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06/04/2026

Hackers hijack thousands of sites for ClickFix and FakeUpdate attacks -

A threat actor tracked as DriveSurge has been operating large-scale malware distribution campaigns using ClickFix and FakeUpdates techniques on compromised sites.

06/04/2026

“Are you repainting walls while the roof still leaks?”

If your IT was a house, most businesses keep repainting the living room…
while water is quietly dripping through the roof.
In security, that “leaky roof” is unpatched software and devices.

• Attackers don’t always need new tricks.
• They just look for systems that never installed last year’s (or last month’s) security updates.
If you’re a business owner, ask yourself:
• “Do I know who is responsible for patching my systems?”
• “Do they have a schedule and a way to prove it’s actually done?”

It’s great to buy shiny new tools, but if the roof is leaking, start there first.

06/03/2026

Your car is following you - how to reclaim your data privacy on the open road -

Today's vehicles know where we live, how much we weigh, and what we had for dinner. Here's how you can reduce that data flow.

06/03/2026

Most attacks start with a fake email or a weak, unpatched gate.

“Dad, how do the foxes keep getting into the farm?”
Today I asked my son:
“If our business was a farm, how would the foxes get in?”

He thought about it and said:
“Either someone opens the gate for them…
or there’s a hole in the fence.”

That’s exactly how most cyberattacks work in 2026:

• Phishing = someone opens the gate.
A fake email or text tricks a real person into clicking a bad link, typing their password, or approving a login. The fox doesn’t need to break anything. The gate was opened for them.

• Unpatched software = a hole in the fence.
Old, unpatched systems have known weak spots. Attackers don’t need to be clever. They just walk through the same holes they used on other farms.
If you’re a business owner, you don’t need a PhD in security.

But you do need to ask two simple questions:
1. “Who is helping my team spot fake emails before they open the gate?”
2. “Who is checking my systems for holes in the fence and actually fixing them?”
You don’t have to be perfect.
You just have to be a little harder to get into than yesterday.

06/02/2026

Meta's AI Support Bot Is Giving Hackers Access to Other People's Instagram Accounts Just by Asking -

Meta's AI customer support chatbot happily obliged when hackers asked it for access to high-profile Instagram profiles.

06/02/2026

Your MFA isn’t broken. Attackers just found a way around it.

“Dad, you said the lock was safe. How can bad guys still get in?”
I explained it to my 5‑year‑old like this:
“Imagine our house has a super lock.
We use a key and a secret knock. That’s like a password + code on your phone (MFA).”
“When you come home and get in, the guard gives you a VIP wristband.
As long as you wear it, you can go in and out without knocking again.
Online, that wristband is called a session token.
Bad guys don’t always break the lock.
They wait until you’re inside, then try to steal or copy the wristband with fake login pages, smart phishing, or malware.
With that wristband, they can walk in later without your password or MFA.”
He asks, “So how do we stop them?”
“We don’t just protect the lock, we protect the wristbands too:
• Make sure you only use the real door (good email protection + training).
• Have the guard double‑check wristbands (sign‑in risk rules).
• Be ready to cancel all wristbands fast (kill sessions when something looks off).
• Use stronger wristbands tied to your device (phishing‑resistant MFA).”
Most business owners only bought the “front door lock.”
Attackers are living in that gap.
If you want this explained for your own Microsoft 365 and apps, in plain English, message me and I’ll walk you through it

06/01/2026

Cruise operator Carnival discloses personal data breach -

Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Wednesday it had detected a cybersecurity incident involving ​a compromised account of an employee in April, ‌leading to the leak of certain personal information of individuals, including names, addresses and government-issued identification numbers.

06/01/2026

Root Problem Thinking

Not gonna lie I almost didn’t post this.
But something I keep seeing reminds me of farming.
If crops aren’t growing well, a good farmer doesn’t just keep watering more and hope for the best. They look at the soil, the conditions, the foundation.
Because if the foundation is off, nothing built on top of it will thrive.
It’s not much different from what I see in a lot of businesses:
Delayed charting because the WiFi is unreliable No real plan when systems go down, which turns into revenue loss Little investment in cybersecurity, making it open season for attackers
These aren’t random issues. They’re symptoms.
And just like poor soil, if the underlying problems aren’t addressed, the same issues keep coming back no matter how many quick fixes are applied.
Sometimes the real work is stepping back and fixing what everything else depends on.

05/29/2026

The Hidden Ransomware Economy Running on Exposed Databases -

A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying.

05/28/2026

Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat -

U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid.