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Hackers cash in on Jackson trial
Spammers are cashing in on media coverage of the Michael Jackson trial with a mail claiming the singer has attempted suicide.
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Zurich rolls out cyber insurance coverage for manufacturers
Zurich Insurance has rolled out a new industry specific endoresements to its cyber insurance policies to provide coverage for manufacturers. This additional coverage was created due to the increased cyberthreat these companies are now under and the fact that many manufacturers, particularly mid-sized firms, are unaware and possibly less prepared to deal with, the risks…
Events, InfoSec World 2020, Security News
Cracking the cyber liability code leads to better insurance coverage
The cyber insurance market continues to evolve and mature with coverage enhancements, along with an abundance of carriers. With so many carriers entering the market, it’s more important than ever for companies to take their time and read the fine print. In their session Tuesday at InfoSec World 2020, “Cracking the Cyber Liability Code,” two…
Election Coverage, Government/Defense, Security News
Cyber Command goes on the offense to protect U.S. election
In the lead up to the mid-term elections next month the U.S. Cyber Command has launched its first ever offensive operation against individual Russians attempting to interfere. The New York Times made the initial report on the operation, and had few details as to what the action included, but indicated the suspected election operatives would…
Election 2016 Cybersecurity Insights, Security News
Student hacks online school government election
A student running for class president of Berkley High School in California hacked into the email accounts of his fellow students in order to swing the school’s first ever online election his way. The unnamed student, and a friend, managed to cast hundreds of fake online votes for himself after gaining access to the district-issued…
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Has ransomware become the Chicken Little of the security industry?
That ransomware is a problem cannot be doubted. Whether the current level of media coverage, fuelled by vendor press releases, is doing more harm than good is more open to debate..
Data Breach, Security News
Baltimore belatedly buys cyberinsurance
In what could be the poster child case for closing the barn door after the horse has left, the Baltimore City Council has approved the purchase of cyber insurance, six months after the municipality suffered a damaging ransomware attack. The Baltimore Sun reported the city conducted a bidding process and selected two plans. “The first…
SC Security Ops Center, Security News
Setting up for success when buying cyberinsurance
When is a war really a not a war, at least as far as an insurance company is concerned? That is the question the cybersecurity and insurance industries are likely to find out at the conclusion of a court case between Zurich International and the U.S. food company Mondelez International, one of the many firms…
Government/Defense, Security News
Search warrants in Russian hackers case reveal interaction between Stone, WikiLeaks
Search warrants executed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian hackers have unearthed interactions between recently indicted Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone and WikiLeaks, which leaked emails stolen from the DemocraticNational Committee (DNC) and other Democratic-related organizations and operatives, according to a Friday court filing. Mueller told the court that Stone’s case is related…
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