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Cyber for Plan Sponsors 07.29.2020

Digital Banking App Dave Suffers from Security Breach

The banking app Dave announced they had encountered a security breach after a cyber-hacker published the sensitive information of over seven million users on a public forum. The company stated the security breach stemmed from a…
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Digital Banking App Dave Suffers from Security Breach
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 06.25.2020

Why Small and medium-sized enterprises are Expanding Cyber Insurance Budgets

During this time of uncertainty, industries are particularly vulnerable to cyber breaches. Last year alone, ransomware targets forfeited over $1.3 billion to hackers, including high-profile victims like hospitals, airlines and retailers. However, small businesses are…
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Why Small and medium-sized enterprises are Expanding Cyber Insurance Budgets
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 06.24.2020

Malicious Chrome Extensions Downloaded Millions of Times

Google has deleted scores of fake and malicious Chrome extensions used in a devastating global eavesdropping effort. Identified by Awake Security, the threat was found in 111 of malicious extensions over the last three months….
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Malicious Chrome Extensions Downloaded Millions of Times
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 06.22.2020

North Korean COVID-19 Phishing Scandal Targets US

Security experts are sounding the alarm on a multi-country North Korean phishing effort created to sponge off of government COVID-19 bail-out initiatives. Pyongyang’s Lazarus Group’s latest operation is designed to “impersonate government agencies, departments, and…
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North Korean COVID-19 Phishing Scandal Targets US
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 06.18.2020

Amazon Fights off Largest Ever DDoS Attack

Amazon announced its cloud-services provider, Amazon Web Services, recently fended off the greatest DDoS cyber-attack in history. Amazon web services, which offers the very infrastructure hundreds of companies rely on, defended itself against a Distributed…
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Amazon Fights off Largest Ever DDoS Attack
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 04.16.2020

Plan Sponsor Cybersecurity Responsibilities

If you are a plan sponsor, you set up retirement plans for your employees. Retirement benefit plan administrators harbor personal information of employees, like social security numbers and email addresses, in myriad electronic records. Plan…
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Plan Sponsor Cybersecurity Responsibilities
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 03.23.2020

The Great Data Heist: The 21st Century’s Biggest Data Breaches

As we move further into the 21st century, cyber attacks and data breaches are becoming more and more prevalent. Personal information, including social security numbers and private email exchanges are becoming publicly available thanks to…
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The Great Data Heist: The 21st Century’s Biggest Data Breaches
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 03.20.2020

43% of Data Breaches Victims Are Small Businesses

The 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, which tracked 41,686 security incidents from 86 countries and 73 different data sources, including 2013 total data breaches, has been released and states that small businesses were the…
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43% of Data Breaches Victims Are Small Businesses
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 03.06.2020

Protect Your Retirement Plan with Effective Cybersecurity Measures

In the new digital age, retirement plan participants are utilizing electronic platforms to access their 401(k) accounts. As all this vital, personal information moves online, your plan becomes more susceptible to fraud schemes and data…
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Protect Your Retirement Plan with Effective Cybersecurity Measures