The Perimeter Now Includes Home Routers, Comcast Says

Cyber Insurance News story on residential proxy networks showing a living room camera and router linked by glowing threads to an office tower

Comcast Business counted 79.3 billion cybersecurity events in its 2026 threat report. The more telling findings sit deeper in its research, in hijacked home devices and stolen logins. Seventy-nine billion is a number built for a headline. Comcast Business counted 79.3 billion cybersecurity events across its security customers between March 2025 and February 2026. That … Read more

Your Password Is Now The Perimeter – Sophos Finds 71% Of Firms Hit By Identity Attacks

The Breach Nobody Saw Coming Imagine it’s Tuesday morning. The CFO gets a call: systems are locked, and a ransom note appears on the screen. The attacker didn’t break in physically; they used a stolen password. This happened to seven out of ten organizations Sophos surveyed last year. The State of Identity Security 2026 report, … Read more

AI Is Rewriting Cyber Insurance Requirements

Cyber insurance requirements are evolving quickly. According to a new report from CyberCube, AI is speeding up attacks in ways that current underwriting models cannot manage. The H1 2026 Global Threat Briefing highlights the size of the challenge for underwriters, brokers, and senior risk managers. The main takeaway is clear: recovery capability is now more … Read more

AI Risk Grows As Firms Sacrifice Identity Security For Speed

We’ve seen this before: a new technology emerges, companies rush to get ahead, and governance tries to keep up. According to Delinea’s latest research, AI risk has reached this point. About 90% of organizations are pushing cybersecurity teams to relax identity controls so AI projects can progress. This tradeoff increases the risk of unauthorized access, … Read more

K-12 Cyber Insurance Reshapes School Security: “Cybersecurity Incidents” Hit Half Of U.S. Districts

“Cybersecurity incident” sounds mild, almost bureaucratic. Almost quaint. But in a school system, it means student privacy can vanish in a single breach. Grades, health records, counseling support, discipline files, and other personal details can spill far beyond school walls. That ain’t quaint. Cyber insurance is now a key part of how schools handle cybersecurity … Read more

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