Vancouver, British Columbia and San Diego, California--(Newsfile Corp. - May 12, 2026) - CyberCatch Holdings, Inc. (TSXV: CYBE) (OTCQB: CYBHF) ("CyberCatch" or "Company"), a cybersecurity company offering a patented, AI-enabled platform solution for continuous compliance and cyber risk mitigation and Canadian SME Magazine, a leading business intelligence publication with 32,000 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) subscribers in Canada, are pleased to announce that the publication will market CyberCatch's educational solution to its subscribers as well as to the approximately 1.2 million SMEs at large in Canada.

According to 2025 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report:

• The average cost of a data breach in Canada increased by 10.4% from 2024 to CAD$6.98 million in 2025.
• The use of unauthorized AI tools drove up costs by an average of CAD$308,000 per breach.

According to CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report:

• In 2025, there was an 89% increase in attacks by AI-enabled adversaries year-over-year with AI being used to automate reconnaissance and shorten time to intrusion.
• The average breakout time also fell to 29 minutes, a 65% increase in speed from prior year.

"Canadian SME Magazine is pleased to educate our thousands of SME subscribers and the approximately 1.2 million SMEs at large in Canada and urge that they train everyone in the team so they can serve as a strong human firewall and use AI responsibly to stay safe. CyberCatch's solution is highly effective and most affordable, so should be an easy and smart decision to adopt," said SK Uddin, Publisher, Canadian SME Magazine.

"CyberCatch is delighted that Canadian SME Magazine is leading the way to keep Canadian SMEs proactive. Cyber and AI risk is front and center for all organizations and SMEs must recognize the rapidly evolving threats and that a key to success is to continually educate the human firewall on both fronts," said Sai Huda, CEO, CyberCatch.

To learn more about CyberCatch's innovative cybersecurity awareness and AI awareness training solution for Canadian SMEs and watch demos, visit https://cybercatch.com/canadiansme.

About CyberCatch
CyberCatch Holdings, Inc. (TSXV: CYBE) (OTCQB: CYBHF) provides a proprietary, AI-enabled Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that provides continuous compliance and cyber risk mitigation to organizations in critical segments, so they can be safe from cyber threats. The CyberCatch platform focuses on solving the root cause of why cyberattacks are successful: security holes from control deficiencies. It first helps implement all mandated and necessary controls, then the platform automatically and continuously tests the controls from three dimensions (outside-in, inside-out and social engineering) to find control failures so one can fix them promptly to stay compliant and safe from attackers. Learn more at: https://www.cybercatch.com.

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Source: CyberCatch

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