Cyber Insurance Claims Surge: BEC and Fraud Top Coalition’s Report on 2024 Insurance Claims

Coalition’s newly released 2025 Cyber Claims Report outlines key cyber trends that shaped the digital threat landscape and influenced insurance outcomes for its policyholders across 2024. The report reveals that business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud (FTF) dominated claims, accounting for 60% of all incidents. Coalition notes its proactive “Active Insurance” model played … Read more

M&S Hack Shows Major Retail Cybersecurity Weakness

Social Engineering Used to Breach M&S Systems A cyberattack on Marks & Spencer (M&S) has raised concerns over digital security in the UK retail sector. Sources told BleepingComputer that threat actors allegedly used social engineering to reset an employee password and access internal systems. The tactics mirror those used in other recent attacks on retailers. … Read more

SMB Cybersecurity 2025: Troubling Report Exposes Protection Gaps Despite High Awareness

Growing Cyber Risk Meets Uneven SMB Response Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) increasingly understand the cyber risks they face, but many still fall short on defense. This is the central theme of CrowdStrike’s newly released 2025 State of SMB Cybersecurity Report. Despite 93% of SMBs reporting awareness of cybersecurity risks, only 36% invest in modern … Read more

Data Security Crisis in 2025: Rubrik’s Report Reveals Shocking Global Impact

The Most Significant Milestone Comes at a High Cost The digital shift to hybrid environments is one of the most important advancements in modern business. However, according to Rubrik’s latest “State of Data Security in 2025” report, this progress comes with a steep price: an unprecedented rise in cyber threats affecting nearly every organization on … Read more

AXA XL Expands Cyber Insurance for SMBs Amid Soaring Ransomware Threats – Key Hire Announced

Demand Grows for Cyber Coverage AXA XL is expanding its cyber insurance offerings to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). This move is designed to meet the growing demand for cyber coverage among SMBs and address the increasing threat of cyberattacks. This move follows alarming findings in Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, which revealed that … Read more

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