Vendor-related risks, from both tech providers and non-tech partners, have always been a concern, but they’re now becoming increasingly apparent in a growing number of cyber insurance claims. While data breaches were once the main concern, we are now seeing more severe first-party losses caused by ransomware attacks and major system outages. These issues are not always the result of a cyberattack, either. Sometimes they come from non-malicious errors, like critical system failures or software
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Cybersecurity researchers have observed a surge in identity-driven cyberattacks targeting employee login credentials. According to a new report by eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU), between 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, 19,000 identity-related cyber investigations revealed a 156% increase in such threats compared to 2023. These incidents now account for 59% of all confirmed threats across eSentire’s customer base of over 2000 organizations.[1]
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Researchers are saying that electric vehicles (EVs) are at risk of cyber-attacks while connected to fast-charging systems, the quickest and most common way to charge the vehicles, according to research from a team of engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). “As the grid evolves to take on more EVs, we need to defend our critical grid infrastructure against cyber-attacks while also securing payments to charge EVs,” said the assistant director of SwRI’s High Reliability Systems Departmen
