All Cybercrime articles
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Analysis
How to achieve cyber resilience through increased security vendor accountability
It’s time for risk managers to hold cybersecurity vendors to account, says Richard Hollis, CEO of Risk Crew
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Case study: reacting to a ransomware attack
An inside view of how one company deals with ransomware attacks and what risk managers can learn from their approach
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How cyber threats are evolving and what risk managers can do to prepare
One of the biggest threats to the cybersecurity of businesses is the ever-increasing expertise of cybercriminals. Johnty Mongan, head of cyber risk management at Gallagher explores how organisations can pre-empt what attackers’ next moves might be.
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News
Cyber: Banning ransoms is a ‘blunt policy instrument’
A ban could encourage ransomware attackers to engage in new, more malicious forms of extortion, warns Geneva Convention
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Tech is key to tackling financial fraud - FCA
FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi says data and technology are essential to fighting the rising tide of fraud
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Over half of employees are falling victim to spear phishing
Cybercriminals are turning to social engineering in increasingly sophisticated attacks
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Healthcare sector hardest hit by 2021 cyber attacks – Marsh
Data breaches and ransomware accounted for 51% of cyber incidents for the broker’s London clients
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Unpicking the motivations of criminal cyber threat actors
State-sponsored actors are among the most significant and concerning to potential victims of cyber crime
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Firms face heightened risk of fraud
82% said their organisations had been significantly impacted by fraud and illicit activity - Kroll
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Financial firms fear advanced cybercrime
Cyber threats, macroeconomic change and geopolitical turbulence will shape emerging risk landscape
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Cyber insurance struggling to counter online threat
Cyber insurance has failed to live up to expectations that it may act as a tool for improving organisations’ cyber security practices, finds RUSI
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Study reveals true cost of ransomware
84% of firms are hit again after submitting to ransom demands; with data corrupted during the recovery for 43%
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Ransomware cartels “expand the playbook” - CyberCube
Criminals will continue to target high-profile organisations, having researched their ability to pay a ransom prior to the attack
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GDPR fines nearly €300 million
The EU has issued a total of 648 penalties since the regulation was introduced three years ago
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Managing money laundering risk in a COVID world
How money launderers are exploiting know your customer (KYC) checks and using the pandemic as a ruse to move money
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Colonial Pipeline attack exposes ransomware “pandemic”
CISA urges organisations to take action to strengthen cyber security following US critical infrastructure attack
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Cyber: Critical industries bombarded during pandemic
As firms scaled-up cloud computing during lockdown, they did not always scale up their security processes at the same rate
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The art of the con
Cyber security strategist Eddie Doyle explains how social engineering attacks prey on individuals’ vulnerabilities
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Boards have “fragmented” approach to cyber risk - WEF
Boards have made gains in recent years by recognising cyber as an enterprise risk, but greater resilience is needed
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Cyber: Ransom payments jumped 171% in 2020
Healthcare organisations were most targeted while the rise of ’double extortion’ has fuelled ransomware losses