RESEARCH
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 ...
Communicating Risk
Building Trust in Executive Relationships: Lessons from King Lear
A Framework for Establishing the Kind of Trust that Survives Budget Season Imagine the curtain going up and a group of players act out the opening scenes of Shakespeare's King Lear, just for you. An aging king sits in his ...
Your Jokes Were Funny. They Still Didn't Renew.
How MSPs Build the Kind of Client Rapport That Survives a Budget Review You walked out of the meeting feeling good. The handshake was firm, the small talk landed, and you even got a laugh with the printer joke. You ...
Value That Converts: Why Your vCSO Pitch Keeps Getting Pushed to IT
You walked out of that meeting feeling like a closer. Your credentials were on point. You covered the whole stack: EDR, SIEM, MDR, quarterly risk assessments, tabletop exercises, NIST alignment. Your vCSO offering was solid. You even had a phased ...
Dark Web Monitoring & Threat Intelligence
Part 2: Congratulations, Your Password Manager Made the News (Again)
If you caught Part 1 last week, you know the shape of what TeamPCP has been running since December 2024: one supply chain campaign, still expanding, with credentials stolen over a year ago still being spent today. Part 2 is ...
Part 1: Congratulations, Your Password Manager Made the News (Again)
You've probably seen the headlines. Bitwarden compromised. Trivy compromised. Checkmarx tools compromised. A handful of other developer tools before that. Each one got its own news cycle, its own advisory, its own "here's what to do if you're affected" post. ...
Your OSINT Reality Check: Here’s What an Attacker Is Finding in 30 Minutes or Less
Today’s connected, AI-driven digital ecosystem has made it easier than ever to build a professional brand, network with peers, and share ideas with a wider audience. It’s opened doors for businesses that simply didn't exist before: new customers, new partnerships, ...
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 ...
The Invisible Workforce
The Shadow AI Running Inside Your Clients' Environments and How MSPs Can Get Ahead of It It's Monday morning. A client's controller is on the phone. She spent Friday afternoon cleaning up the vendor list inside their accounting platform's new ...
Your AI Agent Visits Websites on Your Behalf. Attackers Are Leaving It Notes.
The last two years of AI adoption inside businesses have followed a pretty consistent pattern. A team tries a tool, it saves them time, word gets around, and suddenly half the company is using something IT didn't approve. Now those ...
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AI Unmasked: AI Deepfake Detection Tool Exposes Fake Content
As a business owner in the modern era, you know that image is everything. You need your company to become successful, so you want to prove you’re heading up a reputable brand that attracts customer loyalty and invites high-end partners. ...
2.6 Million Users Exposed: The Silent Cybersecurity Threat You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Before the world said goodbye to 2024, it said hello to a malicious campaign targeting 2.6 million people. The victims represented thousands of organizations. Their identity data and cookies had been compromised in a sweeping attack campaign that exploited ...
What T-Mobile and Westend Dental Taught Us About Breach Survival….and Failure
Data breaches from 2020 and 2021 seem like old news, right? Well, that would be true if it weren’t for the fact that there's fresh blood in the water. At the end of 2024 and the start of 2025 two ...
Will AI Make IT Service Desks Obsolete?
As a business owner, you’ve come across artificial intelligence at one point or another. Maybe you can use an AI-powered chatbot to answer your customers’ questions or conduct lightning-fast data analyses of your customers’ browsing and buying trends. What do ...
Mastering the Art of Effective Email Campaigns
How many emails did you receive today? How many of those emails were marketing messages from a company trying to get you to request more information, buy something, or buy more? Most of the emails you receive daily are part ...
The Hidden Risks of Online Deception: Using Bing's Google Imitation to Educate
Have you searched for Google lately using Bing? Microsoft made news recently because of a misleading Google-esque search page users see when using Bing to find Google. Yes, that’s right. Microsoft tricked people trying to us a competing search engine. ...
GenAI Users Trust Bots With Confidential Information
Should generative AI systems have access to your establishment’s sensitive data? Many people seem to think so. This burgeoning new technology streamlines many tasks and makes operations cheaper, but it is important to weigh the risks. A Rising Awareness Knowledgeable ...
AI and Cybersecurity: Adapting to Rapid Industry Shifts
If there’s one thing you can always count on in the realm of cybersecurity, it's that things are always changing. One area where the power of AI is on full display is cybersecurity. The intersection of AI and cybersecurity is ...
Cyberattacks Threaten Small Businesses
Could cyberattacks wipe out your establishment in minutes? Many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) think it won’t happen to them until it’s too late. Keep reading to learn more. An Escalating Issue Crime has moved to the digital world. We ...
Revolutionizing Inventory Management With IoT Technology
The inventory management process includes having a team member count all materials and finished goods available in your storage center or backroom so they can decide which products are in high demand and require immediate reordering. However, between mind-numbing repetition ...
AI Advancements Outpace Data Security Preparedness
Generative AI tools have changed the game for businesses in every industry. AI advancements streamline day-to-day operations by automating time-consuming and error-prone tasks, supporting rapid and informed decision-making, and more. However, as much as this revolutionary technology is a source ...
AI Scams Target Job Seekers with New Tactics
Finding a job in today’s competitive market is difficult enough on its own. Still, with the rise of artificial intelligence, it’s becoming even more difficult. Hackers and scammers are leveraging generative AI tools, deepfake technology, and social engineering tools to ...
