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By harryth_xitx
August 30, 2026

Vendor Portal Attacks: How Attackers Are Using Your IT Firm’s Own Tools Against You in 2024-2025

Vendor portal attacks have quietly become one of the most effective and underreported entry points into small business IT environments. While headlines fixate on phishing and ransomware delivered to end users, a pattern emerging...

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By harryth_xitx
August 29, 2026

MFA Fatigue Attacks: Why Multifactor Authentication Alone Won’t Keep Attackers Out

Multifactor authentication was supposed to close the door. Add a second factor to your logins and you're dramatically safer - that was the promise, and it was a true one. Then attackers spent three...

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By harryth_xitx
August 28, 2026

Chained Misconfigurations: Why a Clean Vulnerability Scan Does Not Mean a Secure Environment

A passed vulnerability scan feels like a green light. It is not. What 2025 public incident response disclosures show, repeatedly, is that threat actors are not kicking in the front door - they are...

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By harryth_xitx
August 26, 2026

Dormant User Accounts Are Handing Attackers Your Front Door Key

When an employee leaves your company, how long does their login still work? If you don't know the answer, you're not alone — and that uncertainty is exactly what attackers are counting on. Dormant...

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By harryth_xitx
August 24, 2026

Ransomware Timing: How Attackers Use Your Fiscal Calendar Against You

Ransomware timing is not random. The 2025 FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report and a growing record of public incident disclosures reveal a pattern most small business owners have never been warned about:...

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By harryth_xitx
August 17, 2026

Ransomware Backup Destruction: How Attackers Erase Your Recovery Data Before the Ransom Note Appears

Ransomware backup destruction is not a side effect of a ransomware attack - it is the strategy. What most small business owners picture when they hear "ransomware" is the ransom note on the screen...

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By harryth_xitx
August 17, 2026

Dwell Time: What FBI IC3 Data Reveals About Attackers Hiding Inside Small Business Networks for Months

Dwell time - the gap between when an attacker first enters a network and when anyone detects them - is one of the most underreported dimensions of modern cybercrime. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint...

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By harryth_xitx
August 15, 2026

Small Business Cyber Risk During M&A and Ownership Transitions: What FBI IC3 Data Reveals

Small business cyber risk during M&A is not a hypothetical buried in a risk register. It is a documented, recurring pattern that appears in FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reports, public breach disclosures,...

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By harryth_xitx
August 13, 2026

SaaS API Integration Security: What 2024 – 2025 CISA Advisories Reveal About Third-Party Risks

SaaS API integration security has become the most systematically neglected attack surface in the small and mid-sized business technology stack. Security conversations still center on phishing emails and ransomware - but threat actors spent...

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By harryth_xitx
August 9, 2026

Remote Monitoring Tools Are Being Weaponized Against Small Businesses

Remote monitoring tools are the backbone of how every managed IT firm operates - the software that lets a technician see your endpoints, push patches, and respond to alerts without leaving their desk. They...

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