Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UK Cyber Authority Urges Organizations to Install Microsoft Updates
Mar 15 2021 // LONDON – Britain’s cyber security body urged organizations to install the latest Microsoft updates as a matter of urgency on Friday, after the company became aware of flaws that make email servers...
Ransom-Seeking Hackers Are Exploiting Flaws in Microsoft Email Software
Mar 12 2021 // Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft’s widely used mail server software, the company said early Thursday – a serious escalation that could portend...
$245M Insurtech Funding Wrap-Up: Corvus, AgentSync, Cowbell Cyber, WeLab, Hi Marley
Mar 12 2021 // Some serious money has been sent the way of various insurance startups over the past week. Investors backed cutting-edge commercial lines and cyber insurance products as well as advances in texting communications, producer...
Hacked Firms Face ‘Frankenstein’ of State-Based Cyber Notification Laws
Mar 11 2021 // Last summer, Katherine “Kitty” Green received some disturbing news about the computer network at Florida Gulf Coast University, where she oversees a foundation for private donors. An outside data provider...
China’s Microsoft Hack, Russia’s SolarWinds Attack Threaten to Overwhelm U.S.
Mar 10 2021 // China’s global attack on Microsoft’s popular email software revealed last week and an equally sprawling Russian attack discovered three months ago have created a two-front war that threatens to overwhelm...
E&O-Cyber Incidents Worsened in 2020: Aon
Mar 10 2021 // Aon’s first ever Errors & Omissions/cyber insurance product snapshot presents a pretty dire picture of worsening conditions. There were on average three new E&O cyber matters per business day in 2020, a...
Arizona City Struggling to Emerge from Cyberattack
Mar 9 2021 // Kingman officials say municipal employees aided by Arizona National Guard technology personnel this week continued working to unravel a cyberattack that targeted the northwestern Arizona city’s computer system days...
White House Warns of Hack of Microsoft’s Outlook Email Program
Mar 8 2021 // The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch...
New York Regulator Issues Guidance for Insurers Writing Cyber Policies in the State
Mar 8 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers that write cyber insurance. This serves as the first guidance the regulator has issued on...
CNA’s Cyber Risk Services Program, CNA CyberPrep, Launched in Canada
Mar 5 2021 // CNA announced that CNA CyberPrep, a proactive cyber risk services program, has been launched in Canada. Already available to CNA’s customers in the United States, CNA CyberPrep helps cyber policyholders with threat...
Volante Combines Ransomware, Cybersecurity in CyberLockout Coverage
Mar 5 2021 // Volante Global, an international managing general agent (MGA) platform, has launched a cyber ransomware product Cyber Lockout that combines ransomware insurance cover with cybersecurity technology. Cyber Lockout is...
Global Power Grids Are Becoming Increasingly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Mar 4 2021 // More than five years after massive cyber attacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power grids have become even more vulnerable to hackers. As utilities turn to varying sources...
How a Social Media Fad Is Turning into a Cyber, Fraud Risk for Insurers
Mar 3 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Anyone who uses social media has probably come across deepfakes, which refer to media such as videos, photos or audio that have been modified using artificial intelligence. Deepfakes have...
Hiscox Cites Loss on COVID, BI Dispute ‘Brand Damage’; Will Alter Liability, Cyber Books
Mar 3 2021 // British insurer Hiscox reported a big loss for 2020 after a jump in claims from businesses disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and also faces “brand damage” from a legal dispute over policy wordings for...
PLUS Offers Cyber Liability Insurance Designation
Mar 2 2021 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) has launched a designation program for cyber liability professionals. The Cyber Professional Liability Practitioner (CPLP) designation builds on the...
Google to Offer Cyber Insurance From Allianz, Munich Re to Cloud Users
Mar 2 2021 // Google is teaming up with two global insurers to cover cyber breaches and related risks for businesses that use its cloud services, the first time a major provider has opened up such insurance to its clients, the companies...
Court Up’holds’ Insurers’ Denial of $6M Crime Claim for Phishing Loss
Mar 1 2021 // Real estate software maker RealPage has been denied a $6 million computer crime insurance coverage claim because the stolen funds were not in its possession but were instead being held by a payment processing firm at the...
Washington State Pushing Measure to Create Office of Cybersecurity
Feb 26 2021 // In response to a security breach that exposed personal information from around 1.6 million unemployment claims filed last year, the Washington Senate has unanimously passed a measure that creates a state Office of...
Senator Says Microsoft Failed to Fix Cloud Software Issue Used by SolarWinds Hackers
Feb 26 2021 // Microsoft Corp.’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office...
Personal Info Posted Online After North Carolina County Ransomware Attack
Feb 24 2021 // An investigation into a ransomware attack on a North Carolina county’s computer network showed personal information posted for sale on the “dark web,” the county said. The Chatham County network was hit...
