The festive season once meant a slowdown for businesses, but it has become one of the busiest periods for cyber-criminals. As organisations ease into the holidays, attackers ramp up their efforts, planning intrusions and disruptions when response teams are stretched thin.
MetaX Integrated Circuits jumped 700% in its Shanghai market debut as the Chinese AI chipmaker tapped into strong momentum triggered by Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on chips from U.S. firms Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.
For many organisations, cyber-risk has become a standing item on the board agenda; but the conversation is still often driven by perception rather than data.
Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than $1 billion to the U.S. government to resolve years-old allegations of foreign bribery, according to two people familiar with the matter.
India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to antagonise Apple and privacy advocates.
Eighteen people have been arrested following a German-led internationally coordinated investigation of online fraud and money laundering networks that used payment service providers, German authorities said on Wednesday.
Mid-year data from Resilience shows that average costs per ransomware incident rose by 17 % in 2025, even though the number of claims resulting in losses dropped by 53 % compared to the same period in 2024.
New research from Allianz has confirmed that ransomware continues to dominate as the leading cause of large cyber insurance claims, even as the severity of incidents has declined.
Cyber-insurance should be viewed not as a policy to be filed away, but as a living partnership built on openness, shared insight and a commitment to improvement
Fintechs and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are stepping up their adoption of cyber insurance as digital threats intensify and regulatory pressures mount.
Fintechs and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are stepping up their adoption of cyber insurance as digital threats intensify and regulatory pressures mount.
Cyber insurance rates dropped around 10% in June compared with a year earlier, reversing recent sharp rate rises, as claims proved smaller than expected, broker Howden said in a report on Wednesday.