While You’re Out of Office, They’re Just Getting Started
While you’re firing up the grill or sitting in beach traffic, someone else is getting to work. They’ve been planning for this. They know which businesses will be running on skeleton crews and which alerts will go unanswered. They know that at most small businesses, the “IT person” is the one who gets called when […]
Your AI Intern Just Started. Who’s Supervising It?
The proposal looked great. It was polished, professional and exactly the kind of document that makes a business look like it has everything under control. Then the client called. The market research cited in section two — the statistics that anchored the entire recommendation — didn’t exist. The AI had made them up. Not vaguely, […]
The First Week Mistake Nobody Plans For
The email shows up on a Tuesday morning. It looks like it’s from the CEO. The name matches. The tone is right. Even the signature looks familiar. “Hey — can you help me with something quickly? I’m in back-to-back meetings. Need you to handle a vendor payment. I’ll explain later.” The new employee pauses. They’ve […]
The Password Is the Key Under the Doormat
The reuse problem A typical breach doesn’t usually start within your business. It starts somewhere else entirely: a shopping site, a food delivery app, a subscription you signed up for three years ago and forgot about. That company gets breached, and suddenly your email and password are part of a database being sold on the […]
Spring Cleaning for Your Technology
Spring cleaning usually starts with closets, but for most businesses, the real clutter isn’t just on a rack. Sure, it might be on a server rack, but it could also be sitting in a storage room or a back office, or even in a pile labeled “we’ll deal with that later.” Old laptops. Retired printers. […]
Your Kid’s Gaming Rig Could Survive a Cyberattack. Can Your Office?
Remember blowing into Nintendo cartridges to make them work? That was our version of IT support. Cartridge won’t load? Blow on it. Still won’t load? Blow harder. If that failed, you smacked the console. We thought we were pretty good at technology. But your kid? They’ve never had to fix anything by hitting it. The […]
Is Your Technology Running Your Business or Ruining Your Mornings?
It’s Monday morning. You’ve got coffee. You’ve got a plan. This is the week you’re finally going to get ahead. You walk through the door. Before you set your bag down: “The printer’s not working again.” Not the old printer. The new one. The one that was supposed to fix the printer problem. You say […]
April Fools Jokes Are Over, but These Scams Aren’t Fun Pranks
Spring is one of the most productive seasons for hackers. Not because teams are careless, but because everyone’s busy, a little distracted and moving fast. That’s when the almost-believable stuff slips through, the kind that blends into a normal workday and doesn’t feel dangerous until it’s too late. Here are three scams working right now. […]
How a Cup of Coffee Can Take Down Your Entire Business
It’s Monday morning. Coffee in hand. Laptop open. You’re ready to get moving. Then your elbow clips the mug. Time slows down just long enough for you to watch coffee spill across the keyboard and disappear into places coffee should never go. The screen flickers. The keyboard stops responding. The laptop makes a noise laptops […]
Your Accountant Is Stressed. Hackers Know It.
It’s March. Your accountant is buried. Your bookkeeper is scrambling. Deadlines are looming. Emails are flying faster than anyone can keep up. Everyone’s head is down, just trying to get through the month. This isn’t news to you. But it isn’t news to hackers either. Security researchers consistently see a significant spike in phishing attempts during […]