Another Sunday and a new installment of the Cyber Insurance Sunday – Upload. A few interesting items from the week. Some we reported on, and others we found interesting. Deepfakes and video calls and $25 million, beware that electric toothbrush hack, and half of the French population facing a data dilemma. There’s more than that, so have a look. Enjoy the reads and enjoy the day!
- The Department of Health and Human Services folks (HHS) look at cyber insurance implementation in healthcare. Don’t Be Caught Off Guard: Why Cyber Insurance is Essential for Small Healthcare Providers for the small operators and for the bigger players Data Breaches and Ransomware: How Cyber Insurance Can Safeguard Your Patients.
- More from HHS and the healthcare industry: HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Malicious Insider Cybersecurity Investigation for $4.75 Million.
- Cyber insurance and security intertwine further as Get Cybersecurity Smart: Measured & KnowBe4 Join Forces.
- It’s hard to get half of a group of people to agree, but I bet the French agree this is suboptimal. Two companies, Viamedis and Almerys, service providers for medical insurance companies hit by cyberattacks. Data of half the population of France stolen in its largest ever cyberattack. This is what we know.
- Awards everywhere as Winners unveiled at Intelligent Insurer’s Cyber Insurance Awards Europe 2024.
- This one has Mission Impossible vibes, and, well, read it. Deepfakes, video calls, and a few million bucks. It’s nuts, except it isn’t; Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’.
- Don’t tell Mom; another excuse not to brush your teeth, one hell of a way to pull off a distributed denial of service (DDoS) Beware! Hackers use electric toothbrushes in massive cyber attack, results in huge financial loss.
- And Wired with a look at the price ransomware in 2023; Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023.