The Backup That Wasn’t There: Baltimore’s $18M Ransomware Lesson
Cyber Horror Stories, Part 2. The ransom was $76,000. Saying no cost $18 million, and the attackers had nothing to…
Your September 2026 Data Breach Roundup
In September, a cybercrime group hacked the FBI and demanded an apology. An AI broke out of a test environment…
Business Email Compromise: How One Email Cost $37 Million
Welcome to Cyber Horror Stories, our new series (just in time for spooky season). Four true disasters, told campfire-style, each…
Your August 2026 Data Breach Roundup
August’s biggest story was not about how fast attackers moved. It was about how long it took anyone to notice….
Your July 2026 Data Breach Roundup
An insurance giant, a Big Four firm, and a healthcare acquisition walk into July, and none of them walk out…
Your June Data Breach Roundup
June’s biggest breaches did not start with sophisticated exploits…they started with phone calls and employees who had no reason to…
Your Firewall Might Be Handing Out the Keys: Inside the Fortinet Breach
Your firewall is supposed to be the thing keeping attackers out. This week, for thousands of businesses, it became the…
Your Password Was Perfect. It Got Stolen Anyway.
On June 15, a new batch of stolen credentials landed in Have I Been Pwned: 56 million unique email addresses and…
Your May 2026 Data Breach Roundup
May brought a major healthcare breach in New York involving biometric data, a community radio station pushed off the air…
The 2026 Verizon DBIR: The Numbers Every SMB Should See
Every year, Verizon publishes the most comprehensive data breach report in the industry. This year’s edition analyzed over 31,000 security…
