There’s no denying the convenience that so many of technology's essential features and functions can now be managed with a simple command, if not completely automated, thanks to the Internet of Things. With the IoT, everything is augmented by a miniature computer… but these devices are built to be convenient and (for lack of a better term) cheap. As such,...
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Are you still depending on your business being so small that it flies “under the radar” of potential threats? The most dangerous mindset you can have is that you’re too small for a hacker to care about your data. In reality, hackers don’t care how big your business is; they care about what data they can steal, and there’s plenty...
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If you’re counting on a big, dramatic hacking attack being the method of choice for any cybercriminal with you in their sights, I have some bad news. In reality, cybercrime is sneaky. A threat quietly infiltrates your network, lying in wait and biding its time, gradually collecting data until the perfect moment arrives. On average, a hacker spends 180 days...
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You know your business needs multi-factor authentication, but chances are you see a lot of pushback from your employees because of how inconvenient it is for their work. In an effort to please everyone, you implement SMS authentication out of sheer convenience, but the innovation of SIM swapping means that this method of MFA is a vulnerability rather than a...
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It’s known that baby toys can aid in all manner of developmental processes, so take a moment to imagine what the future of technology holds for toys. Will they continue in the same vein as toys that teach color recognition, teamwork, sharing, and creativity, or will they get even more wild and out of the box? Regardless, one thing is...
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By now, AI isn’t just a buzzword in the 2026 boardroom—it’s the plumbing. But as developers race to push the tech into uncharted territory, the line between "breakthrough" and "breakdown" has become razor-thin. Today’s story is a cautionary tale about the leap from AI that talks to AI that acts, and how a single developer’s viral hit accidentally birthed a...
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The most sophisticated firewall in the world cannot stop a human being from making a split-second mistake. Cybercriminals are not just hacking code; they are hacking your employees. By exploiting high-stress environments and the natural desire to be helpful, hackers create click-first, ask-later scenarios that can bypass your entire security stack in an instant. To defend your business, you do...
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If you asked your team what they remember from the last annual security compliance video, we bet they’d be hard-pressed to remember anything of importance. That’s because most small business security training is like going to the dentist; you go once a year, and only because you have to. The unfortunate reality is that most people are going about security...
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Traditional cybersecurity has long been built on a foundation of restriction and reprimand. However, treating employees as the weakest link creates a dangerous paradox: the more you monitor and scold your team, the higher your actual risk becomes. When an employee fears professional retaliation for a digital mistake, they don't become more careful… they become more secretive. They delete the...
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We’ve all seen the Internet represented as an iceberg in images and videos explaining the deep web. The surface web—the part you use every day—is just the tip. Below that is the Deep Web (password-protected sites), and at the very bottom is the Dark Web, a hidden layer where anonymity is the primary currency. From a business perspective, the Dark...
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