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Insurance companies typically have decades of data, if not more, on which to base their risk estimates.That’s not the case with cyber risk, however. There’s very little historical data available, the data is not complete, and the threat landscape do…

Almost half of all companies have been the victims of a ransomware attack during the past 12 months, according to a new report. And while globally, 40 percent of them have paid the ransom, 97 percent of U.S. companies did not.Specifically, 75 percen…

Health care organizations were 114 times more likely to hit by ransomware infections than financial firms, and 21 times more likely than educational institutions, according to a new research report by Solutionary.The Omaha-based security firm detect…

The U.S. Department of Human Services has released new guidance for health care organizations that focuses on the growing threat of ransomware, stresses the need for better education and regular backups, and confirms that a ransomware attack agains…

These days not a headline goes by without some cybercriminal jumping all over it. Now, with the Olympics coming up and travelers wary of the Zika virus, scammers are creating fake websites and apps to steal money or to infect users with malware.”The…

Police officers held up a sign saying “Welcome to Hell” at the Rio airport last week, according to local and international news reports, and the region’s acting governor warned of a total collapse in public security. More funding is on its way, but …

The Flash Keyboard app has been downloaded more than 50 million times — but is capable of some extremely dangerous behaviors.”It looked like it was a convenient keyboard that had some nice features,” said Bill Anderson, chief product officer at mob…

Companies that use remote device management software to oversee employee devices used for business have the ability to collect a lot more information than employees may be comfortable with, according to a report released today.”The intent of these M…

A majority of companies don’t have the technology in place to keep employees from sharing confidential documents, according to a study released today.In particular, only 36 percent of over 600 IT practitioners at large companies said that their comp…

Shaming carriers and smartphone manufacturers into applying patches faster is a step forward, but a lot more needs to be done to improve security of the Android platform, security experts say.Last month, Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, is conside…

As of the end of March, 93 percent of all phishing emails contained encryption ransomware, according to a report released today by PhishMe.That was up from 56 percent in December, and less than 10 percent every other month of last year.And the numbe…

In theory, nobody should be paying any money to the ransomware extortionists. Doesn’t everyone have backups these days? Even consumer has access to a wide variety of free or low-cost backup services.
But the headlines are full of reports about inst…

A recent test of pre-installed updater software on 10 laptops showed that every single one had security problems.”We went and bought about 10 laptops,” said Darren Kemp, security researcher at Duo Security. “And every single vendor had their own pie…

Last week, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission called cybersecurity the biggest risk facing the global financial industry.”Cyber risks can produce far-reaching impacts,” said SEC chair Mary Jo White.For example, cybercriminals recent…