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By harryth_xitx
July 18, 2026

AI-Generated Business Email Compromise: Why Phishing Training Alone Won’t Protect You in 2025

AI-generated business email compromise is not a coming threat. It is already hitting inboxes - and it is quietly dismantling the one defense most small businesses have spent years building: phishing awareness training. The...

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By harryth_xitx
July 18, 2026

Vendor Breach Notification Lag: What 2025’s Payroll and HR Platform Incidents Reveal About the Data You’ve Already Lost

When several widely-used small business payroll and HR platforms disclosed breaches in 2025, the pattern was the same every time: attackers had been quietly inside vendor environments for months before anyone caught them. By...

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By harryth_xitx
July 15, 2026

Salt Typhoon and the Carrier Illusion: Why ‘We Use AT&T’ Is Not a Security Posture

Salt Typhoon is the name U.S. intelligence agencies assigned to a Chinese state-sponsored threat group that spent months - possibly years - operating inside the infrastructure of major American telecommunications carriers. The FBI and...

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By harryth_xitx
July 15, 2026

Vendor Ecosystem Risk: What the 2025 M&S and Co-op Ransomware Attacks Actually Reveal

In spring 2025, two of the UK's most recognized retail brands — Marks and Spencer and Co-op — were hit by ransomware attacks that halted operations, exposed customer data, and dominated business headlines for...

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By harryth_xitx
July 15, 2026

Credential Stuffing Attacks 2025: Why Password Reuse Keeps Handing Attackers the Keys to Your SaaS Tools

Credential stuffing attacks are not new - but the 2025 wave hitting small business SaaS platforms is different in scale, targeting, and impact. Attackers are no longer focused on banks and enterprise software. They...

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By harryth_xitx
July 15, 2026

When Your IT Firm’s Tools Are the Vulnerability: What NJ Business Owners Need to Know

In 2025, security researchers and federal agencies confirmed what the sharper corners of the IT industry had long worried about: IT management platform vulnerabilities in several widely used remote monitoring and management tools had...

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By harryth_xitx
July 5, 2026

Edge Device Exploitation: Why Attackers Hit Your Firewall Before Anything Else

In 2025, the FBI and CISA have published repeated advisories with a clear message: routers, firewalls, and VPN appliances used by small and mid-sized businesses are now the primary entry point for sophisticated attackers....

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By harryth_xitx
July 5, 2026

Supply Chain Attacks 2025: Why Attackers Are Coming Through Your Software, Not Your Front Door

The defining cybersecurity story of 2025 is not a new strain of malware. It is not a more convincing phishing email. It is a strategic shift in where attackers aim. Rather than trying to...

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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...

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By harryth_xitx
June 28, 2026

Third-Party IT Vendor Breaches: The Concentration Risk That Can Take Down Your Business Overnight

Your IT firm may be your single biggest cybersecurity vulnerability - and you probably haven't evaluated it that way. Third-party IT vendor breaches now follow a predictable pattern: attackers compromise one managed IT provider,...