Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a key air transport security system that allowed unauthorized individuals to potentially bypass airport security screenings and gain access to aircraft cockpits.
"The AI Did It" Is Not a Defense: What the OpenAI Lawsuit Means for Businesses Using AI Agents
AI agents are quickly moving from experiment to everyday business tool, and a new lawsuit is a timely reminder that when an AI agent causes harm, someone is still responsible. On September 29, 2026, the nonprofit Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) sued OpenAI in California, seeking to hold the company accountable for the actions of its AI agents, including their role in the July 2026 breach of Hugging Face. At the center of the case is a California law that took effect this year and says, in effect, that "the AI did it" is not a legal defense.
LBT Technology Group Is Now SPECTRA Certified: What It Means for You
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.
Your Backups Might Not Save You: What a New Ransomware Recovery Study Means for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
A new field study of 800+ real-world ransomware recoveries found that only four organizations hit their 24-48 hour recovery target — and the reason usually wasn't missing backups, it was an untested, incomplete recovery plan.
The First AI-Agent Data Breach Is Here: What Spain's Regulator Just Told Every Small Business
A European regulator has confirmed that autonomous AI agents are now breaking into real company systems, and its advice is a checklist any small or mid-sized business can start on this week.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Could Your Business Keep Running Tomorrow?
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CMMC Audits Are Paused: Here's Why Your Compliance Risk Just Went Up, Not Down
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.
22,000 Exchange Servers Are Still Exposed to a Live Hijack Flaw; And the Clock Is Running Out
A live, actively targetable flaw in on-premises Microsoft Exchange is sitting unpatched on roughly 22,000 servers worldwide and for many small and mid-size businesses, the safety net (extended security support) runs out next month, turning a patching task into a hard deadline.
Urgent N-central Hotfix: What Businesses Need to Know About the September 2026 Security Update
If your IT provider or internal technology team uses N-able N-central, there is a new security update you should know about.
N-able released N-central 2026.3 Hotfix 3 on September 5, 2026, to address two high-severity security vulnerabilities. The flaws could allow an unauthorized person to bypass authentication controls and potentially gain full access to the N-central platform.
CIRCIA Is Almost Here
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.
AI Coding Tools Got Hacked Into Hacking: What It Means for Your Business
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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A new malware campaign is spreading a previously undocumented backdoor named "Voldemort" to organizations worldwide, impersonating tax agencies from the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
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The RansomHub ransomware gang is behind the recent cyberattack on oil and gas services giant Halliburton, which disrupted the company's IT systems and business operations.
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Threat actors target Middle Eastern organizations with malware disguised as the legitimate Palo Alto GlobalProtect Tool that can steal data and execute remote PowerShell commands to infiltrate internal networks further.
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Microsoft has released the August 2024 preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2, with fixes for issues causing system freezes and memory leaks.
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