In the first half of 2024, cyber liability claims severity rose 14% to an average loss of $122,000, largely due to ransomware, according to a Coalition Inc. report. Business email compromises were the top cause of loss, accounting for 32% of incidents. Businesses with more than $100 million in revenue saw the biggest surge, with claim severity up 140%.

Mandiant warns of attacks on newly-disclosed Ivanti remote takeover threat
Google’s Mandiant team has issued an alert about a remote code execution flaw in the Ivanti Connect Secure VPN platform. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-22457, is