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News Amid 2024 Threat Surge – France spent 2024 on alert as Paris readied the Games and attackers gathered. France’s National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI) logged 4,386 cybersecurity events. That represents a 15% over 2023. Intrusions targeted critical infrastructure and Olympics-linked systems drew intensified strikes. The year’s story was “pression” (pressure), … Read more
Attend to the Deed, Not The Word – Whether you write it “cyber security” or “cybersecurity,” the threats are real and rising, and two major organisations just joined forces to fight back. The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Templar Executives to strengthen cyber resilience across Europe’s finance … Read more
Personal Data: The New Gold in the Criminal Underground Cybercriminals are no longer just stealing data—they’re running a data-driven black market. Europol’s latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) for 2025, titled “Steal, Deal, Repeat,” pulls back the curtain on a booming digital economy where your stolen identity fuels scams, extortion, and organized crime. Cyber … Read more
Cyberwrite Enhances Predictive Underwriting Tools Through Markel Deal Cyberwrite has expanded its cyber risk analytics partnership with Markel Insurance. The collaboration now supports advanced cyber underwriting processes across Europe. Markel underwriters utilize Cyberwrite’s AI-based tools to assess and model cyber risk exposures in real time. This helps them communicate findings to brokers and clients more … Read more
Major UK retailers, including Marks & Spencer and Harrods, have suffered severe cyber attacks in recent weeks. The cliché gloom of “rainy old London town” has rarely felt more literal—or more symbolic—or maybe it’s more digital—than in the wake of recent cyberattacks on UK retailers. As shoppers braved the drizzle outside Harrods and M&S, attackers … Read more