Blog, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
July 3, 2026

Your Inbox Is Being Used Against Your Clients: What 2024 – 2025 BEC Incident Data Reveals

Business email compromise is usually framed as a financial crime — wire fraud, invoice manipulation, CEO impersonation. That framing is accurate but dangerously incomplete. The most consequential pattern in 2024 and 2025 incident data...

Blog, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
July 3, 2026

IT Helpdesk Impersonation: How a 10-Minute Phone Call Is Handing Hackers the Keys to Small Business Networks

IT helpdesk impersonation is now one of the most efficient initial access methods targeting small and mid-sized businesses - and it doesn't require a single line of malware. Attackers aren't spending weeks probing your...

Blog, Buyer Guides

By harryth_xitx
July 2, 2026

Backup and Recovery Testing: The Questions Every CEO Should Ask Before Disaster Strikes

Most business owners assume their data is protected because someone set up a backup. That assumption is understandable — and it's one of the most dangerous gaps in modern IT. The real question is...

Blog, News & Analysis

By harryth_xitx
July 2, 2026

Vendor Insider Threat Risk: What the 2025 Coinbase Breach Should Tell Every Small Business Owner

The 2025 Coinbase breach did not start with a sophisticated cyberattack. It started with a handful of contracted customer support agents who were bribed to hand over customer records. No zero-day exploit. No nation-state...

Blog, Buyer Guides

By harryth_xitx
July 1, 2026

IT Onboarding Process: What It Reveals Before You Sign

The IT onboarding process is the clearest window you will ever get into how an IT firm operates when the pressure is on. Most business owners evaluate vendors on price, response time, and a...

AI for Business, Blog

By harryth_xitx
July 1, 2026

AI Competitive Intelligence for Small Business: A Practical Weekly System

If you run a 20-to-100 person firm, you already have access to tools that can monitor your industry, track competitor moves, and surface client signals — automatically, daily, without adding headcount. The challenge is...

Blog, Buyer Guides

By harryth_xitx
June 30, 2026

IT Services Agreement Key-Person Risk: What the Staffing Clauses Actually Tell You About Business Continuity

Most business owners read their IT services agreement once, sign it, and file it away. That is reasonable for a catering contract or a software license. It is a genuine liability with the document...

Blog, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
June 30, 2026

Inbox Rule Manipulation: How Attackers Quietly Drain Microsoft 365 Accounts Weeks Before You Know You’ve Been Hit

Most small business owners never see this attack coming — and most IT firms aren't actively watching for it. An attacker gets into a Microsoft 365 account, makes no noise, and creates a few...

Blog, Buyer Guides

By harryth_xitx
June 29, 2026

IT Firm Employee Access Controls: The Questions That Protect You Before You Sign

Most business owners evaluating a new IT firm spend the first half of every discovery call asking about tools — what security software the firm deploys, how they handle backups, whether they monitor endpoints...

Blog, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
June 29, 2026

AI-Generated Phishing: Why the Warning Signs Employees Were Trained to Spot Have Disappeared

AI-generated phishing has quietly dismantled a decade of security awareness training. The grammar mistakes, the odd phrasing, the sender name that felt slightly off — those were the tells. Employees learned to look for...

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