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Friday, January 6, 2017According the BBC report CFC Cyber Insurance Claims have increased 78% for data breach/cyber-attacks. The claims came in at a rate of more than 1 a day in 2016 for this insurer. They have seen large amounts of login details stolen and shared more frequently. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, January 3, 2017To start the year on a positive note, the Website NoMoreRansom.org is a project that is just starting up that has tools that may or may not help if your hit with Ransomware. This is a good website address to keep around just in case. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, December 28, 2016Many recent examples point out that law firms are not immune to Cyber Crimes. An ABA article asks whether your firm has Cyber Insurance. It gives as an example a 2015 incident where a four-attorney California Law Firm had a cyber attack experiencing the “Cryptolocker Ransomware ”. READ MORE >>
Thursday, December 15, 2016According to one ABA report 23% of law firms didn’t know if they had a data breach. This is a troubling statistic in that another ABA report stated that around 15% of all law firms have had a data breach. Today it is not so much “if” your law firm will have a data breach, but “when. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, December 13, 2016While the highly published hacks on the DNC (Democratic National Committee) and more recently coming to light of the hacks of the RNC (Republication National Committee) by the Russians. It appears that the Chinese have also been busy with gathering information on commerce. READ MORE >>
Monday, November 28, 2016Hackers are holding San Francisco’s light-rail system for ransom. For more details on what took place click on Cyber Attack San Francisco. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, November 15, 2016In a ransomware attack close to home, the Lansing Board of Water & Light (LBPL), a Michigan municipal utility, in May paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled by a cyberattack. General Manager Dick Peffley told the Lansing State Journal it cost about $2. READ MORE >>
Thursday, November 3, 2016If there is not enough paranoia in the world, over 1/3 of IT professionals believe that their systems are already infected. To find out more read: The Enemy Within: Are Cyberattackers Embedded In Your System? Isn't time to think about Cyber Insurance/Data Breach? READ MORE >>
Wednesday, November 2, 2016Everyday there is another WikiLeaks purported release of new e-mails or data hacked from some organization. Most recently their favorite target has been the Democratic Nation Committee and Hillary Clinton. While WikiLeaks appears to have gotten their information from the Russians, the data breaches are not always from an external source. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, October 26, 2016Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by specialty insurer Beazley. The Beazley Breach Insights report (http://bit. READ MORE >>
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