Most business owners have never thought about how their computer starts up. They press the power button, Windows appears, and the day begins. But underneath that quiet sequence is a security system that has been protecting every Windows and Linux machine for the past fifteen years – and right now, it is getting its first… Read more »
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Why We Tell Our Clients to Patch Windows Immediately
This month’s Patch Tuesday is not a routine one. Microsoft just released fixes for three Windows zero-day vulnerabilities – flaws that were publicly known before a patch existed. That means details about how to exploit them have been circulating, and any computer that has not installed this update is exposed to attacks that are already… Read more »
How Chrome Just Made Your Accounts Harder to Steal
We spend a lot of time helping small businesses prepare for things that could go wrong. So when something quietly goes right, it is worth pointing out. Earlier this year, Google just turned on a new feature in Chrome for Windows that closes one of the sneakiest ways hackers have been getting into business accounts…. Read more »
Third-Party Vendor Risk for Small Businesses
A Recent Breach That Changed the Conversation Earlier last month (April 2026), thousands of schools logged into Canvas and were met with a ransom message. This was not caused by a phishing email or an employee mistake. It happened because a vendor they trusted had been breached. Events like this are becoming more common, and… Read more »
Ransomware Protection for Small Businesses: 4 Steps to Take Right Now
In Part 1 of this series, we covered how Ransomware-as-a-Service has made small businesses the primary target – including how double extortion, triple extortion, and supply chain attacks have changed the threat landscape. If you missed it, start there first. Ransomware protection for small businesses does not require an enterprise security budget. Most successful ransomware… Read more »
Safe AI for Small Organizations: Practical Ways to Use It in 2026
Artificial intelligence didn’t just evolve in 2025 — it accelerated. New tools appeared faster than many organizations could evaluate them, employees began experimenting on their own, and leaders were left asking the same question: How do we take advantage of AI without exposing our data, our people, or our reputation? The good news: you do… Read more »
Passwordless Authentication: Is It Right for Small Organizations Yet?
For years, passwords have been the default security layer for most organizations — and one of the weakest. Weak credentials, reused logins, and phishing continue to drive many breaches, particularly in small and mid-sized environments. That is why more leaders are exploring passwordless authentication as a modern, more secure alternative that reduces reliance on traditional… Read more »
What is DKIM Authentication?
Getting your email into a prospect’s inbox is already challenging. The last thing any organization wants is for a phishing or spoofing attack to doom that email to the spam folder. To guard against these threats, one powerful tool is DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) authentication. In this post, we’ll explore what DKIM is, how it… Read more »
Navigating Data Privacy: The Dangers of Tracking Technologies
Kaiser Permanente, a major healthcare provider, recently informed 13.4 million current and former members and patients that tracking technologies may have transmitted personal information to third-party vendors like Google, Microsoft Bing, and X while logged into a Kaiser Permanente account or service. The incident sheds light on an ongoing issue with the privacy risks associated… Read more »
Thread Hijacking Attacks Targeting Email Users
Thread hijacking attacks, a sophisticated form of social engineering, occur when an individual’s email account is compromised, and the attacker sends malicious emails from that account within an ongoing email thread. This method leverages the recipient’s trust in the sender and curiosity to trick them into clicking on malicious links or attachments. In a recent… Read more »
