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“A new scheme involves demanding that the target provide details of its cyber insurance policies so that the payment demands can be adjusted to fall within the coverage the victim purchased.” (We’ve written about this trend before… ) Excerpt of a message from a ransomware gang (provided by Varonis): “(S)ince the sneaky insurance agent purposely … Read more
“Built on Coalition’s proprietary data collection platform and knowledge graph, which captures 48 trillion monthly events, the Active Cyber Risk Model offers a more accurate picture of cyber risk for organizations and the broader economy. In a simulation modeled against a sampling of 5,000 American companies, Coalition found that a one-in-250-year cyber event could cost … Read more
“Computers specially configured (by Coalition) to make cyber criminals think they were small businesses operating in London were attacked by hackers over 2,000 times every minute this January.” Most attacks involved attempts to hack remote desktop connections. “’These results show just how much home working has widened businesses’ attack surface – the number of internet … Read more
Criminals have been using HardBit ransomware since last fall. Now the hackers are making an unusual, and outrageous, demand on their targets. “The hackers tell victims to anonymously provide them with the details of their cyberinsurance so that they can set the ransom amount accordingly. The HardBit operators say they do not want to demand … Read more
[Paywall may apply] “The costly NotPetya cyberattack, which the U.S. blamed on Russia, should be considered a ‘cyber nuclear attack,’ insurers argued as they urged judges to overturn a legal win by Merck & Co. in a dispute that could have broad ramifications for business insurance…The insurers appealed after a lower court judge sided with … Read more