The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Companies with an annual revenue of US$250,000 to US$999,999 report feeling less prepared to deal with cyber risks in 2023 (76%) than they did in 2022 (70%).

Risk 189

Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Marketing 189

Data Protection Report

MAY 24, 2024

It published a response to its consultation on its 2023 white paper, ‘A pro innovation approach to AI regulation ’ (the White Paper). The BoE and PRA are planning to run the third instalment of their ‘ML in UK financial services’ survey, to ensure their understanding of AI/ML adoption remains up to date.

Government 45

Government Risk Marketing Paper 45

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20% increase accesses of specific organizations advertised.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 121

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Best Application Vulnerability Scanning Tool Criteria There are many website and application vulnerability scanning tools and most will detect common critical vulnerabilities listed in the OWASP top 10 such as SQL Injections (SQLi) or Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Compliance 98

Compliance Cloud Security Passwords 98

KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 | March 7th, 2023 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About This week, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand-new article at BusinessWeek, one of their media properties. The strategy is intended to prioritize defensibility, resiliency, and values alignment.

Phishing 78

Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity Security awareness 78

KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 | May 31st, 2023 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing attacks are best suited for the one industry where the money is, this massive spike in attacks should both surprise you and not surprise you at all.

Phishing 75

Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 75

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08 | February 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach There is a lot to learn from Reddit's recent data breach, which was the result of an employee falling for a "sophisticated and highly-targeted" spear phishing attack.

Phishing 67

Phishing Data breaches Security awareness Security 67