Microsoft is moving to passkeys, and small Texas businesses need to prepare employees for changing sign-in procedures. However, a convincing request to “update your security” deserves verification before anyone follows instructions. On September 9, 2026, Microsoft reported attacks using fake passkey, MFA, and single-sign-on updates as bait. Impersonators contacted employees as supposed IT staff, includingContinue reading “Microsoft Is Moving to Passkeys. Attackers Are Already Exploiting the Confusion”
Tag Archives: Managed IT Services
How Do You Know You’ve Been Hacked? 10 Warning Signs Small Businesses Miss
How do you know you’ve been hacked when nothing appears broken? That is one of the harder cybersecurity questions for a small-business owner to answer. Many people imagine a cyberattack ending with a locked computer, a ransomware message, or a giant warning across the screen. Real compromises are not always that obvious. Sometimes the firstContinue reading “How Do You Know You’ve Been Hacked? 10 Warning Signs Small Businesses Miss”
Business Email Compromise: When the Email Is Real but the Person Behind It Isn’t
A phishing email is dangerous when it looks real. Business email compromise can be even more dangerous because sometimes the email is real. The criminal may be communicating from the actual account of your employee, vendor, executive, or business partner. That changes the problem completely. There may be no misspelled domain to spot. No suspicious-lookingContinue reading “Business Email Compromise: When the Email Is Real but the Person Behind It Isn’t”