A single security scan this week found over 16,000 publicly exposed databases built with AI coding tools — a wake-up call that the rush to build fast with AI is quietly creating a breach crisis for businesses of every size, not just tech giants.
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We have some good news to share: as of Wednesday, September 30, 2026, LBT Technology Group, LLC is officially SPECTRA Certified.
If you've never heard of SPECTRA, you're not alone. Most business owners don't spend their days thinking about IT certifications, and they shouldn't have to. That's our job. But this one is worth a few minutes of your time, because it affects how well your business is protected, and it may even lower what you pay for cyber insurance.
In this post, we'll explain what SPECTRA Certification is, what we had to prove to earn it, and what it means for you, whether you're already a client or you're looking for an IT partner.
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The Pentagon just paused third-party CMMC audits and made it permanent policy, but a $507,000 settlement from June shows that "paused" doesn't mean "off the hook," and the lesson applies well beyond defense contracting.
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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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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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If you've been preparing your company for a CMMC Level 2 certification assessment, you may have heard some confusing news: the federal government has put CMMC Phase II on hold.
That part is true.
What isn't true is that CMMC has disappeared.
On July 13, 2026, the Department announced the immediate suspension of CMMC Phase II, which had been scheduled to begin November 10, 2026. At the same time, officials launched a 60-day review of the program. Phase I self-assessment requirements remain in place.
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The Canadian government has ordered the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada following a multi-step review that provided information and evidence of the social media company posing a national risk.
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Google's cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security.
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Microsoft is warning enterprise customers that, for almost a month, a bug caused critical logs to be partially lost, putting at risk companies that rely on this data to detect unauthorized activity.
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European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox privacy feature (enabled without consent) to track users' online behavior.
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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for operating in the technology sector of Russia.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to Regulation S-P that require certain financial institutions to disclose data breach incidents to impacted individuals within 30 days of discovery.
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The Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recommends replacing SSLVPN/WebVPN solutions with alternatives due to the repeated exploitation of related vulnerabilities in edge network devices to breach corporate networks.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending out $6,300,000 in partial refunds to 267,000 former AT&T Wireless customers as part of a data throttling settlement in 2019.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company's deceptive "free" online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services.
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Microsoft claims to have fixed Windows Metadata connection issues which continue to plague customers, causing problems for users trying to manage their printers and other hardware.
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Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking.
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Google Pixel smartphone owners report problems after installing the January 2024 Google Play system update, being unable to access their devices internal storage, open the camera, take screenshots, or even open apps.
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Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company recommending users upgrade to a newer operating system.
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