Your Firewall Might Be Handing Out the Keys: Inside the Fortinet Breach

Fortinet Firewall Leak

Your firewall is supposed to be the thing keeping attackers out. This week, for thousands of businesses, it became the way in.

Security researchers disclosed a campaign they are calling FortiBleed, and the numbers are rough: working administrator and VPN credentials for roughly 86,000 Fortinet firewalls, or about half of every internet-facing FortiGate device on the planet….

Claude Hits the Factory Floor: How Manufacturers Are Using It in 2026

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AI made its name in the office while the plant floor ran the way it always had. That is starting to change. In late 2025, Anthropic and IFS launched Resolve, an industrial AI tool built on Claude that reads plant schematics and sensor data to catch equipment failures before they happen….

Your Password Was Perfect. It Got Stolen Anyway.

Smartphone screen shows a data-breach alert and a new strong password with a checklist of criteria.

On June 15, a new batch of stolen credentials landed in Have I Been Pwned: 56 million unique email addresses and 124 million unique passwords. Numbers that large stop feeling personal, which is the trap, because plenty of those logins belong to small businesses just like yours. What Makes This Batch Different These were not guessed,……

Claude for Legal Just Launched: How Lawyers Are Using It in 2026

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Part 2 of Claude Clocks In: the legal world just got its own version of Claude, and firms are already putting it to work. Lawyers were supposed to be the last holdouts (a profession that bills by the hour has limited enthusiasm for tools that save hours). Instead they have become some of the most……

Microsoft’s Biggest Patch Tuesday Ever: What SMBs Need to Know

Desk cluttered with papers about Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday and a June 26 deadline, in a modern office setting.

Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday just dropped, and this one is worth paying attention to. This month’s update is the largest single Patch Tuesday release in the program’s history, addressing 200 security vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, Exchange Server, and Remote Desktop Services. For context, the previous record was 167 vulnerabilities. This is not a……

The Self-Spreading AI Worm SMBs Can’t Ignore

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Researchers just published something worth reading twice. A team from the University of Toronto, the University of Cambridge, and the Vector Institute built a proof-of-concept computer worm with a capability that did not exist before: it thinks before it attacks. Rather than running a fixed exploit list, it analyzes each target and builds a custom……

Rob Giannini’s Practical Playbook for AI, Cybersecurity, and Strategic Growth

Rob Gianninis Practical Playbook

Rob Giannini did not set out to build an IT company. He set out to figure out how things work. Growing up on Long Island without a computer in the house, he taught himself electronics by taking apart VCRs, car stereos, and anything else with wires. “I learned a lot by burning things out,” he has said more than once. “Trial and error were my first teachers.”…

How CPAs Are Using Claude to Work Smarter in 2026

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Part 1 of Claude Clocks In: this is where the series starts, at the accounting firm, where Claude is already drafting the client emails nobody has time to write. Tax season does not slow down, client expectations do not slow down, and the gap between what your team can handle and what clients need is……

The 2026 Verizon DBIR: The Numbers Every SMB Should See

Monitor shows a Verizon DBIR 2026 data breach dashboard with statistics and a world map; a Verizon mug sits on the desk in a dim office.

Every year, Verizon publishes the most comprehensive data breach report in the industry. This year’s edition analyzed over 31,000 security incidents and 22,000 confirmed breaches across 145 countries. It dropped today, and the numbers are worth paying attention to….

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