Posts by Nathan R
Is Your Phone Really Listening to You? What’s Actually Behind Those “Mind-Reading” Ads
You’re chatting with a coworker about replacing the office coffee maker, and by lunchtime your phone is showing you ads for espresso machines. It’s enough to make anyone look at their phone with a little suspicion. The explanation the research supports is less dramatic than eavesdropping, but it still matters for businesses, because the data…
Read MoreTwo Factors, Zero Excuses: Why MFA Matters for Small Business
Your password just got stolen. You don’t know it yet, but it’s sitting in some attacker’s database alongside millions of others. They try logging into your email. Success. They’re in. Now here’s where most businesses would be in real trouble. The attacker changes your password, locks you out, starts impersonating you, and gains access to…
Read MoreSession Tokens: How Attackers Hijack Your Email Without Ever Knowing Your Password
You open your browser, check your email, and everything looks normal. But what if someone else could see everything your browser remembers about you – your passwords, your login sessions, even the sites you’ve visited? It sounds like science fiction, but it’s happening right now to businesses every day. Here’s what you need to know…
Read MoreAttackers distributed fake LastPass on GitHub
How many of your employees could tell you the difference between a real GitHub repository and a convincing fake one? Most couldn’t, and that’s exactly what attackers are banking on. The Rapuncel infostealer campaign is a masterclass in exploiting one simple fact: people trust brands more than they verify authenticity. Attackers aren’t trying to hack…
Read MoreStop Guessing on IT Costs: A Practical Budget Framework for Small Business
For many small businesses, IT spending can feel random: too many tools in one area, not enough protection in another, and a handful of surprise costs showing up exactly when nobody asked for them. If you’ve ever looked at your tech budget and thought, “Wait, we’re paying for that?” or “Why did the server just…
Read More4 Microsoft 365 Settings Worth Checking This Week
The beauty of Microsoft 365 is that it doesn’t require you to choose between security and collaboration. You can be collaborative and careful. You know that feeling when you realize you think you may have left your office door unlocked? Yeah, that’s what we’re avoiding today. Cloud collaboration tools like Microsoft 365 are genuinely fantastic,…
Read MoreHow to Spot a Phishing Email Before It Ruins Your Afternoon
Most phishing emails don’t succeed because someone is careless. They succeed because someone is busy. Your inbox is overwhelming. Between client emails, Teams notifications, meeting reminders, and marketing newsletters, the average professional receives over 120 emails per day. In that daily chaos, a phishing email designed to look like it came from your bank, your…
Read MoreWhy Cyber Scams Are Getting Harder to Spot
AI isn’t just helping businesses work faster. It’s helping scammers sound sharper, write better phishing emails, and create more convincing impersonation attempts too. Remember back when phishing emails were easy to spot? You know, the ones riddled with grammar mistakes, awkward phrasing, and subject lines that screamed “I AM A SCAM.” Ah yes, those were…
Read More3 Things Your Team Should Never Paste Into AI Tools
AI tools are already showing up at work, whether leadership formally approved them or not. That doesn’t mean they’re bad, it just means they need boundaries. Your team members are using ChatGPT to draft emails, Claude to debug code, and Copilot to brainstorm marketing copy. Some are doing it openly, while others are quietly testing…
Read More5 Signs Your Business Feels Secure, But Isn’t
The Cybersecurity Confidence Gap You know that feeling when you walk out of the house and halfway down the street, you pause. Did I lock the door? You can’t quite remember, but you’re pretty sure you did. So you keep walking. Probably fine, right? That’s cybersecurity in most small businesses. Many small business owners assume…
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