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HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost

Security Affairs

Recently emerged HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost. For those who have cyber insurance against ransomware attacks. But since the sneaky insurance agent purposely negotiates so as not to pay for the insurance claim, only the insurance company wins in this situation.

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How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails

eSecurity Planet

However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted. First, call the cyber insurance company that issued the organization’s cybersecurity policy. Insured companies often will not have options. Eliminate attacker access.

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How to make sure your cyber insurance policy pays out

IT Governance

Cyber insurance is big business these days. With the ever-present danger of data breaches and cyber attacks, organisations must be sure that they have the financial backing to respond appropriately. The most common reasons that insurers reject cyber insurance claims are organisations’ failure to.

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Adventures in cyber litigation: Frozen crypto-assets and the role of cyber insurance

Data Protection Report

Given the level of interest in the case, we have prepared a deeper-dive into the facts and the implications of the decision, with a focus on the important role played in the case by cyber insurance. Until recently, there had not been an example of a cyber insurer actively participating in a recovery action. The context.

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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What is Cybersecurity Risk Management?

eSecurity Planet

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. Advanced Encryption. Though data encryption is helpful against outside breaches, it does little to protect against internal data theft. Enhancing Risk Management.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” Screenshot example.