One in three Australian adults fell victim to some form of cybercrime last year, costing the economy $2.3 billion. Research released in Norton by Symantec’s Cyber Security Insights Report shows more than six million people fell victim to identify theft, credit fraud or had their passwords compromised. READ MORE: All the people who knew about […]
BREACH NOTIFICATION LEGISLATION IS HERE – IS YOUR BUSINESS P
Since the inception of our Blogging section of our website, articles regarding Cyber Crime, Cyber Liability, ‘Cyber anything’ have been a constant. We have gone to great lengths to write and forward information to our existing or prospective clients about the emerging peril of Cyber Crime and its potentially catastrophic effect on society. We […]
DATA RANSOM AND THE THREAT IT POSES TO YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
If you would like to discuss Cyber insurance, please contact us via our Cyber Insurance page. Advances in technology are great, but the downside is that when you use technology, you are leaving yourself open to all kinds of cyber crime and security threats. Among those threats is the risk of ransomware, which the ACCC has […]
CYBER INSURANCE GETS A ROCKET
Mandatory data breach legislation comes into effect February and has already put a rocket under the local market in cyber security insurance as well as supporting legal services. Earlier this year, the Insurance Council of Australia said the local cyber insurance market had been growing more quickly than any other commercial risk market. “Cyber-insurance is recognised […]
CYBER INSURANCE – A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Cyber Liability & Cyber Crime – more valuable than we realise? For any insurance customer, particularly business owners, there is a proliferation of articles to consume about the urgent necessity to protect your business against the growing criminal epidemic that is cyber-crime. For any individual, it is difficult to know where to start. Questions one […]
FAKE EMAILS CATCH OUT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
A must-read about Cyber! A White House cyber security official, and several prominent members of the Trump team, have fallen victim to a phishing email fraudster. A self-described ‘email prankster’ convinced several senior members of the White House to think he was other officials and has published his exploits online. The prankster posed as ex-White […]
HOW TO STOP YOUR BUSINESS BEING HELD TO RANSOM
It starts innocuously enough. You receive an email from a colleague; just the regular kind of short message they’re always sending and a link to an article they thought you’d like. But when you click on it, your troubles start. It’s not The Australian or The New York Times that you’re taken to Discover more here. Source: […]
ZURICH UNVEILS CYBERATTACK RESPONSE SOLUTION
Zurich has launched a new cyberattack response solution for businesses across Asia Pacific. DisgitalResolve, a coordinated incident response service, has been launched by the international insurer to help businesses in Asia Pacific mitigate and recover from cyberattacks. Discover more here. Source: insurancebusinessmag.com
DEMYSTIFYING CYBER INSURANCE COVERAGE
Organizations continue to invest heavily in cybersecurity efforts to safeguard themselves against threats, but far fewer have signed on for cyber insurance to protect their firms after an attack. Why not? What roadblocks exist, and what steps could the industry take to help clear them? Discover more here. Source: dupress.deloitte.com
IS YOUR DATA SAFE? HERE ARE THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH THE MO...
From the Democratic National Convention to a huge Bitcoin heist, 2016 marked a big year for cyber attacks. And unfortunately, the problem has not gotten any better. We’ve seen a number of major hacks this year — in fact, some of the biggest. Most recently, a global ransomware attack called “WannaCry” has hit thousands of people using […]
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