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“We will hold them accountable”: General Motors sued for selling customer driving data to third parties

August 20, 2024 0 Comments driving data, driving score, general motors, insurance, news, Privacy, risk analysis

The Texas Attorney General is suing GM for selling driving data to third parties where they would end up in the hands of insurance companies.

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HardBit ransomware tailors ransom to fit your cyber insurance payout

February 22, 2023 0 Comments cyber, encrypted, hardbit, infection, insurance, locked, negotiation, Network, news, Ransomware

Categories: News

Tags: hardbit

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We take a look at a ransomware infection which uses a novel approach to payments: asking for the victim’s insurance details.

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French law to report cyberincidents within 3 days to become effective soon

February 13, 2023 0 Comments 72 hours, cyberincident, france, insurance, law, news

Categories: News

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A French law has been announced that requires victims of a cyberincident to report within 72 hours after discovery. We have heard similar proposals that may come through

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What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance?

April 27, 2022 0 Comments Awareness, backup, claim, claims, cyber insurance, document, excess, exempt, exemption, expenses, insurance, insurer, loss, policy, Ransomware, stalking, theft

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:57:03 +0000

Cyber insurance is back in the news, but this time the focus is on personal insurance. We take a look at what’s on offer.

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Would ‘Medicare for All’ help secure health data?

November 26, 2019 0 Comments adam kujawa, amca, american medical collection agency, blue cross blue shield, breaches, cms, Cybercrime, department of health and human services, dominion national, Electronic Frontier Foundation, gao, Government, government accountability office, healthcare, healthcare.gov, heatlhcare, hhs, insurance, interoperability, malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, medicare for all, online privacy act of 2019, os inc, prema blue cross, Privacy, security world, solara medical supplies, spectrum health lakeland, third-party services, wolverine solutions group

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:30:10 +0000

Beyond the usual arguments on this subject, we wanted to ask the question: Are there any security risks we need to be worried about if the United States were to switch to ‘Healthcare for All’ policies?

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Tags: adam kujawa AMCA American Medical Collection Agency Blue Cross Blue Shield breaches CMS cybercrime Department of Health and Human Services Dominion National Electronic Frontier Foundation GAO Government Accountability Office healthcare healthcare.gov Heatlhcare HHS insurance interoperability Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs Medicare for all Online Privacy Act of 2019 OS Inc Prema Blue Cross Solara Medical Supplies Spectrum Health Lakeland third-party services Wolverine Solutions Group

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A week in security (October 7 – 13)

October 14, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, amazon, body cams, bots, chrome, cybersecurity, facial recognition, github, Google, ICE, insurance, insurance cybersecurity, managed service providers, multi-factor authentication, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, ncsam, police body cams, Security, Stalkerware, twitter, us immigration and customs enforcement, war shipping

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:30:38 +0000

A look at the cybersecurity news from October 7 – 13, including updates on war shipping, managed service providers, and stalkerware.

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A week in security

Tags: amazon body cams bots chrome cybersecurity facial recognition GitHub Google ice insurance insurance cybersecurity managed service providers multi-factor authentication national cybersecurity awareness month National domestic violence awareness month NCSAM police body cams security stalkerware twitter US Immigration and Customs Enforcement war shipping

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Cyber insurance: here to stay, whether we like it or not

October 10, 2019 0 Comments backups, claims, cyber insurance, Cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity training, first party, insurance, malware, Ransomware, ransomware insurance, third party, threat actors, threats

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at the many reasons people and businesses make use of cyber insurance, and ask if it’s as bad as (some) make it out to be.

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Tags: backups claims cyber insurance cybersecurity policy cybersecurity training first party insurance malware ransomware ransomware insurance third party threat actors threats

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