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Do you use artificial intelligence at work? Even if you don’t, you can bet that some of your coworkers do! Employees seek faster, smarter ways to work. Official smart tools can feel too slow, limited, or unavailable. That’s when people start to seek out AI tools that are more user-friendly and require little technical skill.

There’s a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence (AI) right now, and for good reason.
Tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot are popping up everywhere.
Businesses are using them to create content, respond to customers, write e-mails, summarize meetings and even assist with coding or spreadsheets.

You and your employees may be getting back from vacation, but cybercriminals never take a day off.
In fact, data shown in studies from vendors

ProofPoint

and

Check Point

indicate that phishing attempts actually spike in the summer months.

You don’t have to be a big corporation to suffer a major cyberattack. In fact, small businesses are now the most common targets for cybercriminals. Why? Because they’re easier to get into – and more likely to pay up.

And while a Fortune 500 company might be able to eat the cost of a breach, most small businesses can’t.

According to IBM’s

Cost Of A Data Breach Report 2024
,
the average cost of a data breach is $4.88 million.

Cybercriminals are changing how they attack small businesses. Instead of breaking down the door, they’re sneaking in with a stolen key…your login credentials.

It’s called an identity-based attack, and it’s becoming the top way hackers get into systems.

Introduction

In June 2025, headlines rocked people around the world with a claim that 16B passwords tied to major platforms like Apple, Facebook, Google, and even government accounts had been leaked online.

The sheer scale of such an attack is staggering, and so was the confusion.

Introduction

Blue Shield of California disclosed a data breach due to a misconfiguration in Google Analytics, which they use to track their website usage statistics. Unfortunately, that third party connection unwittingly shared PHI with Google Ads from April 2021 to January 2024.

This massive data exposure, stretching over a period of nearly three years, affected 4.7M Blue Shield members.

Introduction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It’s in the tools we use at work and the programs we use every day, both in our jobs and personal time. Unfortunately with its rise in popularity, comes a wave of misconceptions about these smart tools.

Introduction

Did you know? Healthcare data is among the most sensitive and valuable information out there. Unfortunately, it’s also a prime target for cybercriminals. When healthcare organizations experience data breaches, the consequences can be far-reaching—not just for the institutions, but for the individuals whose data is compromised.

Cybersecurity has become a priority for businesses of all sizes, not just big corporations. Small businesses, often overlooked in the cybersecurity conversation, are now prime targets for cybercriminals. This blog delves into the reasons why small businesses are struggling more with cybersecurity today.