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Your October 2026 Data Breach Roundup

Gabriela Noce — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:54:25 +0000

October was Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which apparently nobody mentioned to the attackers. Six breaches stood out this month, from an IT vendor’s backup tool to Florida’s student aid website. Here is what happened and what it means for your business. October at a Glance ConnectWise: one stolen credential opened Microsoft 365 at hundreds of organizations......

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What Is Third-Party Vendor Risk? The Target Breach Explained

Gabriela Noce — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:37:45 +0000

Part 3 of Cyber Horror Stories, our series of true cyber disasters told campfire-style. A trusted vendor’s login gave attackers their way into Target in 2013, and the same weak point is being used again this month. Target had given a refrigeration and HVAC contractor in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, a login for billing. In November 2013,......

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The Windows Defender Myth: Is It Enough for a Business in 2026?

Gabriela Noce — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:20:10 +0000

IT Myths Debunked, Part 3. Some myths refuse to die…this one comes pre-installed on every computer in the building. The antivirus built into Windows is good. In AV-Comparatives’ latest business test, Microsoft Defender Antivirus blocked 98.8% of real-world attacks with zero false alarms. So when a client asks why they pay for endpoint protection on......

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AI in the Driver’s Seat: What a 6-Hour Drive Taught Our CEO Rob Giannini

Gabriela Noce — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:53:55 +0000

After twenty-one years in tech, a six-hour drive showed GiaSpace’s founder what his agents can do from the driver’s seat. Rob Giannini has been in the technology business for twenty-one years. He founded GiaSpace in 2005, he has seen every shift this industry has produced, and he does not impress easily. Then he made a......

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Yayati Chothe Celebrates Eight Years at GiaSpace as Senior Administrator

Gabriela Noce — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:58:30 +0000

Senior Administrator Yayati Chothe celebrates eight years at GiaSpace today. We asked him three questions. Eight years is a long time in IT. Entire platforms have come and gone since October 2018, and so have a few of the “unbreakable” systems our clients relied on back then. Yayati Chothe has been here for all of......

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ClickFix Scam Inside ChatGPT: Why Users Are Pasting Malware

Gabriela Noce — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:36:04 +0000

IT Myths Debunked, Part 2. The scariest phishing message of the year did not come by email. It showed up inside a chat window the user already trusted…and asked for help. ESET’s latest threat report counted a 108% jump in ClickFix detections between the second half of 2025 and the first half of 2026, and......

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The Backup That Wasn’t There: Baltimore’s $18M Ransomware Lesson

Gabriela Noce — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:23:08 +0000

Cyber Horror Stories, Part 2. The ransom was $76,000. Saying no cost $18 million, and the attackers had nothing to do with the difference. Tuesday morning, May 7, 2019, Baltimore city employees log in and find every file locked behind a ransom note. The price to unlock one system is three bitcoin, and the price......

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Your September 2026 Data Breach Roundup

Gabriela Noce — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:15:40 +0000

In September, a cybercrime group hacked the FBI and demanded an apology. An AI broke out of a test environment and into real companies. The Pentagon’s vendor got hit. A developer deleted a GitHub comment and somehow made things worse. It was that kind of month. Here is what happened and what it means for......

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The MFA Myth: Not All Multifactor Authentication Stops Phishing

Gabriela Noce — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:04:16 +0000

IT Myths Debunked, Part 1. Some myths haunt every security checklist. This one is still on yours, with a green checkmark next to it. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and multifactor authentication sits near the top of every checklist for good reason. Microsoft’s own numbers say phishing-resistant MFA stops more than 99% of identity attacks.......

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Business Email Compromise: How One Email Cost $37 Million

Gabriela Noce — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:40 +0000

Welcome to Cyber Horror Stories, our new series (just in time for spooky season). Four true disasters, told campfire-style, each one ending with the fix that would have stopped it cold. First up: the email that looked exactly right. Picture this: it’s August 2019, inside the European finance office of Toyota Boshoku, one of Toyota’s......

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