Business email compromise is getting harder to spot because criminals are getting better at telling a believable story. Microsoft recently documented a large campaign that sent more than one million phishing emails over just a few days. The messages impersonated executives, vendors, and routine business processes, often leading victims toward ACH payment requests approaching $50,000.Continue reading “Your Boss Approved This Invoice. Or Did They? AI Is Changing Business Email Fraud”
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A Cybersecurity Checklist Isn’t an Assessment: What CISA’s Latest Changes Teach Small Businesses
A cybersecurity assessment for small businesses should do more than hand the owner a checklist and ask whether antivirus, backups, and MFA are turned on. That difference became more visible this month after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, better known as CISA, confirmed that it is retiring six free cybersecurity assessment programs previously deliveredContinue reading “A Cybersecurity Checklist Isn’t an Assessment: What CISA’s Latest Changes Teach Small Businesses”
Thousands of Texans Lost Internet. Could Your Business Keep Working Without It?
A major Texas internet outage recently disrupted service across parts of Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and surrounding areas. Thousands of customers reported problems with broadband, Wi-Fi, and home internet service. Then the story became more complicated. An Iranian-linked hacking group claimed responsibility for the outage. AT&T rejected that claim and said its investigation foundContinue reading “Thousands of Texans Lost Internet. Could Your Business Keep Working Without It?”