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Silent Push researchers pointed a proxy connection at a home router in Portugal. They reached its management interface. Then they pulled an image file off it as proof. The router belonged to a customer of MEO, Portugal’s largest internet provider. The researchers held no credentials. They planted no malware. They held a subscription to a … Read more
Multi-factor authentication proves a real person logged in. It never proves whose credential they used. That gap runs through almost every small business on the market. Multi-factor authentication confirms that a real person logged in. It does not confirm who owns the credential they used. Chris Skipworth has built a company around that gap. He … Read more
The number cyber underwriters need from Allianz Commercial’s new data center report sits on page 24. It is not fire. Wilful acts, a category Allianz describes as “largely cyber crime related,” account for 19% of data center claims by number. Only water damage ranks higher, at 21%. Fire places third by frequency, at 14%. Fire … Read more
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
The Association of British Insurers and PwC UK set out where the market has grown, where cover stops, and how much of the small business sector still buys nothing. The Association of British Insurers has published its UK Cyber Insurance Market Assessment, produced with PwC UK, and it carries a direct statement of position. Structural … Read more