Extortion and Ransomware Drive Over Half of Cyberattacks, Microsoft Warns in 2025 Digital Defense Report

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A New Era of Cyber Threats An increasingly evident arms race is unfolding in cyberspace. Algorithms duel, AI fights AI, and every click could spark a crisis. Microsoft’s new Digital Defense Report 2025 warns that the digital battlefield has gone fully commercial — and cash, not chaos, is the new currency of attack. In 2025, … Read more

Cyber Insurance Policy Limits Exposed: Only Resilience Restores Investor Trust

Financial Leaders Warn: Cyber Incidents Now Threaten Investor Confidence In financial services, trust equals capital. Once it’s broken, the path to recovery and restoration of trust can be daunting. Cyber insurance can absorb financial losses. But can it prevent client withdrawals or restore trust after an attack? Nearly nine in ten financial executives say a … Read more

Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses: New Report Warns of AI-Powered Threats and Uninsurable Risks

AI Is Reshaping the Cyber Risk Landscape for SMBs A new report from Cork Protection warns that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face an unprecedented wave of AI-driven cyber threats. The report, SMB Cyber Defense 2026, describes a digital landscape where artificial intelligence is being weaponized to automate cyberattacks at machine speed. Once considered secondary … Read more

Global Ransomware Attacks Surge 34%: KELA Warns of National Security Threat

Ransomware Becomes a Weapon of National Disruption Ransomware has evolved from a corporate nuisance into a full-scale national security threat. According to KELA’s National Cybersecurity Report: Ransomware, attacks surged 34% year-over-year between January and September 2025. Nearly half of these attacks targeted critical infrastructure sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, energy, transportation, and finance. Lin Levi, Threat … Read more

Ransomware Negotiation, Cyber Insurance, and Cyber Hygiene: Takeaways from Kurtis Minder – NEW PODCAST

How Negotiations Actually Start You’ve seen the movies. Cue the tense phone call and ticking clock. Think cinematic standoffs and hard choices. Samuel L. Jackson once played a master negotiator. This episode of the Cyber Insurance News & Information Podcast brings you the real deal from the digital domain. Host and Executive Editor Martin Hinton … Read more

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