You click a link, sign in, approve the MFA prompt, and get on with your day. Completely unaware that someone else just logged into your account at the same moment. That scenario surprises many businesses, particularly those that rely on multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect cloud accounts. But this is exactly how Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing … Read more
MFA is a strong front-door lock. But it’s not the only thing that decides whether someone can get in. After you sign in, your browser keeps you logged in using a session token (often stored as a cookie). It’s the digital version of a wristband at an event: once you’ve been checked, the wristband proves … Read more
Hint: It’s Not Free When most dental practice owners hear “PC refresh,” they hear “capital expense to defer.” The real expense is the 10-year-old desktop already sitting at the front desk — or worse, driving your digital X-ray workstation. It costs more than $2,700 per machine per year in lost productivity, repairs, and security incidents … Read more
The most dangerous thing in a server room is often the phrase, “Don’t touch that.” It’s usually said with a half-joke and a grimace. It refers to the old box that “still works”, runs something important, and has survived so many fixes and workarounds that nobody feels confident changing it anymore. That’s legacy debt. Not … Read more
When you first sign up for a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, everything is designed to feel effortless. The problem is that the first real test of a SaaS relationship isn’t the onboarding. It’s the exit. For many small businesses, the front door is wide open, but the emergency exit is bolted shut: exports are incomplete, key … Read more
Browser add-ons have a funny reputation. They feel “small”. A quick install. A tiny productivity boost. A harmless little helper that lives in your toolbar. But in practice, a browser extension is more like a micro-SaaS vendor sitting inside your browser session. It can see what you see, interact with the pages you open, and … Read more
A fake recruiter message is one of the cleanest social engineering tricks around because it doesn’t look like a trick. That’s why LinkedIn recruitment scams work so well inside real businesses. They don’t arrive as malware. They arrive as a normal conversation that nudges someone toward one small action: click this link, open this file, … Read more
In the traditional office, a “Clean Desk” policy was a simple habit: shred the sensitive stuff, lock it away, and don’t leave passwords where someone can see them. In 2026, the same idea still matters but the “desk” has changed. For many teams, the home office is now the default workspace, and that means physical … Read more
At home, security incidents don’t look like dramatic movie hacks. They look like stepping away from your laptop during a delivery, or leaving it unlocked while you grab something from another room. Those ordinary moments, repeated over time, are how work devices end up exposed. A remote work security checklist focuses on simple, practical controls … Read more
If you want to uncover unsanctioned cloud apps, don’t begin with a policy. Start with your browser history. The cloud environment most businesses actually use rarely matches the one shown on the IT diagram. It’s built through countless small shortcuts: a “just this once” file share, a free tool that solves one problem faster, a … Read more