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Cyber 8 Nov, 2021

How to build a cyber incident response plan

Having a CFC cyber policy is great protection from a cyber attack, but it's also important to have a incident response plan. So if an incident occu...

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Cyber 22 Sept, 2021

IB Cyber Report America: Ransomware still stinging

Find out what CFC's Shannon Groeber had to say about the proliferation of ransomware and other pressing cyber insurance issues in the special repor...

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Cyber 15 Sept, 2021

CFC Response App: All about “Ask the Expert”

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get free cybersecurity advice 24/7? Turns out you can. Learn about our mobile app’s “Ask the Expert” service.

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Cyber 10 Aug, 2021

Law firm leakage

When a law firm employee fails to recognise a malicious attachment, it prompts a full-blown ransomware attack

Case study

Cyber 7 Jul, 2021

The real fuel behind cyber crime

Originally published on LinkedIn, read Graeme Newman's rebuttal against the claim that cyber insurance providers are funding cyber crime by reimbur...

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Cyber 4 Jun, 2021

Car part chaos

When an auto parts dealer gets hit by a ransomware attack, it comes close to wrecking their business

Case study
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Cyber 20 May, 2021

Three ways we’re using technology to improve cyber risk

Why is the harnessing of technology so important for the cyber insurance lifecycle? Because a good cyber insurance policy doesn’t begin and end wit...

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Cyber 16 Feb, 2021

Recruitment ruse

When an employee at a recruitment firm falls for a phishing scam, a significant payment is misdirected

Case study

Cyber 16 Dec, 2020

Beware of these holiday hacks

It would seem that cybercriminals don’t respect the sanctity of holidays and, in fact, Christmas makes them positively creative! Here, we explore a...

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Cyber 17 Nov, 2020

CFC Response App: More about proactive threat intel

The first in our series of posts detailing the inner workings of CFC’s new mobile app, find out how our proactive threat intel gives small business...

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Cyber 10 Nov, 2020

Search engine setback

When malicious code impairs a hotel's website, it takes longer than expected to get back on track

Case study

Cyber 28 Oct, 2020

The top three scariest cyber trends

This Halloween, it's not only vicious clowns and creepy poltergeists keeping cyber insurers up at night...

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Cyber 15 Sept, 2020

Live demo: CFC's upgraded cyber incident response app

Watch one of our live demos to find out how your CFC cyber clients can benefit from our recently upgraded IR app

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Cyber 7 Sept, 2020

Cyber claims case study: Nursing home hoax

After a CEO's email account is hacked, a care home faces huge financial loss from social engineering

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Cyber 31 Jul, 2020

5 reasons hackers target SMEs

Lindsey Nelson, Cyber Development Leader deep dives into five key reasons hackers target SMEs

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Cyber 26 Jun, 2020

Cyber claims case study: Lucrative lookout

A city government falls victim to a fraudster on the watch for sizeable wire transfers

Case study

Cyber 9 Apr, 2020

Cyber claims case study: Education infiltration

Hackers access a school's systems through remote desktop protocol and hold data to ransom

Case study

Cyber 11 Mar, 2020

Cyber claims case study: Tax return trauma

A haulage firm loses several large tax payments after their accountant's email is spoofed

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