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Urgency, Emotion, Authority: How One Scammer Almost Got Inside a CPA Firm

Urgency, Emotion, Authority: How One Scammer Almost Got Inside a CPA Firm

Tax season keeps accountants busy, and it keeps scammers busy too. Early this summer, a CPA firm became the...

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The Ransomware an AI Model Built Without Trying

The Ransomware an AI Model Built Without Trying

Researchers went looking for a fake photo upscaler and found something stranger: a ransomware kit an AI model...

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CyberHoot Goes Fully Passwordless: Native Passkey Support Arrives for Administrators

CyberHoot Goes Fully Passwordless: Native Passkey Support Arrives for Administrators

For four years, CyberHoot has argued the same thing on its blog: passwords are major weak link. They get reused,...

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Don’t Score an Own Goal: Outsmart World Cup 2026 Scams

Don’t Score an Own Goal: Outsmart World Cup 2026 Scams

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 11th across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Six million fans...

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CyberHoot’s Cybersecurity Newsletter: June 2026

CyberHoot’s Cybersecurity Newsletter: June 2026

Welcome to CyberHoot's June Newsletter! Normally my introduction to this newsletter avoids hyperbolic claims...

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Hackers steal your cookies. Chrome may help stop Session Cookie Theft!

Hackers steal your cookies. Chrome may help stop Session Cookie Theft!

Google has built and released a new cookie protection measure that makes stolen session cookies useless on any...

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Dark Web Monitoring

Dark Web Monitoring

Dark Web Monitoring is the continuous process of scanning hidden online marketplaces, forums, data dumps, and...

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Passkey

Passkey

A passkey is a modern replacement for passwords. Instead of typing a password, users authenticate using something...

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AI Found Your Weaknesses. Let’s Fix Them First.

AI Found Your Weaknesses. Let’s Fix Them First.

New benchmark data names MDASH and Claude Mythos Preview are the top AI agents finding zero-day vulnerabilities...

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Your Identity Is Not Only a Front-Door Problem, It is an Internal Risk Too

Your Identity Is Not Only a Front-Door Problem, It is an Internal Risk Too

One Forgotten Password, Almost a Catastrophe A single Windows machine at a retail store location had a cached...

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CyberHoot’s Cybersecurity Newsletter: May 2026

CyberHoot’s Cybersecurity Newsletter: May 2026

Welcome to CyberHoot's May Newsletter! Tax season has a way of consuming everything. For weeks, most business...

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Why Your Clients’ Routers Are Now a National Security Conversation

Why Your Clients’ Routers Are Now a National Security Conversation

You now have five important reasons to start a router security conversation with your small business clients this...

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