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Operational Resilience: IT Security Risks with Reduced Staffing | Huntress

Huntress blog advises security teams on managing change, risk, and incident response during reduced-staffing holiday periods.

The article discusses how holiday-period staffing reductions change organizational risk profiles around change management, monitoring, and incident response capability. It argues against blanket change freezes when critical vulnerabilities with high exploitation probability demand patching, and stresses retaining decision-making authority, escalation paths, and recovery knowledge. It concludes by promoting Huntress Managed Response, which lets the Huntress SOC take predefined containment actions on confirmed threats without customer intervention.

Huntress · 1d agoIndustry

35 Actionable Password Statistics for Businesses in 2026 | Huntress

Huntress compiles 2026 password statistics showing 94% of 19 billion leaked passwords were reused and 37% of identity threats used stolen credentials.

Huntress published a compilation of password security statistics drawing on sources including Cybernews, Verizon's 2026 DBIR, IBM, and Bitwarden. Cybernews found 19 billion exposed passwords from roughly 200 incidents between April 2024 and April 2025, with only 6% unique and 94% reused across accounts. Huntress telemetry reports 37% of identity-based threats in 2026 involved stolen or suspicious credentials, while Verizon cites credential abuse in 39% of breaches. The piece argues weak and reused passwords remain a top entry point and recommends improved password hygiene.

Huntress · 6d agoIndustry

Managed EDR: What It Is & How to Choose a Provider

Huntress outlines differences between managed and unmanaged EDR and offers guidance on evaluating managed detection and response providers.

The Huntress blog explains how EDR provides endpoint visibility, detection, and response, and contrasts self-managed EDR with vendor- or MSP-delivered managed EDR. It notes unmanaged deployments require in-house staffing to tune and triage high alert volumes, while managed EDR supplies expert investigation and reduced alert fatigue at the cost of less control and third-party visibility. The post lists questions for evaluating providers, including analyst training, monitoring and investigation processes, and false-positive handling.

Huntress · 13d agoIndustry

Shadow AI in Financial Services | Risk & Governance

Huntress warns financial services firms that unsanctioned 'Shadow AI' tool use creates data leakage and compliance risks faster than governance controls can keep pace.

Huntress argues Shadow AI — employee use of unapproved AI tools such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot — is spreading across financial services faster than visibility and controls. Uploading regulated customer data into public generative models risks breaches of client confidentiality, data protection rules, and market conduct obligations. The piece recommends secure web gateways, DNS filtering, DLP, application allowlisting, and corporate SSO/MFA for approved tools rather than outright bans, which can push usage onto personal devices.

Huntress · 13d agoIndustry

2026 Cyber Insurance Trends Report: What's Changed and What You Need to Know

Huntress survey: CIRCIA reporting mandates now live, BEC claims exceed ransomware, exfiltration-heavy attacks cost twice as much, premiums rising.

Huntress's 2026 cyber insurance trends report, based on its own survey, finds 79% of respondents carry cyber insurance while 58% report shrinking coverage over five years. New CIRCIA federal reporting mandates and EU NIS2 requirements are reshaping policies, business email compromise now drives more claims than ransomware, and data exfiltration has replaced encryption as the dominant ransomware tactic at roughly twice the cost. After three years of declining premiums, rates are climbing again, and most businesses now refuse to pay ransoms.

Huntress · 15d agoIndustry1

Securing Your Business: The Vital Role of Cyber Insurance | Huntress

Huntress explains cyber insurance coverage types, insurer security requirements, and the shift toward documented evidence of controls.

Huntress outlines first-party and third-party cyber insurance coverage, including business interruption, data recovery, extortion, privacy liability, and regulatory fines. Insurers now commonly require EDR, MFA, security awareness training, patching, tested backups, least-privilege access, and incident response plans. With ransomware accounting for 91% of insurance losses in H1 2025 and average US breach costs at $10.22 million, underwriters increasingly demand evidence packs rather than self-attestation.

Huntress · 15d agoIndustry

Hackers Frequently Target Healthcare and Finance Orgs

A new Huntress survey indicates threat actors frequently target healthcare organizations and banks because of the highly personal data they hold.

Huntress published survey findings indicating that healthcare organizations and banks are frequent targets for threat actors. The piece attributes this to the highly personal information these sectors handle. The article is framed around cyberattack readiness rather than a specific incident.

Huntress · 15d agoIndustry

Teach Yourself to Phish | Huntress

Huntress outlines the strategy behind phishing simulations to help organizations build resilience against real phishing threats.

Huntress published guidance on the strategy behind phishing simulation programs. The piece argues simulations should mirror real attacker behavior to train employees and measure organizational resilience. The content promotes Huntress's security awareness training offering.

Huntress · 19d agoIndustry

A Beginner’s Guide to Phishing Simulation Training for Employees | Huntress

Huntress published a beginner's guide to phishing simulation training that simulates real phishing attacks to protect organizations.

Huntress released a beginner's guide to phishing simulation training for employees. The guide covers the essentials of simulating real phishing attacks to improve organizational security awareness. It serves as educational content tied to Huntress's training products.

Huntress · 19d agoIndustry

Retail Cybersecurity in ANZ: Five Decisions That Keep Trading

Huntress outlines five key cybersecurity decisions for ANZ retail businesses to secure identities and maintain trading continuity against ransomware.

Huntress published guidance aimed at retailers in Australia and New Zealand, describing five decisions that help retail businesses stay trading through cyber incidents. The piece covers identity security, dependency management, and ransomware resilience. It is guidance content rather than a report of a specific incident.

Huntress · 20d agoIndustry