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Report: Global stability enters ‘grey‑zone’ era as businesses face new class of geopolitical risk
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (653+ words) Global stability is entering a new phase defined less by formal declarations of war and more by ambiguous, deniable and strategically choreographed tactics that sit between peace and armed conflict, or so-called "grey-zone aggression," according to a report from the…...
Qilin ransomware activity adds pressure on Australian insurers
21+ hour, 56+ min ago (938+ words) Qilin ransomware activity adds pressure on Australian insurers'Insurance Business Qilin ransomware activity adds pressure on Australian insurers Ransomware-as-a-service group names four Australian firms in month-long run A recent series of claims by the Qilin ransomware group is prompting closer attention…...
Medication system breach hits aged care across New Zealand
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (132+ words) A cyber incident at New Zealand medication management platform MediMap has disrupted medication administration in aged care, and increased insurer attention on health data integrity. Read next: Manage My Health warns of impersonation, phishing attempts on patients Read next: New…...
AI-driven cyber surge pushes India past 3,100 weekly attacks, report warns
1+ week, 1+ day ago (243+ words) India is facing a sharp escalation in cyber risk, with organisations now averaging 3,195 attacks per week, according to the latest Cyber Security Report from Check Point Software. The figure represents a 2% rise on 2024 levels and reflects a structural shift in…...
Cyber insurers on alert as Qilin claims fresh victim and 40GB data theft
1+ week, 1+ day ago (260+ words) The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Qilin has listed a Western Australian retail co-operative on its darknet leak site, claiming to have exfiltrated roughly 40GB of internal data in an attack disclosed on February 11, according to a CyberDaily.au report. The gang alleges…...
Fake motor insurance app crackdown: London arrests expose large-scale fraud threat
1+ week, 1+ day ago (210+ words) A coordinated enforcement operation across London has led to five arrests linked to the alleged distribution of fraudulent motor insurance apps that authorities believe may have been used by tens of thousands of drivers across the UK. The arrests followed…...
Delaware Supreme Court revives insurer claims in Blackbaud ransomware case
1+ week, 1+ day ago (232+ words) Insurers just scored a major win in the long-running legal fallout from the 2020 Blackbaud ransomware attack. On February 13, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a lower court's dismissal of subrogation claims brought by a group of insurers against Blackbaud, Inc., the…...
Court data deletion order raises governance questions for insurers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (512+ words) The Government's decision to require the deletion of the Courtsdesk archive has been framed as a dispute over media access to criminal hearings. For insurers and brokers, it also raises a broader question about how court data is consolidated, governed…...
Emergence updates cyber policy wording for Australian SMEs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (462+ words) Emergence updates cyber policy wording for Australian SMEs'Insurance Business Emergence updates cyber policy wording for Australian SMEs Changes span incident limits, non'IT interruption, and financial loss Emergence Insurance has released an updated wording of its Cyber Event Protection (CEP) policy,…...
Generali creates new tech hub for core systems overhaul
1+ week, 3+ day ago (241+ words) Generali is set to build a 150-strong technology team under a newly created unit, Generali Core Tech, as the insurer accelerates its core systems transformation and rollout of a shared life and non-life platform across Europe. The new group technology…...