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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. The perceived threat of cyber risk to global business leaders peaked in 2021 (34%) and over the past two years, the risk perception has dropped (27%).

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Catches of the month: Phishing scams for July 2021

IT Governance

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Avanan’s 2021 Global Phish Cyber Attack Report found that credential harvesting is used in 54% of all phishing attacks.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2021 – 21 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2021 – 21 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. hit by cyber criminals (7.3

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McLaren Health Care revealed that a data breach impacted 2.2 million people

Security Affairs

Exposed information varied by individual and may include some combination of certain individuals’ names, social Security number, health insurance information, date of birth, and medical information. ” reads the notice of data breach sent to the Maine Attorney General. million people appeared first on Security Affairs.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. discloses ransomware incident (unknown).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. TB JP Original Corp Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 1.2 TB JP Original Corp Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 1.2

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FBI, CISA, HHS warn of targeted ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks against the healthcare sector

Security Affairs

BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has been active since November 2021, the list of its victims is long and includes industrial explosives manufacturer SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA , the US defense contractor NJVC , gas pipeline Creos Luxembourg S.A. , the fashion giant Moncler , the Swissport , NCR , and Western Digital.