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centrexIT centrexIT is a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) managemen

Founded in 2002, centrexIT is a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) management and consulting. With customer business outcomes top of mind, centrexIT provides a full range of IT and IS services, support, security and leadership through strategy and planning for small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s proprietary buildIT™, manageIT™, cloudIT™, and g

rowIT™ offerings incorporate best-in-class solutions to establish stable, scalable and secure technology environments. As a recognized leader in IT management and Information Systems and Services, centrexIT has been building a team of technology and security experts for over a decade.

Five healthcare providers in five different states reported ransomware-related data breaches in a single HIPAA Journal r...
09/04/2026

Five healthcare providers in five different states reported ransomware-related data breaches in a single HIPAA Journal roundup this month. A specialty group in California, a behavioral health provider in Maine, a 60-bed hospital in Missouri, and two more.

Different sizes, different specialties, same story. The clearest difference in how these played out was detection speed. According to HIPAA Journal, one provider caught the attack the same day and blocked access within an hour. Another had roughly a month of quiet access first.

We wrote up what these breaches share and six things any practice can work through now. Read it here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H07DKWv0

You turned on MFA. Your team uses the app, not text codes. So how did an attacker get into a finance account without eve...
09/02/2026

You turned on MFA. Your team uses the app, not text codes. So how did an attacker get into a finance account without ever knowing the password?

Modern phishing kits relay everything to the real login page in real time, the password and the MFA code, and then steal the session token the service hands back. The attacker replays that token and skips the login entirely. Your logs just show a successful sign-in.

The good news: FIDO2 security keys and passkeys stop this cold, because they refuse to authenticate to a fake site. We wrote up the five steps we recommend, in order, starting with your highest-risk accounts: https://na2.hubs.ly/H07B5-y0

Microsoft Threat Intelligence just detailed a ransomware group called DeadLock, and the interesting part is where it hid...
08/31/2026

Microsoft Threat Intelligence just detailed a ransomware group called DeadLock, and the interesting part is where it hides its command-and-control. DeadLock moved parts of that infrastructure onto smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain, using them as a configuration store that points victims to its negotiation chat and leak site. Microsoft says that likely makes parts of their setup more resilient.

But here is the thing for professional services firms. The blockchain trick is about how hard they are to shut down, not how they get in. They still break in the old way, through unpatched software and stolen passwords. That part you control.

We put together the recommended Microsoft patches to prioritize this week and why patch management is the unglamorous work that keeps you off the victim list.

https://na2.hubs.ly/H07y0T00

You did everything right. Password entered. MFA code approved. You logged in. And so did the attacker, using the exact s...
08/27/2026

You did everything right. Password entered. MFA code approved. You logged in. And so did the attacker, using the exact same login.

Researchers just disclosed a phishing kit called NovaCookies, rented as a subscription for about $320 a month, that sits between you and Microsoft 365 and steals your authenticated session as it happens. It walks straight past MFA because it relays your login in real time.

The good news: MFA is still worth having, and there are concrete steps to close the gap after login. We broke down how it works and what to do now.

Nearly half of small and midsize businesses have asked to cut or delay their cybersecurity spending to save money, accor...
08/24/2026

Nearly half of small and midsize businesses have asked to cut or delay their cybersecurity spending to save money, according to The CyberSmart MSP Survey 2026. For a medical practice holding patient data under HIPAA, that trade carries more risk than most owners realize. Attackers target small healthcare organizations because their defenses are thinner, and "we were saving money" is not a defense HIPAA recognizes. The good news: cutting cost and cutting protection are not the same thing. We wrote the full breakdown on how to tell them apart.

A client called us half-panicked last week. They had read that Claude was watermarking everything, and the question hit ...
08/17/2026

A client called us half-panicked last week. They had read that Claude was watermarking everything, and the question hit their group chat fast: does the code our developers wrote with AI now carry something traceable?

Here is the version worth knowing. Anthropic is now embedding an invisible watermark in the text Claude generates. It is real, it is live, and it applies everywhere Claude is offered. It travels when you copy and paste, and light editing probably will not remove it. Code is the least affected part, because working code does not give the model much room for the kind of arbitrary word choices the watermark relies on.

The part that surprised us: a detection result tells you Claude was involved, not how. Someone who wrote a document themselves and used Claude to clean up the prose can still carry a mark. If your team polishes their own writing with AI, does your policy say whether that needs to be disclosed?

Thank you, .orgSince 1979, Prosperity Now has worked to expand economic opportunity, helping communities and organizatio...
08/13/2026

Thank you, .org

Since 1979, Prosperity Now has worked to expand economic opportunity, helping communities and organizations strengthen financial security through research, practical tools, and partnerships. The focus is on the barriers that keep families from building wealth, and on what it actually takes to remove them.

This week the 2026 Regional Summit Series came to San Diego, hosted at the UC San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. The day brought together conversations on housing and homeownership, financial technology, regional innovation, and the border economy.

centrexIT is proud to support this work and we appreciated the energy and dedication of everyone involved.

What an incredible event! Looking forward to the next one!

Proud moment for the team. Our own Josh Hohbein, manager of cybersecurity and automation, is featured in Channel Insider...
07/30/2026

Proud moment for the team. Our own Josh Hohbein, manager of cybersecurity and automation, is featured in Channel Insider.

Josh went in a skeptic on a cyber insurer offering managed detection and response, and came out seeing a smarter way for security partners to work together. It's a great look at how we think about protecting the businesses we serve: ask the hard questions, test the technology, and build the right partnerships.

Give it a read: https://na2.hubs.ly/H06Z9Y10

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