Cybersecurity for SMBs

Insurers Ranked The Controls That Work. Staff Training Came First.

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Cyber insurance controls headline card over the City of London skyline and Tower Bridge, reading eleven controls, six beyond Cyber Essentials, in new ABI guidance.

The Association of British Insurers has published what its members’ claims data says actually reduces cyber losses. Several of the controls sit outside Cyber Essentials entirely, including backups. The Association of British Insurers has published good practice guidance on cyber resilience, setting out the cyber insurance controls its members regard as most effective. The document … Read more

Crime Is Crime. The Invoice Is Not. New UK Research Puts Cyber Incidents At 28% Of Businesses

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UK business crime and cyber insurance graphic showing a British high street shopfront split between a broken shop window with police tape and a ransomware lock screen, illustrating that only one in ten UK businesses hold a specific cyber insurance policy.

A burglar takes your stock. A hacker takes your Tuesday, your payroll run and your customer list. Both are crime. Both cost money. Only one of them gets insured properly. New research from business lender Capital on Tap surveyed 500 United Kingdom business owners in June 2026. More than one in four, 28%, reported a … Read more

Restaurant Cyber Risk: 94% Confident, 76% Breached Anyway, Says VikingCloud

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Fast food runs on speed. So, it turns out, do the people robbing it. New VikingCloud research finds attackers now move through quick-service restaurants at drive-thru pace. In the world of restaurant cyber risk, fraudulent refunds, fake invoices, and deepfaked executives all arrive faster than the fries. The report, “Cyber Risk, Supersized,” surveyed security leaders, … Read more

Fake Interpol Emails Hit Small Businesses. The Ransomware Is Crude. The Trick Isn’t.

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Bitdefender’s Antispam Lab has flagged a ransomware campaign aimed squarely at small businesses. The emails impersonate Interpol. They claim investigators hold evidence of company wrongdoing. The attached “evidence” is malware. The campaign is worth an underwriter’s attention for one reason. The ransomware is basic. The social engineering carrying it is not. How the Scam Works … Read more

Messi Beats Ronaldo. Your Password Still Loses

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Specops research finds Messi beats Ronaldo in breached password data with 1,221,563 occurrences versus 923,582, as World Cup 2026 football passwords dissolve into cybersecurity breach warnings.

Specops Finds Over 1.2 Million Breached Passwords Named After The World’s Most Famous Footballer The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in weeks, and somewhere between the group stage predictions and the replica shirt sales, a cybersecurity company has settled one of football’s great debates using data nobody expected. Lionel Messi beats Cristiano Ronaldo, not … Read more

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