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FBI Reports More Data Breaches from Disgruntled Employees
Last week, the FBI issued a cyber security warning, stating there’s been an increase in data breaches caused by disgruntled employees on or around the time they left their employer. Employees were...
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91% of Businesses Underestimate the Number of Cyber Threats They Face
If you had to pick a number, how many new variants of malware do you think threaten businesses each day? That was the question posed to roughly 4,000 IT professionals in a new data security survey from...
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Shellshock Sure Understands the Halloween Spirit
The Shellshock vulnerability – a bug that exposes Unix-based computers (including Mac OS X) to remote code-injection attacks – burst onto the scene just in time for Halloween. It's currently spooking...
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"BadUSB" Code Reminds Us All to Stay Paranoid
There's a page in many corporate IT handbooks that contains a warning about using USB devices like thumb drives on work computers. These devices could contain malware and should be quarantined.While...
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Four States Update Data Breach Notification Laws
According to JD Supra, four states have changed their data breach notification laws in the wake of 2014's onslaught of data breaches. Here's what IT consultants need to know about new state...
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When Software Design is a Matter of Life and Death
Believe it or not, in the middle of all the panic over the first Ebola cases in the U.S., there was actually a question of IT liability. According to Bloomberg News, the Dallas-area hospital's software...
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The Free Security Tool Your Clients Probably Aren't Using
As IT security blogger Brian Krebs reports, last week saw a wave of critical security updates to Microsoft Windows, Java, and two Adobe programs.Your clients might not realize that by delaying an...
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Introducing TIMI, the TechInsurance Market Index
Insuring small IT businesses and tech contractors is our specialty at TechInsurance, but we're always looking to better understand our clients and the risks they face. That's why we're introducing the...
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Should You Have a Data Breach Clause in Your Contracts?
The recent string of data breaches has shown how different industries respond to new fears about data security. For instance, in response to the growing concerns of clients, corporate lawyers are...
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Why the 31% of Businesses without Cyber Insurance Should Scare You
Insurance Journal reports on a study that shows 60 percent of businesses think cyber risks are very high for them, but 31 percent still have no Cyber Liability Insurance whatsoever.You might be...
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iOS Malware Accesses Devices through Third-Party App Stores
Apple earned its sterling reputation for device security in part because iOS hadn't been hacked by malware. However, the company's reputation recently took a hit when a new strain of malware called...
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Getting Government Contracts: What Not to Do
Advisen reports that there's been a massive data breach affecting tens of thousands of government employees. When US Investigation Services – a longtime government contractor specializing in background...
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62% of Americans Worry about Smartphone Hacking; 53% Don't Secure Their Phones
According to a new Gallup poll, cyber crime is now the crime that most Americans worry about it. The new survey shows these startling numbers:69 percent of Americans worry about having their credit...
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Should You Have a Data Breach Clause in Your Contracts?
The recent string of data breaches has shown how different industries respond to new fears about data security. For instance, in response to the growing concerns of clients, corporate lawyers are...
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Why the 31% of Businesses without Cyber Insurance Should Scare You
Insurance Journal reports on a study that shows 60 percent of businesses think cyber risks are very high for them, but 31 percent still have no Cyber Liability Insurance whatsoever.You might be...
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iOS Malware Accesses Devices through Third-Party App Stores
Apple earned its sterling reputation for device security in part because iOS hadn't been hacked by malware. However, the company's reputation recently took a hit when a new strain of malware called...
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Getting Government Contracts: What Not to Do
Advisen reports that there's been a massive data breach affecting tens of thousands of government employees. When US Investigation Services – a longtime government contractor specializing in background...
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62% of Americans Worry about Smartphone Hacking; 53% Don't Secure Their Phones
According to a new Gallup poll, cyber crime is now the crime that most Americans worry about it. The new survey shows these startling numbers:69 percent of Americans worry about having their credit...
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Study: Almost 25% Increase in Data Breaches in Q3 2014
SafeNet conducted a data breach study examining all the breaches that occurred in the third quarter of 2014 and found a nearly 25 percent increase in attacks compared to the same quarter last year.It's...
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Data-Breach-Related Lawsuits Show the Benefits, Limitations of Insurance
How much do data breaches cost? That's the million-dollar question – literally. And to answer it, we'll look at two recent data breaches:Home Depot: 56 million stolen credit and debit cards.University...
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