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Threat Thursday: May 28th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic's weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every week, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most including what happened, what the impact could be, and what your organization should do about it. Whether you’re overseeing risk management ...
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 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 ...
The Annual Tradition of Forgetting Everything We Learned About Cybersecurity
Because nothing says “security first” like annual PowerPoint fatigue. Well, it’s that time of year again. Pumpkin-spiced coffee, ghosts and goblins, trees turning colors, and holiday ads airing entirely too early. Oh yeah, and Cybersecurity Awareness Month! I almost forgot. ...
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The MSP Survival Guide; Don’t Get Trapped Under an Avalanche of Blame
Did you ever see the 70’s movie “Avalanche”? During the entire first half of the movie, everyone on the planet, including this guy’s mom, tells him NOT to build his resort on the side of this particular mountain. They tell ...
Businesses at Risk of Underestimating SaaS Risks
Software as a service is a cost-effective solution for businesses that need scalable and efficient solutions for managing all aspects of their operation. SaaS can help level the playing field, giving even small businesses access to powerful tools without a ...
Is Your Identity Safe? Battling AI Deepfake Threats
As technology advances, so do hackers' techniques for breaching organizations. Case in point: The rapid expansion of AI has given threat actors a simple, inexpensive, and wildly effective means of tricking individuals into giving up sensitive information. The increasing sophistication ...
Choosing the Right AI Security Solution
What does it take to keep your establishment’s AI systems protected? This technology streamlines processes through behavioral analysis, chatbots, and predictive analytics, but it has vulnerabilities. Discover how you can address them through proper AI security. Is It Necessary? AI ...
Building the Ultimate Cybersecurity Ecosystem for Resilience
What would happen to your establishment if it suffered a data breach? Any business owner should have this concern. A cybersecurity ecosystem with many layers of protection is more important than ever. Keep reading as we lend some insight. A ...
Massive Cyberattack Exposes Tons of Sensitive Data
Are your establishment’s digital defenses strong enough to withstand a cyberattack? With Landmark Admin’s recent data breach making headlines, it’s a question you can’t ignore. Keep reading to learn more. Nearly A Million Affected Users Many life insurance and annuity ...
Solving the AI Skills Shortage
As organizations use artificial intelligence for data-driven decision-making, automation improvements, better efficiency, and enhanced innovation, many find that there aren’t enough skilled professionals to build the necessary infrastructure and leverage it to its full advantage. The explosive growth of AI ...
Is Your Cyber Insurance a Dependable Safety Net or Dangerous Liability?
Ever go bungee jumping? How would you feel about a company that invited you to bungee jump off a bridge with them after explaining that 50% of the time they secure your bungee cord and the other 50% of the ...
The Role of Smart Glasses in Enhancing Workforce Training and Field Services
Today’s field service technicians have more complex responsibilities than ever before. Increasing technological complexity, combined with changes in the workforce, often means longer downtimes and delays for companies that need support from field service technicians who don’t always have the ...
Creating Content With Intent-Driven Insights
Suppose you create content to market your business. In that case, you’ve likely heard the words “user intent” and its importance to SEO strategy and its effect on conversion. Essentially, when you understand what users are looking for — and ...
The Large-Scale Impact of AI on Business
The business landscape is constantly evolving, but no technology has ever had as much of an effect on practically every aspect of how we work and innovate as artificial intelligence. It’s impossible to overstate the impact of AI on business, ...
Addressing the Cybersecurity Skills Crisis
Protecting your company’s network against ever-evolving threats is a priority. Still, the ongoing cybersecurity skills crisis presents challenges beyond staying ahead of threat actors and malware. Is your company among the majority with open cybersecurity positions? Do you worry about ...
