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S&P Report Links Cyber Attacks And Auto Credit Quality A new S&P Global Ratings report warns that cyber risk is now an immediate threat to automakers’ credit ratings worldwide. The study, “Auto Sector: When Cyber Risk Becomes Credit Risk,” finds that cyber incidents can quickly disrupt factory operations and hurt company finances. The main points … Read more
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has approved a cyber liability insurance policy buyback that will allow the company once called 23andMe (now Chrome Holding Co.) to transfer $16.5 million in cash from its cyber insurers to those impacted by its hack (see the key legal document below). The legal decision this week is a step toward … Read more
New Report Warns of Rising Cyberattack Risk When Staff Switch Off “When the cat’s away, the mice will play.” Or for the scholars, in Latin, “Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsi litantro” captures the mood of today’s threat actors. When security teams nap for holidays or corporate shakeups, attackers celebrate, nay, “rejoice”. A new … Read more
Major UK Firms Face Tidal Wave of Exposed Logins A new Socura report warns that UK blue chips sit on a powder keg of stolen credentials. Researchers found over 460,000 instances of leaked employee logins tied to FTSE 100 corporate email addresses. That number roughly matches the population of Bristol, UK, or Fresno, CA, in … Read more
Overconfident and Underprepared: How Cyber Resilience Is Failing the Real-World Test Human history loves a confidence crash. From Icarus to the Titanic, belief often beats reality. Immersive’s 2025 Cyber Workforce Benchmark Report suggests cybersecurity is heading the same way, and the iceberg is already in view. “Organizations aren’t failing to practice; they’re failing to practice … Read more