Silent Push Now Sells Its Data To Other Vendors. The Insurance Case Is Still A Forecast.

Threat intelligence has a timing problem. Most of it arrives after the damage. An indicator of compromise is a receipt, not a warning. Silent Push announced on Aug. 4 that it will sell its underlying infrastructure data to other cybersecurity companies. The Reston, Virginia firm previously kept that data inside its own platform. Now product … Read more

Ransomware Accelerated 60% in Six Months. The Exposure Outlived the Claim

Ransomware had another worst year on record, which now reads less like a warning than a renewal notice. Black Kite counted 7,551 publicly disclosed ransomware victims in the year to March 31, 2026. That runs 24.9% above the prior period. The annual figure hides the shape of the year. Disclosures tracked close to the prior … Read more

Mobile AI Is Everywhere. Cyber Underwriters Should Stop Trusting Self-Assessments

NowSecure found that 95% of large organizations deploy AI inside mobile applications, while 37% lack behavioral monitoring, and apps built predominantly from third-party code report more than twice the security-incident rate. Mobile AI cyber insurance underwriting is becoming more difficult as AI and third-party code spread through enterprise applications faster than security programs can assess … Read more

Black Kite 2026: Europe’s Ransomware Surge Now Runs Through Your Suppliers

On Friday, 19 September 2025, ransomware hit a piece of software most travelers never notice. Collins Aerospace runs MUSE. It is the shared check-in system used across many European airports. Heathrow, Brussels, Berlin, and Dublin lost their automated systems. Staff checked passengers in by hand. At least 217 flights were canceled. None of those airports … Read more

Black Kite 2026: Financial Services Faces A Two-Front Cyber Storm

Financial institutions now face danger from two directions at once. Attackers are striking them directly again. Their vendors are springing new leaks at the same time. Black Kite calls it a two-front crisis. Direct ransomware attacks jumped 76% in the first quarter of 2026, year over year. Half of the sector’s vendors now carry critical … Read more

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