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Cowbell has entered the Australian cyber insurance market, rolling out a new standalone policy for small and mid-sized businesses on Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd’s paper. The company said its Prime One programme targets SMEs with annual turnover of up to A$100 million. Cowbell will use its AI-driven underwriting platform and in-house claims capabilities. At the … Read more
CYGNVS has introduced a new AI-powered platform designed to help organizations improve their incident response and cyber readiness. The CYGNVS AI model uses data from over 20,000 real-world cyber incidents to support quicker, more informed decisions during a crisis. AI Built On Real-World Incident Data The new system brings together CYGNVS’s own incident response data … Read more
A fake invoice arrives in an inbox, written in a convincing tone and sent at just the right time. The payment seems routine, but the bank details are unfamiliar. This is often how breaches begin for wealthy families, which is why family office cybersecurity is now as important as tax, governance, and investment risk. The … Read more
Hackers are using encryption less often and are choosing data theft and extortion instead. A new white paper, “Ransomware 2026,” from Symantec and the Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team, tracks this shift. Released on January 14, the report connects the change to higher profits, faster operations, and less complexity for attackers. Record High Counts Mask … Read more
Words matter! Every single one. “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning,” is how Mark Twain put it. He may not have been talking about incident response following a cyberattack, but his admonition still applies. A cyberattack can feel like … Read more