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How Credit Union Cyberattacks Are Evolving in 2026

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Cybercriminals today aren’t attempting to breach systems through sophisticated cyberattacks. Instead, they are relying on exploiting legitimate workflows. We’re seeing this especially in the financial sector with a rise in the number of credit union cyberattacks. Hackers are increasingly focusing on credit unions because they see them as easier organizations to exploit due to perceived […]

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Accounting Firm Data Breaches and Ransomware Risks

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Accountants, CPA firms, tax preparers, and bookkeeping services are all high-value targets for cyberattacks like ransomware attacks or phishing attacks. We’re seeing more accounting firm data breaches each year, but those are only the ones published in the news; most probably slip under the radar. So, in today’s blog, we’ll go over the top cybersecurity

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The Rise of Subscription-Based Cybercrime and Its Impact

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In the last few decades, cybercrime have evolved rapidly. As it stands today, we are seeing cybercrime function more as a subscription economy, with hacking tools now being licensed, updated, and supported like commercial software. Cyber criminals are allowing for scalable, on-demand services that make it easy for those with little technical knowledge to be

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Malicious Browser Extensions: The Risks of Fake Add-Ons

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Browser extensions in enterprise environments are used by 99% of all employees, with half having at least 10 installed. While these extensions can be used to improve efficiency, there is a growing number of malicious browser extensions that can pose a malware risk for users. These fake browser extensions may look normal, but in reality,

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Why AI Fraud Outperforms Traditional Cybercrime Methods

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Financial fraud is evolving at a pace most organizations are not prepared for. What was once a manual, time-intensive activity has become a highly automated and scalable operation. According to INTERPOL, AI fraud is now 4.5 times more profitable than traditional cybercrime methods. This shift is not just about new tools. It represents a complete

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What Is a Zero Click Exploit? Rise of Silent Cyberattacks

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The majority of all cyberattacks rely on some form of user interaction. A victim may click a malicious link or download an infected file from a phishing email. However, there are cyberattacks that require no action at all. These are known as a zero click exploit. Instead of a user interacting with malicious content, a

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Physical Mail Phishing: How Mail Scams Target Businesses

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Physical mail phishing is a newer form of social engineering that goes beyond traditional email and text message phishing. Companies send physical letters every day, and now cybercriminals are too. Using QR code phishing and other tactics, you could be the victim of a cyberattack by simply checking your mailbox. In this blog, we’ll dive

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Stressed employee sitting at a desk with two monitors displaying a ransomware warning message, showing what ransomware looks like after a ransomware attack often triggered by a phishing email.

What Ransomware Looks Like and How the Attack Works 

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Most people hear about ransomware, but very few know what it actually looks like or how it works. A ransomware attack is no joke. These attacks are able to encrypt data and shut down systems until a ransom is paid, and sometimes hackers still destroy the data anyways. For businesses, this is a real threat

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Scams to Warn Your Team About 

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During Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2024, phishing attacks soared to 692% compared to the beginning of November. Not only do these cybercriminals attack individuals, they also target small businesses, with around 56% reporting an attack during Black Friday in 2024. In today’s blog, we’ll go over Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams, and

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Cybersecurity Horror Stories to Spook Your CEO for Halloween 

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Forget horror movies and spooky ghost stories; the things that scare us most on Halloween are cybersecurity horror stories about famous cyberattacks. Whether they were data breaches caused by a ransomware attack or human error, we’ll go over cybersecurity horror stories that will scare even your CEO this Halloween. The Colonial Pipeline Attack In 2021,

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