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
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 ...
AI Is About to Cost You More Than You Think
Here’s the thing nobody wants to say out loud: Your employees are already using AI tools—whether you’ve approved them or not. And some of those tools? They’re fantastic productivity boosters. Others are ticking legal, compliance, and PR time bombs that ...
The Policy That Could Save Your MSP from a Lawsuit and Why You're Likely Ignoring It
Most MSPs think cybersecurity starts with tools—firewalls, MDR, backups. But there’s a silent killer in your stack: the lack of an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). You probably have one. Maybe it’s buried in your documentation platform. Maybe your client signed ...
Why You Might Want to Reconsider Your WISP for Every Single Client
Why This Isn’t Just About Checking a Compliance Box If you’re running an MSP, you’ve probably heard about Written Information Security Plans (WISPs). Maybe you’ve even created one—for certain clients, in certain industries, under certain regulations. But here’s the question: ...
AI Acceptable Use Policy: The Shield Every MSP Must Build Before AI Builds a Case Against You
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant experiment reserved for Silicon Valley. It’s here, woven into the daily workflows of businesses large and small. AI helps teams write reports, analyze data, answer questions, generate code, and even draft marketing campaigns. ...
Lawsuits, Loopholes, and Liability: The Cyber Insurance Disaster Waiting to Bankrupt Your Business
Why Didn’t the Chicken Cross the Road? Because it was stuck litigating whether the crosswalk was closed on January 1. The punchline’s cute, but the lawsuit is real—and the stakes are no joke. In December 2024, Harrison Poultry Inc. suffered ...
You’re Not Selling Security. You’re Selling a Defense Strategy.
Let’s have a come-to-Jesus moment. Your clients think they’re secure because they’ve got antivirus, backups, and a firewall that hasn’t been patched since the Obama administration. You know they’re not. But they don’t. And that’s your biggest opportunity. Enter Cyber ...
“Why Bother?”: A Technician’s Perspective on Security Tools, Ownership, and What Happens Next
Look, I’ll be straight with you. Most of us aren’t ignoring that new security tool because we’re lazy or don’t care. We’re ignoring it because deep down, we already know what it’s going to say. And if we open that ...
Would You Hand Your Intern the Keys to Your Datacenter? Why You Need to Rethink AI—Before It’s Too Late
AI is the latest shiny object in tech, and your team is probably already using it. But here's the uncomfortable truth: too many people are treating AI like it’s their smartest engineer—when in reality, it’s the intern who just showed ...
This Type of Blame Will Destroy Your MSP Unless You Do This First
It starts the same way every time. Something breaks. A phishing email slips through. An account gets compromised. Ransomware locks up a server. The client panics. Then the questions begin. What happened? How bad is it? And then the one ...
Phishing: The Big, Hairy Problem Nobody Has Solved (Until Now)
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Phishing is still the single biggest way attackers get in. IBM just put out their latest report for 2025, and for the first time phishing has officially overtaken stolen credentials as the ...
