News

Risk: More Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Providers

Last month saw an alarming rise in cyber attacks against healthcare facilities, says Radiflow . Ransomware attacks across the globe locked 68 care providers out of their respective networks during Q3 of this year alone, […]

Global insurance trends

GoDaddy Attack Highlights Global Risk, Says CyberCube

A Single Point of Failure (SPoF) cyber attack such as the one currently affecting web-hosting firm GoDaddy represents one of the most likely ways the world could experience its first systemic cyber event, leading cyber […]

cyber insurance

HMRC Investment in WFH Tech Poses Security Challenge

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has invested in 37,624 laptops, tablets and phones in the last 12 months, and a grand total of 45,704 devices since October 2019, which was shortly before Covid-19 began […]

Technology

Cyber: Which Councils Suffer Most Data Breaches?

VPNOverview sent out an FOI request to 103 county councils across the UK, to discover which had the most private data breaches within their organisations. Overall, the UK’s councils saw a total of 33,645 human […]

Flood Insurance

ABI Warns on Flood Defences

A joint report published today by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Flood Re ahead of the government’s consultation on its comprehensive spending review highlights the vital need to maintain the UK’s flood defences […]

Big Data

ICO Fines Show The Importance of Data Security

 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a number of final civil monetary penalties in 2020, totalling £42,416,000. The reasons for the fines included breaches of Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the Data Protection Act (DPA). […]

Fraud

Cyber Criminals Are Targeting Insurer/Broker Websites

We just had a press release in from Sontiq, who say that cyber criminals are targeting insurance related websites. Here’s the word; Cyber criminals have set their sights on the insurance industry’s websites used for […]

Technology

Beazley Beefs Up Cyber Offer in Germany

Specialist insurer Beazley is launching enhanced versions of its flagship Beazley Breach Response (BBR) and InfoSec cyber policies for businesses domiciled in Germany. The BBR policy provides a complete privacy breach response management and information […]