by Gene Reich | Jun 26, 2025 | Cybersecurity Threats, Cybersecurity Trends, Marks & Spencer, Scattered Spider, Secure Communication
The hacking collective known as Scattered Spider has shattered its previous benchmarks for financial harm, targeting major corporations across industries. What began as a series of high-profile ransom demands has escalated into a global disruption economy. The total...
by Gene Reich | Jun 17, 2025 | Cybersecurity Threats, Cybersecurity Trends, Quishing, Secure Communication, Vishing
In the intricate world of cybersecurity, overt threats often command the most attention. Malware, ransomware, phishing attacks containing malicious links, and significant data breaches dominate headlines and threat awareness programs. Yet increasingly, attackers are...
by Gene Reich | May 30, 2025 | Cybersecurity for MSPs, Cybersecurity Threats, Cybersecurity Trends, Ephemeral Messaging, TeleMessage Breach
Two hacks this month should end the conversation about encryption as a cure-all. The first was loud: a cyberattack on Kettering Health knocked out patient portals, canceled surgeries, and left doctors scrawling notes on paper charts. The second was quiet, but just as...
by Gene Reich | May 27, 2025 | Cybersecurity Threats, Cybersecurity Trends, Quishing
Quishing, a portmanteau of “QR” and “phishing,” is a social engineering tactic in which attackers use QR codes to lure individuals into visiting malicious websites, entering sensitive credentials, or downloading harmful content. While the method may seem...
by Gene Reich | Apr 22, 2025 | Cybersecurity for MSPs, Cybersecurity Threats
How Hackers Use Social Engineering to Bypass Security The Front Door No One Guards Most organizations think of cybersecurity as a battle fought on the front lines of firewalls, endpoint detection, and threat intelligence feeds. But what if the real weakness isn’t in...
