Galactic Research: Articles & Insights
Threat Thursday: June 18th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday we break down the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting your organization, with each item split into what happened, what it could mean for you, and what to ...
AI Security
OpenClaw's Marketplace Got Stuffed With Malware. Here's Why That Was Always Going to Happen.
What a Malware-Filled AI Agent Marketplace Tells Us About How the Industry Keeps Making the Same Mistake I've spent the better part of my career watching organizations adopt new technology faster than they can secure it, and documenting what happens ...
The Deepfake Was Convincing. So Was My Backpack.
Why Social Engineering Still Works, Why AI is Making it Sharper, and the One Habit that Stops it In early 2024, an employee at Arup, a global engineering firm, joined a video call with several colleagues, including someone who appeared ...
The Invisible Workforce
The Shadow AI Running Inside Your Clients' Environments and How MSPs Can Get Ahead of It It's Monday morning. A client's controller is on the phone. She spent Friday afternoon cleaning up the vendor list inside their accounting platform's new ...
Threat Intelligence
Threat Thursday: June 18th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday we break down the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting your organization, with each item split into what happened, what it could mean for you, and what to ...
Threat Thursday: June 11th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. This week's stories share one theme: the gap between a vulnerability becoming public and a working exploit existing is collapsing toward hours, and the coordinated disclosure process meant to give defenders ...
Threat Thursday: June 4th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. This week's stories have a clear pattern: attackers didn't find obscure entry points or novel techniques but instead went after the things you were already using and already trusting. As always, ...
Security Education
Vulnerabilities Are Now the #1 Way In. The Window to Fix Them Is Closing.
Most of the time, I didn't break into a network so much as let myself in through something with a fix already out (just not installed yet): the VPN concentrator three versions behind, the firewall with a known vulnerability fixed ...
Your OSINT Reality Check: Here’s What an Attacker Is Finding in 30 Minutes or Less
Today’s connected, AI-driven digital ecosystem has made it easier than ever to build a professional brand, network with peers, and share ideas with a wider audience. It’s opened doors for businesses that simply didn't exist before: new customers, new partnerships, ...
Part 2: Threat Actors Don't Pick You. You Just Happen to Be There.
In Part 1, we established that Handala didn't pick Stryker off a strategic target list and then figure out how to break in. They found access, recognized the value, and used it. That's still a deliberate, damaging attack—it just means ...
Strategy & Leadership
Building Trust in Executive Relationships: Lessons from King Lear
A Framework for Establishing the Kind of Trust that Survives Budget Season Imagine the curtain going up and a group of players act out the opening scenes of Shakespeare's King Lear, just for you. An aging king sits in his ...
Your Jokes Were Funny. They Still Didn't Renew.
How MSPs Build the Kind of Client Rapport That Survives a Budget Review You walked out of the meeting feeling good. The handshake was firm, the small talk landed, and you even got a laugh with the printer joke. You ...
Value That Converts: Why Your vCSO Pitch Keeps Getting Pushed to IT
You walked out of that meeting feeling like a closer. Your credentials were on point. You covered the whole stack: EDR, SIEM, MDR, quarterly risk assessments, tabletop exercises, NIST alignment. Your vCSO offering was solid. You even had a phased ...
All Articles
Mastering Incident Response: Build a Winning Strategy
Has anything been more disruptive to business cybersecurity than AI’s entry into the mix? Its meteoric rise has meant that criminals possess increasingly powerful and effective tools with which to launch attacks—and businesses are prime targets. Mastering incident response is ...
Tax Season is Open Season for Identity Theft—Here’s How to Protect Yourself
It’s that time of year again. W-2s are flying out the door. 401(k) reviews are underway. And soon, millions of Americans will cut checks to the IRS. But for cybercriminals, this isn’t just tax season—it’s prime hunting season. Here’s why: ...
Old Digital Scams, New Tricks: Stay Informed to Stay Safe
Since the Internet became an integral part of daily lives, scammers have attempted to use all sorts of networks to steal from unsuspecting victims. There aren’t any members of Royal families in need of assistance or foreign lottery winnings waiting ...
Hackers Are Coming—Will You Be Ready?
You know hackers are looking for weaknesses. That’s no secret. But here’s what most business owners don’t realize: even if your IT team gets everything right, a hacker can still get in. And when that happens, your only real defense ...
Your Office May Be Full of Tracking Tech
Do you ever feel like someone is watching you? If you were an employee working in an office, you could trust your instincts. Many businesses are implementing tracking tech – employee tracking tools that monitor indicators like employee office use ...
Public Wi-Fi Risks: Protect Your Data Now
Your employees and customers have all visited stores and cafes or navigated public transportation systems offering patrons free Wi-Fi. Most people have happily connected to these networks, hoping for a faster connection or a quick update from work. Even so, ...
From TikTok to Trouble: Why Ambiguity in the Cyber Landscape is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Have you been following what’s happening with TikTok? Is it banned? Safe? Legal? The debate is messy, chaotic, and extremely ambiguous. The TikTok saga is a masterclass in how uncertainty breeds chaos, legal exposure, and eroded trust. Ambiguity appears to ...
Enterprise Agility Starts with Empowering Your People
If you think back just five years, the world was completely different. Thanks to factors like the global pandemic and the rise of AI, businesses are facing disruption and change on an unprecedented scale. Unfortunately, most companies don’t feel like ...
From Weak Links to Fortified Chains: Why Understanding and Documenting Risk Is Essential
Every day, you make decisions that could shape or shatter your organization’s future. Among the most critical are those related to cybersecurity. A cyberattack could cost your organization millions, expose your customers, and destroy your reputation. So, when you make ...
Automatic Framing Arrives for All Google Meet Users
If there’s one thing that almost everyone can agree upon, looking good on video calls for work can often feel more difficult than necessary. The latest Google Workspace updates may not be able to tame your bedhead or fix your ...
Preparing Organizations for AI: Strategies for Success
To anyone outside the technology field, the idea of artificial intelligence likely worries them about their jobs. After all, nothing's changed enterprise operations quite as much in recent years, and there's confusion and anxiety about how technology is reshaping how ...
Why Documentation is Critical to Your Cybersecurity
The Hidden Danger Lurking in Your Business Would you happily board a plane if you knew the crew skipped safety checks? What if you knew the engines haven’t been inspected, the fuel system wasn’t verified, and the pilot has no ...
