US primary insurer Allstate is back in the catastrophe bond market and seeking $350 million or more in multi-peril catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through a Sanders Re II Ltd. (Series 2024-3) issuance, Artemis can report.For Allstate, this new catastrophe bond will be the twentieth in the Sanders Re series of deals and … Read more
Scammers have leapt at the opportunity to exploit vulnerable UK residents by sending bogus messages telling them they need to take action to receive help with their winter heating bills. In July, the UK’s new Labour Government announced that it was limiting who was eligible for assistance with their winter fuel bills by making eligibility … Read more
Oct 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an improved version of an Apple iOS spyware called LightSpy that not only expands on its functionality, but also incorporates destructive capabilities to prevent the compromised device from booting up. “While the iOS implant delivery method closely mirrors that of the macOS version, the … Read more
This picture taken from Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre shows a smoke plume erupting following an Israeli air strike on the village of Tayrdebba on October 16, 2024. KAWNAT HAJU / AFP Israel carried out dozens of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Wednesday, October 16, killing a city mayor, toppling buildings and causing … Read more
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat actor. This enabled the attackers to “use Docker Swarm’s orchestration features for command-and-control (C2) purposes,” Datadog researchers Matt Muir and Andy Giron said in an … Read more
