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Ransomware and Data Breaches Tied to Increases in Fatal Heart Attacks
According to a study in October’s issue of Health Services Research, hospitals that experienced a data breach had an increase in death rates among heart attack patients that lasted for years after the cyber attack. Researchers at Vanderbilt University studied over...
A Staggering Number of Companies ignoring DMARC Protocol
A standard email authentication to protect users from potential spoofing and phishing is being ignored. Upwards of 80 percent of company web domains are operating without DMARC. Having a DMARC is an industry standard that helps prevent malicious email coming from...
Massive Security Breach at Dominion National
Over 122,000 members of Providence Health Plan may have been exposed in a security breach that dates back more than nine years. Dominion National, a Virginia-based insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits working with Providence, brought it to...
August Cybersecurity News Round-Up
Over Half of all Social Media Logins are Fraud A new report released by Arkose Labs has revealed that over half of the logins on social media sites are from fraudulent accounts. This includes bots and humans that have malicious intentions. The report stated that the...
New Cybersecurity Threat: Stegware
News of cyber threats is commonplace these days and unfortunately, much of it isn’t just “scary hype,” but rather cause for legitimate concern about your digital security. One of the big problems is that once a cyber security company finds a way to block the...
July Cybersecurity News Round-Up
Mutating Malware Revealed in Recent Cyber Attacks Several embassies have been attacked recently by a trojanized version of TeamViewer, a remote-access desktop sharing software. According to Check Point Research, these attacks began on April 1, and have been on a roll...
Penetration Test vs. Vulnerability Scan
When you create technology attached to the Internet, be it a website, app or a network server, you have to realize you’re going to be the target of hackers. There are plenty of tools to protect yourself from these attacks, but two of them people tend to get confused...
June Cybersecurity News Round-Up
Millions of Labcorp Patients Added to AMCA Data Breach LabCorp is the newest victim of the American Medical Collection Agency data breach. This news comes shortly after Quest Diagnostics had reported having their patient’s data stolen from AMCA’s database. The recent...
Cloud Based Infrastructures Target for Cryptojacking Cyber Hackers
With the popularization of cryptocurrency and cryptomining over the last few years, a new style of cyber attack has emerged. During 2018, many analysts began to warn people about the problems of “cryptojacking”—a hacker hijacking a computer to use it for mining...
INSUREtrust wins 2019 Cyber Brokering Team of the Year Award
Norcross, GA (June 20, 2019)—INSUREtrust is excited to announce a prestigious honor from Advisen’s 2019 Cyber Risk Awards held in New York City on June 19, 2019. INSUREtrust was named Cyber Risk Brokering Team of the Year. Advisen’s Cyber Risk Awards recognizes the...
