Now 1.6M people had SSNs, life chapter and verse stolen from insurance IT biz
800K? Make that double, and we'll need a double, too, for the pain
Cyber-crime15 Apr 2025 | 16
Insurance
Insurance giant finds claims rep that gives a damn (it's AI)
Tech shows customers more humanity than its human staff
Offbeat13 Feb 2025 | 24
If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show
35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference
CSO07 Feb 2025 | 2
Troubled US insurance giant hit by extortion after data leak
Globe Life claims blackmailers shared stolen into with short sellers
Security17 Oct 2024 |
IBM: Insurance industry bosses keen on AI. Customers, not so much
Fewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent
AI + ML16 Oct 2024 | 17
Geico tells El Reg, no, it's not canceling all Cybertruck insurance
This comes after Tesla owner griped of dropped policies on X
Offbeat07 Oct 2024 | 44
Security boom is over, with over a third of CISOs reporting flat or falling budgets
Good news? Security is still getting a growing part of IT budget
CSO05 Sep 2024 | 1
CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions – and insurance ain't covering it all
We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9)
CSO26 Jul 2024 | 60
US insurers use drone photos to deny home insurance policies
Of course, it helps if you don't live in a potential disaster zone
Security08 Apr 2024 | 136
BlackCat claims it is behind Fidelity National Financial ransomware shakedown
One of US's largest underwriters forced to shut down a number of key systems
Cyber-crime23 Nov 2023 | 1
Insurers can't use 'act of war' excuse to avoid Merck's $1.4B NotPetya payout
'The get-out-of-jail-free card option has been removed' as one expert put it
CSO03 May 2023 | 36
Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up
Near 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here
Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 18
Health insurer Aflac blames US partner for leak of Japanese cancer policy info
Zurich’s Japanese outpost also leaks a couple of million records
Cyber-crime11 Jan 2023 | 2
Swiss Re wants government bail out as cybercrime insurance costs spike
Giant forecasts premiums rising to $23b by 2025
Security08 Nov 2022 | 33
Ritz cracker giant settles bust-up with insurer over $100m+ NotPetya cleanup
Deal could 'upend the entire cyber-insurance ecosystem and make it almost impossible to get meaningful cyber coverage'
CSO02 Nov 2022 | 55
Health insurer's infosec incident diagnosis goes from 'take a chill pill' to emergency ward
Updated Australia's Medibank says it's been shown stolen data that includes details of treatments administered to customers
Cyber-crime20 Oct 2022 | 12
Unhappy about excluding nation-state attacks from cyberinsurance? Get ready to pay
Lloyd's defends stance as critics say policy tweaks make it less worthwhile to spend on premiums
Security06 Sep 2022 | 23
Lloyd's to exclude certain nation-state attacks from cyber insurance policies
Updated Kim Jong-un has entered the chat
CSO24 Aug 2022 | 55
PC store told it can't claim full cyber-crime insurance after social-engineering attack
Two different kinds of fraud, says judge while throwing out lawsuit against insurer
CSO16 Aug 2022 | 4
Higher risks and premiums are creating critical gap in cyber insurance
Black Hat Most organizations don’t have the financial resources necessary to address ransomware and other cyberattacks, BlackBerry says
Security11 Aug 2022 | 4
Healthcare organizations face rising ransomware attacks – and are paying up
Via their insurance companies, natch
Research03 Jun 2022 | 10
Insurance giant Aon confirms it has suffered 'cyber incident'
Oh the irony! Insurance companies, even those selling cyber insurance, are attack targets
Security01 Mar 2022 | 6
Insurance claims up 31% thanks to the metaverse
I'm gaming like a wrecking ball
Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 20
Insurance firm Admiral fails to grab phone location data of 'fraud' claimant's mother
Plus: Quad9 loses German DNS-blocking injunction pause attempt
Legal17 Dec 2021 | 49
Resistance is ... cheap? Cloudflare, Mandiant, and pals form incident response 'n' cyber insurance borg
Trust us with everything, croons septuple-strong partnership
Security09 Dec 2021 | 4
Don't panic about cyber insurers pulling up the drawbridge, says Lloyd's
New clauses are menu to pick from, not commandments of stone
Legal09 Dec 2021 | 10
Biting the hand that feeds IT
