Technological

Raise the ceiling | Risk Updates for Weeks of 5 - 19 May '25

Threat concerns this week: US Debt Ceiling to impact global economies. NZ Fintech API costs. Poor UX at Sonos.

May 18 •

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Sparks of curiosity | Risk Updates for Weeks of 21 April - 5 May '25

Threat concerns this week: Major power outage in Spain. AU's old PM is the new PM. Passwords no longer the best.

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Mineral monopoly | Risk Updates for Weeks of 7 - 21 Apr '25

Threat concerns this week: AI phishing emails. Your data during liquidation. China's mineral stockpile.

Apr 21 •

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Cloudy with a chance of data loss

Oracles has lost SSO credentials, hashed passwords, OAuth2 keys and customer data, but continue to deny it.

Apr 8 •

The Oracle of truth | Risk Updates for Weeks of 24 March - 7 April '25

Threat concerns this week: Tariffs, fake receipts, how to poison ChatGPT, and Oracle's lies.

Apr 6 •

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How AI Crawlers Are Draining Small Websites

Like a spider quietly creeping through your home, AI Web Crawlers are intruders of your website infrastructure.

Apr 2 •

The Subprime GenAI Crisis

A look at tech-bubble characteristics, the impacts of a burst, and the 2 to 1 losses by the largest GenAI labs.

Mar 26 •

No one in the office | Risk Updates for Weeks of 10 - 24 Mar '25

Threat concerns this week: Real estate in crisis. Bluetooth data risks. Pokémon Go off to Saudi Arabia.

Mar 24 •

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No rash decisions | Weeks of 10 - 24 Feb, '25

Threat concerns this week: Empty shelves in UK. 2.7b records lost. Significant measles outbreak.

Feb 23 •

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What is DeepSeek and should I be concerned?

The buzz of an ultra-powerful, new LLM comes with a shadow of serious risk.

Feb 12 •

From barn to boardroom | Weeks of 27 - 10 Feb '25

Threat concerns this week: China's pacific interest. AI & EU. Bird flu escalating.

Feb 9 •

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The Premium Purge: How to use insurance intel to protect your business through smart-tech

How underwriters might be using the same tools we use to determine risks, and what you can do about it.

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The problem with chatbots | Weeks of 13 - 27 Jan '25

Threat concerns this week: Ivanti VPN hack. LA Insurance fortune-tellers. AI chatbots leak data via Google.

Jan 26 •

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2024: A year of risks reviewed

This long-form review covers how the risk landscape evolved in 2024, and what may be on the horizon for 2025.

Dec 17, 2024 •

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Deep sea sabotage | Weeks of 24 - 8 Dec '24

Threat concerns this week: Deep sea cables cut by a Chinese vessel. Catastrophic semiconductors risks. Amazon cyber: 1 billion hits a day.

Dec 8, 2024 •

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Deep Dive: The Silicon Engine and why economic collapse rests on one manufacturer

If you don't know who TSMC is, read this. Taiwan, China, Semiconductors, Trump, and Global Economic Security all hang on a knife edge lightly grasped by…

Dec 2, 2024 •

A nuclear doctrine revision | Weeks of 10 - 24 Nov '24

Threat concerns this week: Russia revisits its nuclear doctrine. FBI warns of fake police emails. Carr to lead the US FCC.

Nov 24, 2024 •

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Are we in a cyber cold war? China proves we might be.

Salt Typhoon ranks as the most concerning breaches, with an unusually high level of panic among officials.

Nov 5, 2024 •

A Digital Typhoon | Weeks of 13 - 27 Oct '24

Risk concerns this week: Chinese hacker infiltration months in the making. Multiple supply chain crises.

Oct 27, 2024 •

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