A Hudson Valley MSP's new guide traces four small business ransomware and phishing incidents back to unpatched firewalls, missing MFA, and spoofed domains, a pattern CISOs should recognize from breaches at companies many times their size.
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AI-Powered Crypto Phishing Changes the Economics of Attacks
AI has cut the cost of a convincing crypto phishing lure to near zero, and Chainalysis data shows it: losses near $17 billion in 2025, impersonation scams up 1,400 percent, and AI enabled scams nearly five times more profitable than traditional ones.
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Why India’s Ransomware Risk Is Becoming a Business Risk
India logged 45 ransomware incidents in Q1 2026, a 165 percent jump that made it APAC's most targeted country. Cybersecurity experts tell CIOL the real risk for Indian boards is execution gaps, not missing tools, from identity sprawl to untested response plans.
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AI Is Rewriting Data Breach Economics, and BFSI and Energy Are Paying the Price
IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report finds AI-enabled attacks now cost $6 million on average and hit financial services and energy hardest, with India's breach costs also climbing as enterprises expand AI adoption across critical infrastructure.
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BOXX Insurance Adds Affirmative AI and Deepfake Coverage to Cyberboxx Business Policy
BOXX Insurance has added affirmative AI and deepfake coverage to its Cyberboxx Business cyber policy, closing a gray area as voice cloning and executive impersonation scams rise sharply.