Thefts, Scams of Cryptocurrencies Surge 400% to $1.7 Billion in 2018 January 30, 2019 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Cryptocurrencies stolen from exchanges and scammed from investors surged more than 400 percent in 2018 to around $1.7 billion, according...
Singapore Data Leak of Records of 14,200 HIV Patients Blamed on U.S. Citizen January 29, 2019 By Saket Sundria Records of as many as 14,200 people with HIV and their 2,400 contacts have been “illegally disclosed online”, Singapore’s health...
Global Malware Attack Could Cost Insurers $27 Billion January 29, 2019 By Noor Zainab Hussain A coordinated global cyber attack, spread through malicious email, could cause economic damages anywhere between $85 billion and $193 billion,...
French Engineering Consultancy Altran Tech Hit by Cyber Attack January 28, 2019 French engineering consultancy Altran Technologies was the target of a cyber attack last Thursday that hit operations in some European...
Hiscox Stages Cyber Attack to Show Small Businesses What It’s Like to Be Hacked January 18, 2019 Hiscox, a specialist in small business and cyber insurance, recently staged a “real world” hack to demonstrate what a cyber...
Failure to Mitigate Climate Change, Cyber Attacks Are Top Global Threats: WEF January 17, 2019 By Jill Ward The failure to tackle climate change and extreme weather events are the most threatening global risks this year, according to...
Cyber Joins Business Interruption as Top Global Business Risks: Allianz Survey January 16, 2019 By L.S. Howard Cyber incidents join business interruption as the top risks facing global businesses, according to a survey conducted by Allianz Global...
2019 Cyber Insurance Predictions: Strong Drivers for Growth Ahead January 15, 2019 By Yakir Golan Cyber insurance is trending upward, the industry is growing, and the technology around it is evolving at a very quick...
Iran Hackers Could Be Behind Wave of Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure: FireEye January 11, 2019 By David Tweed Cyber attackers in Iran could be behind a wave of hacks on government and communications infrastructure that will require a...
Zurich Policyholder Dispute Highlights Danger of Calling Out Cyber Attackers: Opinion January 11, 2019 By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg Opinion The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows...