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Tony Bedfard is a Sales Engineer with LBT Technology Group, LLC., where he has spent over 3 years helping organizations understand how technology, cybersecurity, and risk management work together to support their business objectives.

It Wasn't a “Hack” It Was a Mistake Anyone Could Make: What the Manchester Airports Breach Teaches SMBs About Vendor Risk

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A breach that exposed the data of 8.7 million people didn't require nation-state malware or a zero-day exploit, it exploited exposed login credentials sitting in plain view in website code, tied to a third-party marketing platform. That's not a sophisticated attack. That's a mistake almost any business could make, which is exactly why every small and mid-sized business should be paying attention.
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CIRCIA Is Almost Here

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After more than four years of waiting, the federal government's most far-reaching cybersecurity reporting law is finally close to taking real, enforceable shape. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has told stakeholders it intends to publish the long-delayed final rule for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) in September 2026 — and once that happens, the clock starts ticking toward mandatory reporting for hundreds of thousands of U.S. businesses.
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AI Coding Tools Got Hacked Into Hacking: What It Means for Your Business

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Hackers didn't need to write new malware, they just told a trusted AI coding assistant it was "running a test," and it happily helped them break into ten companies. If a $9-billion AI tool can be talked into attacking its own users, what's stopping the AI plugins already running inside your business?
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AI Phishing Attacks Are Changing Fast: What Businesses Need to Know in 2026

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AI phishing attacks are making familiar cyber scams faster, more convincing, and harder for employees to recognize. Recent 2026 threat intelligence shows attackers expanding beyond email into Microsoft Teams, voice calls, trusted cloud services, and highly personalized messages. For businesses, protecting Microsoft 365 identities and training employees to verify unusual requests has become increasingly important.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024