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“Grandpa, I need help!” — Why Vishing Just Became Everyone’s Problem
Vishing Attacks Are Up 442%—And They’re Coming for Your Family and Your CEO There’s a new scam in town—and it’s wearing a familiar voice. You’ve probably heard of phishing. But now there’s vishing—voice phishing—and according to CrowdStrike, it’s up 442% ...
Cyber Trends
“Grandpa, I need help!” — Why Vishing Just Became Everyone’s Problem
Vishing Attacks Are Up 442%—And They’re Coming for Your Family and Your CEO There’s a new scam in town—and it’s wearing a familiar voice. You’ve probably heard of phishing. But now there’s vishing—voice phishing—and according to CrowdStrike, it’s up 442% ...
The Windows 11 Time Bomb Your MSP Forgot to Mention
Let me tell you a story. It starts like most horror stories do—with a false sense of security. I sat down recently with the CEO of a well-run, 250-person company. Smart guy. Good business. Solid MSP. We talked shop: headcount, ...
Microsoft Just Extorted You. Here’s What to Do About It.
You don’t have to upgrade to Windows 11. That’s the good news. The bad news? If you don’t, your business is about to enter a slow, painful spiral into cyber vulnerability and operational chaos. Right now, people are calling Microsoft’s ...
Business Resilience
Part 2: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
Last time we looked at why tabletop exercises matter and how they can reveal the cracks business leaders don’t notice until ...
The Silent IT Risk That Can Wreck Your Company Value: Tribal Knowledge
When CEOs and CFOs think about cybersecurity risk, they think about hackers, ransomware, and data breaches. What they do not think about is the way their own IT teams operate—and how that internal process can make or break the company ...
Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack? (Most Can’t—and Won’t)
The US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities last week. The result? A “spectacular military success,” sure—followed immediately by the Department of Homeland Security warning that Iran’s state-backed hackers (and a gaggle of bored ...
Security Best Practices
Your Cyber Budget Is Growing, But So Is Your Risk
You walk into the office. The lights are on. The coffee’s brewing. Everything looks normal. Until it isn’t. Your laptop won’t boot. Your cloud drives are empty. Every desktop screen in the building is showing the same message: “Your files ...
Stop Trying to Boil the Cybersecurity Ocean
Let’s not pretend. Cybersecurity sounds exhausting. You’ve got a business to run, people to manage, goals to hit, and now someone’s telling you that you need 40 new policies, a risk framework, and maybe a cybersecurity bootcamp just to stay ...
The Cybersecurity Test You Think You're Passing (You're Not)
We were just running a security assessment for a 150-person company last week. Nice organization. Professional. Fancy logos on their trucks. Well-funded. And in about 11 minutes, we were inside their network. Here’s how it started: We sent an email. ...
More Articles
Even Cartier Can’t Keep the Hackers Out. What Chance Do You Think You Have?
Cartier just got hit. So did The North Face. Not exactly fly-by-night operations. These are brands with billion-dollar reputations—and hackers still got in. Customer data stolen. Systems compromised. Public announcements trying to minimize the damage. The usual script. And it’s ...
Microsoft Just Extorted You. Here’s What to Do About It.
You don’t have to upgrade to Windows 11. That’s the good news. The bad news? If you don’t, your business is about to enter a slow, painful spiral into cyber vulnerability and operational chaos. Right now, people are calling Microsoft’s ...
You Just Lost Your Phone. Now What?
Let’s be honest. You probably don’t lose things. You don’t misplace your keys. You don’t forget where you parked. And your phone? It’s probably surgically attached to your hand. But here’s the thing—phones get lost. Phones get stolen. And if ...
The Shocking Truth About Your Macs
Let me tell you a story we didn’t expect to write. We’ve been hammering away in our lab, diving deep into the Apple ecosystem—testing, poking, simulating real-world attacks. You know what we found? macOS is tight. The security architecture? Rock ...
The IRS Test: Why Your Cyber Program Needs More Than Just Good Intentions
Think about your cybersecurity the same way you’d think about your books. Everyone says they “take security seriously.” But when the auditors show up—or worse, the breach happens—intentions don’t matter. Proof does. Here’s how I break it down for MSPs ...
When the Fire Hits, You Better Have a Map
You lock your office. You set the alarm. Maybe you even have a camera watching the front door. You’re not careless—you take reasonable steps to protect your business. But here’s the part no one tells you: when the fire starts—when ...
Victoria’s Secret Just Pulled the Plug on Its Website. Here’s Why That Should Worry You.
Last week, Victoria’s Secret—the billion-dollar lingerie brand—shut down its U.S. website and paused some store services. They called it a “security incident.” No one knows yet what happened behind the scenes, but one thing is clear: it was serious enough ...
How a Waiver (Yes, Like Skydiving) Could Protect Your Business in Court
You wouldn’t go skydiving without signing a waiver. Why? Because when something goes wrong mid-air, you don’t want to debate liability on the way down. Here’s the problem: most businesses are making high-risk IT decisions without any form of documentation. ...
They Didn’t Break In. They Just Called.
She thought it was her bank. They were polite. Professional. Helpful. They said her account had been compromised. They just needed to “verify a few things.” They even helped her set up Zelle to “protect her funds.” Two weeks later, ...
The One Employee Who’s Never Taken Your Security Training (and Never Will)
Let me introduce you to the new team member quietly absorbing everything about your business. They don’t sleep. They don’t forget. They don’t ask questions. And they’ve never—not once—completed your security training. Meet: Your Employee’s AI Assistant. AI Doesn’t Just ...
Your Data Is Missing, Your Clients Are Calling, and You Have No Plan
You have data. Some of it keeps hackers up at night. The rest just keeps your business running. Either way, it all matters when the breach hits—and if you don’t know where it lives, how to prioritize it, or how ...
Think Your IT Team Has You Covered? Let’s Find Out.
Are your IT people taking the right steps to protect your business? Here’s a simple test. One question. No tech degree required: When’s the last time you reviewed an Incident Response Plan they wrote for you? If your answer is ...
