants in the city. The Asia Internet...
Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation
Aug 19 2024 // Security leaders should be exercising every available option to upgrade their security posture, and cyber insurance policies could make or break the resiliency for many organizations across nearly all industries —...
UK Cyber Spies Plan AI ‘Lab’ to Counter Hostile State Threats
Aug 13 2024 // UK spies are stepping up efforts to tackle cyber and artificial intelligence threats from hostile foreign states, including the sort of online manipulation that helped foment rioting across the country in the past 10...
Swiss-Based Engineering Firm Schlatter Says IT Network Affected by Cyberattack
Aug 13 2024 // Schlatter Industries’ network was attacked with malware on Friday and it can be assumed this was a professional attack, the Switzerland-based company said on Monday. The group was hit on Friday by a cyberattack using...
Delta Rejects CrowdStrike Criticism, Sees $500 Million Hit From Cyber Outage
Aug 9 2024 // Delta Air Lines said on Thursday it is pursuing legal claims against CrowdStrike and Microsoft after a global outage last month caused mass flight cancellations, disrupting travel plans of 1.3 million customers and costing...
Survey: 78% of Ransomware Victims Paid and 74% Suffered Multiple Strikes
Aug 8 2024 // A survey of nearly 1,000 IT and security professionals shows numerous organizations were targeted by ransomware attacks in the past year with a high degree of success, with most paying a ransom—many of which paid...
People Moves: Markel Announces 2 Key Hires for International Casualty Team; Howden Re Taps Gruen From AXIS as Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence
Aug 7 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel and Howden Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Appoints 2 Key Hires for International Casualty Team Markel, the insurance...
City of Columbus, Ohio Says Foreign Cyber Threat Attempted to Disrupt IT System
Aug 6 2024 // The City of Columbus said an investigation into a July 18 cybersecurity incident has found that a foreign cyber threat actor attempted to disrupt the city’s IT infrastructure, in a possible effort to deploy...
Experts Say More Collaboration Needed for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Risk
Aug 5 2024 // Insurers continue to grapple with elusive and ever changing cyber risks in the critical infrastructure sector, and Matthew McCabe, managing director for Guy Carpenter’s Cyber Center of Excellence, said he sees a...
