Black Kite 2026: Europe’s Ransomware Surge Now Runs Through Your Suppliers

On Friday, 19 September 2025, ransomware hit a piece of software most travelers never notice. Collins Aerospace runs MUSE. It is the shared check-in system used across many European airports. Heathrow, Brussels, Berlin, and Dublin lost their automated systems. Staff checked passengers in by hand. At least 217 flights were canceled. None of those airports … Read more

Black Kite 2026: Financial Services Faces A Two-Front Cyber Storm

Financial institutions now face danger from two directions at once. Attackers are striking them directly again. Their vendors are springing new leaks at the same time. Black Kite calls it a two-front crisis. Direct ransomware attacks jumped 76% in the first quarter of 2026, year over year. Half of the sector’s vendors now carry critical … Read more

Vulnerability Exploitation Overtakes Stolen Credentials As The #1 Breach Vector

Verizon’s 2026 DBIR Covers 22,000 Confirmed Breaches Across 145 Countries For years, the answer to “how did they get in?” was the same: a stolen password. That answer changed in 2025. Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, the 19th annual edition and the largest dataset the report has ever produced, finds vulnerability exploitation has overtaken … Read more

Black Kite’s 2026 Supply Chain Vulnerability Report Delivers A Precision Framework For An Imprecise World

Every year the count grows. In 2025, researchers published more than 48,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, an 18 percent jump from 2024. The instinct is to treat that as 48,000 problems. But supply chain vulnerability management is about determining which issues matter most. Black Kite’s 2026 Supply Chain Vulnerability Report arrives with a different conclusion. … Read more

TrustCloud Says AI Can Fix What Questionnaires Never Could – TPRM

The End of Era Most third-party risk programs focus on tracking activity instead of improving safety. Vendors fill out questionnaires, and teams submit reports, but the real risks often remain. TrustCloud created a new version of TrustLens to break this pattern by using ongoing, evidence-based data that stands up to review. This announcement comes at … Read more

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