White House Touts $1 Billion in Grants to Fight Cybercrime September 19, 2022 By Katrina Manson The Biden administration has called on states and local governments to apply for new cybersecurity grants worth $1 billion over...
3 Iranian Citizens Charged in Broad Hacking Campaign in US September 16, 2022 By Eric Tucker The Justice Department said Wednesday that three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with ransomware attacks that...
Phishing Triggers Majority of Cyber Claims in 2022 First Half: Coalition September 14, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Claims are down among Coalition policyholders in the first half of 2022, but small businesses became bigger targets and an...
Cyber Insurance Price Hike Hits Local Governments Hard August 29, 2022 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline This story originally appeared on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Horry County, South Carolina, officials were in...
Cyber Insurance Gap Growing: Survey Report August 11, 2022 According to a survey report released yesterday, not only are most North American businesses still not buying cyber insurance, but...
‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks on Financial Firms Surged in First Half July 27, 2022 Hackers are increasingly targeting financial firms such as banks and trading houses with attacks designed to use their computer systems...
‘BazarCall’ Malware Uses Call Centers to Target Small Businesses: CFC July 14, 2022 CFC, a specialist insurance provider and market leader in cyber, warned brokers and their clients today of an emerging method...
Wall Street Banks Quietly Test Cyber Defenses at Treasury’s Direction June 27, 2022 By Christopher Condon and Craig Torres With global tensions rising over Ukraine, the cutthroat competitiveness of the US financial sector is yielding to partnership over the...
Carnival Cruise Pays $5M, Gives Up Insurance Licenses in New York Over Data Breach June 24, 2022 New York’s financial services regulator has fined Carnival Corp. $5 million for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulations that the...
Ransomware Attacks Up More Last Year Than In Prior Five Years: Verizon May 31, 2022 Verizon released its 15th annual report on data breaches last week, finding that ransomware attacks increased by 13 percent in...