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We’ve seen such attacks. They’re tricky, often made possible by poor cyber hygiene, and require attention to detail by employees as a final defense (“Boss, are we really supposed to send this wire transfer to a bank in China?”) As Beazley defines it: “Fraudulent Instruction is the transfer of funds by an employee, outside of … Read more
“The group threatened to release the data of Medibank’s ‘1k most [prominent] media persons’ which includes ‘[those with the] most [social media] followers, politicians, actors, bloggers, LGBT activists [and] drug addicted people’ as well as people with ‘very interesting diagnoses.’” Source: Medibank is latest Australian company to suffer cyber security incident | Cyber Security Hub
“(F)ederal prosecutors alleged that in an attempt to cover up the security violation, (then Uber security executive Joe) Sullivan had ‘instructed his team to keep knowledge of the 2016 Breach tightly controlled’ and to treat the incident as part of the bug bounty program.” Source: Uber’s ex-security chief faces landmark trial over data breach that … Read more
“’So then the question is going to be, well, is there coverage for the attack? Is there coverage for the fire? Does the policy exclude coverage for both? And these are some real tough questions that need to be asked in evaluating the claim,’ (Marc Voses, partner at Clyde & Co.) said. ‘You might have … Read more
“New research released this week revealed that 64% of security decision-makers across the US, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Australia suspect their organization has been directly targeted by a nation-state cyberattack. With nation-state attacks on the rise and insurance coverage narrowing, enterprises will need to review their policies to ensure they’re not left exposed to … Read more