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Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan once said, “One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with.” This idea now sums up cybersecurity work. Recent research on AI in the SOC shows teams overwhelmed by alerts as they … Read more
Cyber warfare sits just beyond the traditional edges of the cyber insurance beat, yet its consequences land squarely inside it. Political conflict drives economic disruption. Digital attacks trigger the losses insurers eventually absorb, from business interruption to infrastructure failures and cascading supply-chain damage. Carl von Clausewitz wrote that “war is merely the continuation of policy … Read more
What will it cost? An age-old question. In cyber risk, that question is moving beyond simple cost and into the language of probable financial impact. Black Kite is addressing that shift with a new product capability designed to bring automated financial risk analysis into third-party cyber risk assessments. Black Kite has expanded its cyber risk … Read more
Vibe-coding went mainstream in 2025, opening software development to far more people and leaving security teams to chase a growing trail of exposed secrets. A new GitGuardian report shows that as AI-assisted coding moved from niche practice to everyday workflow, leaked credentials surged across public repositories, internal systems, and developer tools. The findings point to … Read more
Cybercrime is changing quickly as automation, stolen identities, and fast-moving attacks become more common. A new Flashpoint report says Agentic AI is speeding up cyberattacks and changing the risks faced by businesses, insurers, and security teams. Flashpoint’s 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report shows that attackers are now mixing AI automation, stolen credentials, and ransomware into … Read more