Due to an absence of high-profile data breaches in recent months, cyber insurance rates declined in the first quarter of 2016, say insurance industry brokers. According to Marsh, “The average
MedStar Health, a Maryland-based healthcare company, was infected with a computer virus forcing the company to shut down its email and records database, leaving hospitals and thousands of employees to
After months of continuous debate and with the help of Israeli data extraction company Cellebrite, the FBI has successfully unlocked the encrypted iPhone belonging to San Bernardino shooter, Syed Farook.
A growing concern of cyber risk among corporations has led to an increase of cyber insurance purchases, according to a recent report by Marsh LLC titled Benchmarking Trends: Operation Risks
Recent data breaches and cyber-attacks in the healthcare industry, including the Monday attack on MedStar Health, raises the question of why the industry is not doing more to protect its
Across the nation, nearly 50 elite law firms have been targeted by a Russian cybercriminal seeking access to confidential client information. Oleras, the “mastermind” behind the attempt, has reportedly been
The U.S. Justice Department has charged seven Iranians working for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for attempting cyberattacks against dozens of U.S. banks and a failed attempt to take over
Verizon’s Data Breach branch, the branch responsible for helping to prevent and respond to cyber-attacks targeting client firms, has fallen victim to an outside attack and as many as 1.5
The growing threat of Ransomware has reached yet another peak with the recent announcement that the FBI is seeking emergency help in order to investigate a new form of the
Another spree of Ransomware attacks recently victimized three more hospitals: Kentucky Methodist Hospital in Kentucky, and Chino Valley Medical Center and Desert Valley Hospital, both in California. In the California