cyber

Yahoo Hack: Likely Cybercrime, Not State-Sponsored

Sep 30, 2016

by Alexis Corn Yahoo’s confirmation that a state-sponsored actor stole information from at least 500 million user accounts in 2014 marks the largest breach in known history. The multinational technology company and email provider announced on Tumblr that hackers stole names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, hashed passwords and,...

Assessing Cyber’s Risks

Apr 7, 2015

Insurance companies are hawking the factoid that "nearly half of US companies have experienced a cyber attack." Of course, they are also selling you insurance against the cyber attacks. But cyber attack insurance is a bit like K&R (kidnap and ransom) insurance: by the time you need it, it's too...