RESEARCH
Threat Thursday: June 4th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. This week's stories have a clear pattern: attackers didn't find obscure entry points or novel techniques but instead went after the things you were already using and already trusting. As always, ...
Communicating Risk
The Silent Killer in Your MSP: Ambiguity
You think you’re being clear. You told the client they needed MFA. You recommended better backups. You flagged that firewall. But when things go sideways—when data’s lost, insurance denies the claim, or the lawyers come knocking—they don’t remember your recommendations. ...
The #1 Role Every MSP Must Embrace Before a Competitor Replaces You
Your Clients Don’t Need Another IT Vendor. They Need a Cybersecurity Leader. If you’re still selling managed services like it’s 2015, you’re already losing. The MSP market has shifted. The stakes are higher. Clients aren’t asking how many tickets you ...
Your Marketing Sounds Like It Was Written by a Robot—Because It Was
Let’s be honest. You’re slammed with tickets, chasing down weird user issues, and trying not to lose your mind over Janet’s printer—again. So when someone suggests using AI to handle your marketing, it sounds like a miracle. Here’s the problem: ...
Dark Web Monitoring & Threat Intelligence
Google Predicts Top Cybersecurity Threats for 2025
Staying on top of cybersecurity threats as a business owner is no walk in the park. These strides demand the right antivirus programs, firewalls, and security teams, to name a few. However, because online attacks are always evolving, your business ...
Human Layer Security
The Deepfake Was Convincing. So Was My Backpack.
Why Social Engineering Still Works, Why AI is Making it Sharper, and the One Habit that Stops it In early 2024, an employee at Arup, a global engineering firm, joined a video call with several colleagues, including someone who appeared ...
New State Cyber Rules Are Coming—Will You Be Ready, or Be the One They Blame?
California. New York. Massachusetts. One by one, states are turning up the heat on cybersecurity regulations—and if you're not preparing your clients for what’s coming, you're not just behind. You're exposed. Last week I blogged about upcoming California rules requiring ...
16 Billion Reasons to Change Your Password—Now
You ever wake up and feel like the bad guys are winning? I do. Today especially. Because if you thought May’s headline—184 million stolen credentials splashed across the dark web—was terrifying, you’d better sit down for this one. The latest ...
More Articles
Passkeys: Just as Vulnerable as Passwords If Not Configured Correctly
Passkeys are being promoted as the next step in authentication, a way to eliminate passwords for ...
How to Fix Alert Fatigue and Make Your MSP More Resilient
Alerts get missed. All the time. Your vendors are covering themselves by alerting on everything—every small issue, every potential risk. The result? Thousands of alerts flooding your team daily. It doesn’t take long before your team stops paying attention. And ...
Why You Need More Than Just a Security Program
Cybersecurity isn’t just about defending against attacks—it’s about proving you made the right decisions when an attack inevitably gets through. Because make no mistake: At some point, an attacker will get in. And with the latest developments in state-sponsored cyber ...
The One Job That Will Make or Break Your Career in Cybersecurity
STOP. Whatever you’re doing right now—put it on hold. This is the most important thing you’ll do as a security engineer. Miss this, and you may as well ignore everything else. What’s your number one job? Patching computers? Installing security ...
Your MSP Is at Risk—If You Don’t Have This One Documented Step
Cyber insurance policies are full of hidden requirements that your clients may not even be aware of—until it’s too late. One of the biggest ticking time bombs? Funds transfer policies. If your client has cyber insurance, do they have a ...
The MSP Software Trap: Hackers Are Using Your Tools Against You (Again)
It happened again. Another CVSS 9 security flaw—this time in backup software. I keep saying this: your tools are the way hackers are going to get in and take down your clients. And yet, I was just in a session ...
MSPs: Your Clients Are About to Leak Sensitive Data—Here’s How to Stop It
Tax season is a hacker’s dream. W-2s are getting emailed. 401(k) reports are being dumped onto desktops. And all that work you did to lock down security? Gone. Your clients don’t mean to expose sensitive data, but let’s be real—they ...
How MSPs Are Closing $1M+ in Compliance Deals Without Hiring More Staff
The $1M+ Opportunity Most MSPs Are Missing Most MSPs assume compliance is only for Fortune 500 companies—something reserved for healthcare giants, banks, and massive corporations. That’s dead wrong. Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are drowning in compliance requirements. HIPAA. PCI. ...
Want to Get More Done? Shrink Your Work Time
Ever notice how much you get done right before a trip? One of the CEOs I work with said the same thing—he couldn’t believe how productive he was before heading out. Deadlines got met. Tasks got delegated. Decisions got made ...
Are You Stuck in a Liability Loop? How to Break Free Before It’s Too Late
Groundhog Day….again! Did you go out on February 2nd to see if the groundhog spotted its shadow? It’s a pretty important day ...
Your MSP’s Reputation is on the Line: Will You Let Cybersecurity Liability Destroy You?
How much is your reputation worth? A thousand dollars? A million? The truth is your reputation is priceless. It follows you throughout your career and determines whether clients trust you with their business. So, what happens when it’s damaged? ...
