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U.S.-based security services firm discovers cyber vulnerabilities in radiation monitoring devices
July 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterIOActive, Inc., a “research-driven, high-end information security services” firm headquartered in Seattle, Wash., announced on Wednesday that its research has found a number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in widely deployed radiation monitoring devices (RMDs). RMDs are used to monitor the radiation…
New cyberattack causes mass disruption globally
June 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterOne month after the massive global WannaCry ransomware attack, “a new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across the world, hitting companies and governments in Europe especially hard,” the Associated Press reported…
WannaCry ransomware attack “arguably the first ever cyber-catastrophe”: RMS cyber expert
May 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe global WannaCry ransomware attack is “arguably the first ever cyber-catastrophe,” an expert in cyber risk management from RMS said on Tuesday. Tom Harvey said in a statement that the cyberattack “clearly demonstrates the systemic nature of the risk, with…
One in four U.S. consumers victim of healthcare data breach: Accenture
February 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterJust over one in four consumers (26%) in the United States have had their personal medical information stolen from technology systems, according to results of a survey from Accenture released on Monday. The findings related to the U.S. portion of…