Holiday Downtime, Prime Time: How Cyberattack Risk Surges During Ransomware Season

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

Stolen credentials crisis: FTSE 100 Logins Flood Dark Web

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

Cyber Resilience Under Fire: New Data Exposes a Global Confidence Gap

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

Cyber Insurance News Podcast: Willis’ Peter Foster on Pixels, Privacy and Claims

Cyber Insurance News Podcast Cover Peter Foster of Willis.

Vendors Remain the Systemic Nightmare Scenario Cyber insurance still faces its biggest unknown: a major third-party outage hitting thousands of customers at once. On the latest Cyber Insurance News & Information podcast, host and executive editor Martin Hinton talks with Peter Foster, Chairman of Willis’ Global FINEX Cyber Solutions, about that risk. Foster describes a … Read more

Cyberattack Threat: New UK Report Exposes Billions in Hidden Economic Damage

The latest UK Government research on national cyber risk opens with a stark warning that sets the tone for the entire report. Officials outline the scale of the threat and link it directly to rising pressure on businesses, regulators, and insurers across the country. “Cyber attacks represent one of the most pressing threats to the … Read more

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