RESEARCH
Your MSP Carries More Risk Than a Magazine Stand—and That’s a Problem
Let’s talk about airport gift shops for a minute. You know the ones—tiny kiosks with $14 neck pillows, expired jerky, and three copies of Men’s Health no one’s ever going to read. Now, tell me—how much sensitive data do you ...
Cyber Compliance
Alert Fatigue Will Kill Your Team Before the Hackers Do
What a weekend. It kicked off Wednesday night—alarms started screaming. Storm alert. Tornado alert. Flash flood alert. Lightning alert. More flood alerts. Nashville was lighting up. Sirens, texts from Metro, calls from the city, weather apps melting down. And somewhere ...
Would You Skip a Blood Test? Then Why Are You Ignoring This?
You wouldn’t skip your annual physical. You wouldn’t ignore your dentist until your teeth started falling out. And if your doctor said you needed a colonoscopy, you might put it off… but you’d still get it done. Because deep down, ...
Compliance as a Service Is Sinking—Are You Going Down With It?
For years, MSPs have been selling Compliance as a Service (CaaS) as a golden opportunity. Regulations were tightening. Clients were scared. And compliance frameworks seemed like the perfect way to get businesses to take security seriously. But here’s the reality: ...
Cyber Liability
Your Operations Manager Won’t Be the One Getting Sued.
I was chatting with the owner of an MSP the other day when I noticed something weird. He seemed… relaxed. You know, like someone not carrying the weight of 2,500 endpoints and a 10-year liability tail on his back. So ...
The $1M Mistake You’re Making with Your Smallest Client
You’ve got your biggest clients sealed up tighter than Fort Knox. SIEM? Deployed. SOC? Active. MFA? Mandatory. Policies signed, training delivered, logs timestamped—every piece of evidence tucked away like it’s going to court. Because one day, it might. Gold star. ...
One Missed Step. One Breach. One Lawsuit.
Your client’s email gets compromised. You spring into action—reset passwords, follow the M365 account compromise playbook, check every box in your incident response plan. Crisis averted. Right? Not even close. Here’s how bad it got for one credit union. The ...
Insurance & MSP Liability
Your MSP Carries More Risk Than a Magazine Stand—and That’s a Problem
Let’s talk about airport gift shops for a minute. You know the ones—tiny kiosks with $14 neck pillows, expired jerky, and three copies of Men’s Health no one’s ever going to read. Now, tell me—how much sensitive data do you ...
If You Don’t Own the Security Stack, You’ll Be Replaced
There’s a quiet shift happening in the cyber insurance world—and if you’re not talking to your clients about it, someone else is. That someone is their insurance provider. And they’re not just selling policies anymore. They’re selling cybersecurity solutions too. ...
Your Clients Are Walking Into a Lawsuit—And They’re About to Drag You With Them
Do you have clients who ignore your security recommendations? They say they can’t afford it. They tell you they aren’t a target. They assume cyber insurance will cover them. Then they get hacked. And that’s just the beginning of the ...
More Articles
Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise
For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails have been absolutely rampant. So much so that people are increasingly on ...
New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials
Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing campaign that appears to have been launched in January of this year ...
Facebook Is Fighting Back Against Spam Accounts
Unless you're plugged into the world of social media, you may not realize it. There's a war on, and until recently, it was a war that Facebook was losing. The war is ...
JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed
Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime in April of 2019, an unknown group of hackers utilized a credential ...
New Android Malware Can Get Past Two-Factor Authentication
Since 2010, Google has been doing its part to help keep its massive user base safe. They introduced a small but critical service called Google Authenticator, which is used by a number ...
Mobile Internet Usage Continues To Rise According To Study
A few years ago, the people who track such things announced that the PC had been dethroned. They said a slight majority of people were turning to their phones as their primary ...
Facial Recognition Company Hacked, Leaking Billions Of Photos
Photos are a new kind of currency, and gaining in value. Clearview AI is a facial recognition startup used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies around the country. The company was hacked, ...
Google Translate Adds More Languages To Assist Communication
Every kid who grew up watching sci-fi has dreamed of the day when a Universal Translator would be available, making seamless communication possible and eliminating the language barrier entirely. That day hasn't ...
Emails Pretending To Be Secret Admirers Could Be Ransomware
Nemty Ransomware isn't an especially well-known threat, but it's dangerous and should not be discounted. Recently, researchers have discovered an ongoing spam-email driven campaign that's attempting to spread the ransomware far and ...
New Edge Browser Coming To Windows 10 Through Updates
Microsoft Edge has been changed and improved many times. It is now Chromium-based, and is one important step closer to widespread release. At present, the new browser is available to Windows 10 ...
Tax Information Theft Is On The Rise This Year
It's tax season, and if you're like many people, you make use of one of the numerous e-file platforms offered by TurboTax, TaxAct, and similar companies. Unfortunately, tax season also presents a ...
The New Microsoft Office App Looks Like A Winner
In November of 2019, Microsoft made an announcement and gave users an early look at a new unified Office app designed specifically for Android and iOS devices. The purpose, of course, was ...
