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Social Engineering: The Cyber Threat That Targets People, Not Technology

Social engineering remains one of the most effective cyberattack methods because it targets human behavior instead of technical vulnerabilities. From phishing emails and executive impersonation...

By: Zach Morrison
June 17, 2026

AI Isn’t Replacing Humans. It’s Making Great Employees Even Better.

As concerns about AI replacing jobs continue to grow, many organizations are discovering a different reality: AI works best as a tool that enhances human...

By: Zach Morrison
June 10, 2026

The Hidden Cost of Context Switching in the Age of AI

As AI tools accelerate the pace of work, employees are juggling more tasks than ever—leading to constant context switching, burnout, and increased cyber risk. Learn...

By: Zach Morrison
June 3, 2026

From Risk to Adoption: Why AI Success Starts with Leadership

AI adoption is accelerating across every industry, but many organizations still lack the training, governance, and leadership needed to use it effectively. Learn why AI...

By: Zach Morrison
May 27, 2026

Children’s Social Security Numbers – An Easy Target

An Easy Target The value of stolen data increases when it is more easily manipulated and used. With a social security number, you can apply...

By: Art Gross
March 3, 2020

Malvertising – What Is It?

Malvertising We are in a time when “fake news” has become a term thrown around so frequently it is now part of our vernacular. In...

By: Art Gross
February 25, 2020

When the Threat Is Inside the Building

Insider Threat A recent discovery of a breach of customer data at Fifth Third Bank uncovered a troubling truth. It wasn’t hackers outside the United...

By: Art Gross
February 19, 2020

Equifax Breach Update

Made in China The 2017 Equifax breach brought individuals and one of the largest credit agencies to their knees. And now, over 2 years later,...

By: Art Gross
February 14, 2020

Learn to Audit Your Website – On-Demand

How to Get Found We know that running a business is more than ensuring that you have the right products to resell. It’s more than...

By: Art Gross
February 10, 2020

Double Rewards – The Rise in Ransom Payments

The rate at which data breaches are occurring is on the rise, this we know. But another corresponding rate on the rise is the dollar...

By: Art Gross
February 7, 2020

Windows 7 End of Life – the Beginning for New Scams

End of Windows 7 They say when one door closes another one opens, but in this case, it’s a window. On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft...

By: Art Gross
January 29, 2020

I Fell for a Phishing Scam

I just fell for a phishing email. Yep, the guy who builds services to protect clients from phishing emails was tricked by a phishing email!...

By: Art Gross
January 23, 2020

A Case Study on Dridex Banking Malware

A form of malware called Dridex is targeting finance employees at small to midsize companies. The criminals are sending emails with Microsoft Word and Excel...

By: Art Gross
November 4, 2015

Inside an SMB Hack

In a Verizon Data Breach Investigations Study, they found that 71% of breaches occurred in businesses with less than 100 employees. You would think that...

By: Art Gross
November 1, 2015

Ransomware using Remote Desktop to spread itself

According to an article over at SC Magazine, hackers are using brute force to crack their way into Remote Desktop / Terminal Servers and installing...

By: Art Gross
October 31, 2015

Employees are the biggest security threat

There is a very good article over at the Grand Forks Herald that makes a compelling case that employees are the biggest security threat a...

By: Art Gross
October 1, 2015

MSPs: If your client has a data breach they will blame you

As we talk to potential MSP partners and give presentations at ASCII and MAXfocus events, we are starting to hear a common message: I worried...

By: Art Gross
August 23, 2015

Businesses are not prepared for cyberattacks

An article in Forbes discusses the risk of cyberattacks on businesses. Many companies are unprepared to prevent a cyberattack. Yet many are still ill-prepared for...

By: Art Gross
July 22, 2015

SEC Investment Management Division Issues Cybersecurity Guidance

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management has issued cybersecurity guidance (PDF) to registered investment companies ("Funds") and registered investment advisers...

By: Art Gross
June 10, 2015

A look at how hackers create spear phishing emails

Spear phishing emails are highly effective and have been the cause of many successful hacking attempts. Unlike a regular phishing email that could be sent...

By: Art Gross
May 9, 2015

Overnight Experts Wanted

It isn’t breaking news that there is a steady - and alarming - rise in cybersecurity breaches and overall compromises in data and hardware. What...

By: Art Gross
January 10, 2020

A Quick Glance Back – the Year in Cybersecurity

Nothing Random in this Ransom The end of the year always gives one reason to reflect back and review the past 12 months in a...

By: Art Gross
December 31, 2019

Smart Speakers, Are You Listening?

Alexa, What Are You Collecting? At the top of many holiday gift lists was a smart speaker device. They can make our life easier and...

By: Art Gross
December 27, 2019

The Rise in Cryptojacking

You can teach your clients how to spot a phishing email and hope that they take heed. You can warn them about the dangers of...

By: Art Gross
December 19, 2019

Getting Ahead of the Curve

Plan, people, policies Under the guidance of Maria Vullo, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) created and finalized cybersecurity regulations for the banks,...

By: Art Gross
December 11, 2019