Galactic Research: Articles & Insights
Threat Thursday: August 20th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
AI Security
Part 2: The Security Controls Behind a Safe AI Deployment
From the Map to the Hike: The Four Controls and the Client Conversations Behind Them This is Part 2 in a series that covers your AI enablement plan. Part 1 is here if you want the full map. The Little ...
Ten of Eleven AI Coding Agents Failed a Decades-Old Attack
What GuardFall Tells Us About Where AI Security Controls Need to Live Picture a security guard stationed at the entrance of a building. Their job is to check IDs. They're good at it, fast and consistent, and the building's occupants ...
Perfect AI Guardrails Are Impossible. That's Not an Excuse for Ignoring Them.
What a NIST Mathematician Proved, Why the Internet Got it Wrong, and What Your AI Security Program Should Look Like Years ago, running an MSSP, I had a vendor pitch us a next-gen firewall on a single promise: one hundred ...
Threat Intelligence
Threat Thursday: August 20th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
Threat Thursday: August 13th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
Threat Thursday: August 6th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
Security Education
The Browser Became the Endpoint. Your Security Stack Didn’t Notice.
An employee clicks a box that says “verify you’re human.” A prompt tells them to press a couple of keys, so they do. What they have actually done is paste and run a command that a script slipped onto their clipboard the moment they ...
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, ...
Strategy & Leadership
An Open Letter From Your Cyber Risk Advisors
After the Water Attacks Last month, attackers reached into water treatment plants across a dozen states and started moving the controls. Some of them found out what happens when you do. I've been thinking about what to say to the ...
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 ...
All Articles
Microsoft Outlook Video Update: Simplifying Video Sharing for Business Owners
Microsoft Outlook's latest update solves one of the most common email challenges businesses face: video attachments. Here's what you should know about the update and how it may affect your business. The ...
Protecting Your Business from Cyber Threats: The Importance of Cybersecurity Training
As the digital world grows, businesses face more cybersecurity threats. Unfortunately, these can cause significant financial losses and credibility damage. That's why companies need to focus on cybersecurity training as threat actors ...
The Growing Trend of Telegram as a Marketplace for Phishing Tools and Services
Cybercrime is becoming increasingly common as businesses continue to rely on technology to conduct their operations. Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new ways to exploit businesses and individuals. One of the methods ...
Why You Should Insist On A Third-Party Assessment Of Your Network Security
Have you ever lost something and then later realized it was right there in front of you the whole time? Have you ever proofread a sentence that you wrote only to find ...
Why Small Businesses Need a Website
You might wonder if maintaining a website is worthwhile. You can still operate your business without one, right? Wrong. A website is now essential in the modern digital world and is no ...
Securing Your Online Collaboration: The Future of Workspace Protection
Keeping Our Online Workspaces Safe With New Security Tools Keeping online workspaces safe is the top priority as more people work from home. A vital part of this is to secure your ...
The Role of Cloud Computing in Business Growth
As a business owner, you want to increase efficiency, cut costs, and beat the competition. Looking for something that can do all these? Enter cloud computing, which has revolutionized how businesses of ...
Transforming Your Business with a CRM System
Have you ever wondered how successful businesses maintain strong connections with their customers? One way is to have a good customer relationship management (CRM) system. Simply put, a CRM system can help ...
The Importance of Secure Passwords in the Age of AI
Businesses always look for ways to protect their sensitive data. But have you considered the growing threat of AI cracking your passwords? Recent studies show that AI can crack many passwords in ...
Business Continuity Planning: How to Prepare Your IT Systems for Disasters
As a business owner, you know that unexpected events can happen anytime. Natural disasters, cyberattacks, and even human mistakes can all harm your IT systems. This damage can lead to downtime and ...
3 Reasons Why You’re Paying Too Much For Your Cybersecurity
You know the statistics. You’ve seen the headlines. Now, you’re trying to do the right thing, but are you running around in the dark? And is this causing you to pay too ...
AlienFox Malware: The Swiss Army Knife of Cloud Attacks
Researchers at SentinelLabs have uncovered a new, modular malware toolkit called "AlienFox." Cybercriminals use AlienFox to breach email and web hosting services. It compromises misconfigured hosts on cloud platforms and takes sensitive ...
