Mitiga in the News

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)’s November analysis of the U.S. cyber insurance market makes for interesting reading: the volume of cyber insurance premiums written grew by almost 30% in 2020, while loss ratios (that is, the losses paid out by insurers as a percentage of premiums paid) for many carriers was over 100%.

As the COVID-19 pandemic extends into a new year, having a remote workforce will continue to challenge IT and security teams, cybersecurity experts predict.

Issues with rapid migration to the cloud during the pandemic may haunt businesses and organizations over the next year, say cybersecurity experts, along with other concerns related to cloud security.

Earlier this month, security researchers uncovered a series of major vulnerabilities in the Log4j Java software that is used in tens of thousands of web applications. The code is widely used across consumer and enterprise systems, in everything from Minecraft, Steam, and iCloud to Fortinet and Red Hat systems.

Mitiga, the cloud incident response company, today announced that Blackstone Innovations Investments has participated in Mitiga's Series A financing round, joining ClearSky, Atlantic Bridge and DNX.

Our government has been earnestly campaigning against ransomware and cybercriminals — seizing cryptocurrency, offering bounties, and issuing frequent alerts. Sharon Nelson and John Simek talk with Ariel Parnes about the tactics involved in this war on ransomware, implications for lawyers, the importance of constant vigilance during the holidays, and who to call if you’re the victim of an attack.

The severe Log4j vulnerability (dubbed Log4Shell) has been exploited in the wild at least from the 1st of December. Researchers observe a rapid uptick in attacks exploiting this vulnerability, and it is only about to intensify.

An exclusive roundtable of security researchers discuss the specific implications of CVE-2021-44228 for smaller businesses, including what’s vulnerable, what an attack looks like and to how to remediate.

Just about any cybersecurity expert will tell you that cybercriminals are more willing to cooperate — share information, techniques, and strategy — than their targets in the private and public sectors.