In February 2025, plaintiff Andrew Willoughby filed a class action in Virginia federal court alleging that Capital One’s failure to secure its systems exposed thousands of customers’ personal identifiable information (PII), including names, Social Security numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, and transaction histories. The suit claims the breach—occurring between August 11, 2022, and May 22, […]

A strong training program can protect your business from attacks. Here are five key steps to create an effective cybersecurity training plan Start with a complete training program Cover phishing and social engineering Teach password safety and multi-factor authentication Explain safe internet and email use Show how to protect sensitive data Address mobile device and […]

We want to alert you to a new scam targeting business owners like you. Fraudsters are sending physical ransom letters in the mail, claiming to be from the ransomware group BianLian. These letters falsely state that your company’s data has been hacked and demand a Bitcoin ransom of $250,000 to $500,000, with a 10-day payment […]

There are reports of a potential ChatGPT data breach where millions of login credentials may have been leaked. While OpenAI is investigating, it’s a good reminder to tighten up security. Here’s what you can do right now: ✅ Change your ChatGPT (and other AI tool) passwords. Make them strong and DO NOT use the same […]

While you and your team enjoy the productivity benefits of AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and NotebookLM… Cyber criminals are using AI to hack into the systems of business, large and small. Your prompt is, “Hey ChatGPT, please write me a LinkedIn post on X topic.” Their prompt is, “Hey ChatGPT, please write me a […]

That is, done by humans. Data entry in excel sheets, and the like. A little bit of automation can buy back your team’s time. 20+ hours per week per person. Not only that, but you get: Perfect accuracy Faster client work Higher profits So your team can: Focus on advisory work Handle more clients Deliver […]

Over 1,813,538 people had their personal data exposed in a recent data breach in Loveland Colorado. On or around April 18, 2024, Summit Pathology Laboratories, Inc. detected suspicious activity on its computer network and determined that cybercriminals infiltrated its inadequately secured computer environment.  According to the lab: The impacted systems contained demographic and healthcare information […]

What has your IT provider done for you lately? Here are 10 things your IT provider should do to protect your business from cyberattacks: Respond to communication promptly, keep you updated on ticket progress, and monitor your systems to prevent issues before they affect your business. Follow a globally accepted cybersecurity framework like NIST or […]

Since October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month this is a perfect excuse for you to educate your entire organization on why ABC123abc and password are terrible passwords. We’re going to be marketing our keyboards off. An entire month dedicated to cybersecurity nerds like us? You bet we’re gonna take full advantage. I’ve prepared a 30-day email […]

An incident response plan (IRP) is a proactive strategy that outlines the steps to take when a cybersecurity incident occurs. Its primary focus is on the immediate actions required to detect, analyze, contain, and recover from a cyberattack. The goal is to minimize damage and reduce recovery time and costs. An effective IRP includes: Identification […]

To borrow a line from Ghostbusters, “Who you gonna call?” …When you get hacked or some buggy code shuts down all of your IT/cybersecurity systems? The CrowdStrike outage was less than two weeks ago. Were you affected? Who did you call? Some companies were caught with their pants down and had to scramble to get help. Other companies were prepared […]

A former Nuance employee accessed the data of over 1 million Geisinger patients in Pennsylvania after being terminated (Link Here) Geisinger is a non-profit healthcare system in Pennsylvania that operates 134 care sites, ten hospitals, and the Geisinger Health Plan, serving a total of 1.2 million people. It employs 26,000 staff, including 1,600 doctors, and is […]