Victoria (Australia) Schools Data Breach Affects Thousands: Critical Cybersecurity Lessons for North Carolina SMBs In January 2026, news of a Victoria schools data breach sent shockwaves through the global cybersecurity community. Hackers infiltrated the Victorian government school network, exposing personal information belonging to thousands of students—both current and former. While [...]
Ongoing Aftermath of the Oracle Enterprise Breach: What North Carolina Organizations Must Prepare for Now When the Oracle enterprise breach first entered the headlines, it appeared—at least on the surface—to be another high-profile cybersecurity incident that would be investigated, patched, and eventually fade from public attention. That assumption has proven [...]
Apple Warns Millions of iPhones Are Exposed to Attack: A Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call for North Carolina Users Apple is not a company known for overreacting. When it issues a public iPhone security warning, it usually means one thing: the threat is real, active, and already being exploited. That is exactly [...]
European Space Agency Data Breach: What the Cyberattack Reveals About Global Cybersecurity Risks When news broke that the European Space Agency (ESA) had suffered a major cybersecurity breach, it quickly became one of the most searched and discussed cyber incidents of the year. For an organization synonymous with scientific precision [...]
New “VVS Stealer” Malware Targets Discord Accounts: What North Carolina Users Need to Know Cybersecurity threats rarely announce themselves loudly. More often, they slip in quietly—hidden behind legitimate-looking files, fake system messages, or trusted applications. The recently discovered VVS Stealer malware is a textbook example of this modern, stealth-first approach [...]
The Asahi Group Holdings Cyber-Attack: What North Carolina Businesses Must Learn from Japan’s Massive 2025 Breach Cyberattacks are no longer distant headlines or problems “big companies overseas” have to worry about. Today, a single breach can shut down factories, expose millions of records, disrupt supply chains, and inflict reputational damage [...]
Compromised Slack Accounts Lead to Breach at Major Publisher: What North Carolina Businesses Must Learn In late 2025, the world’s largest business news publisher, Nikkei, confirmed a major cybersecurity incident—this time, not through traditional network intrusions but through compromised Slack accounts. The breach exposed more than 17,000 employees and business-partner [...]
Sweden’s Miljödata Breach Exposes 1.5 Million Records: A Wake-Up Call for Vendor Security In August 2025, a significant cyber incident shook the public-sector IT world in Sweden—and its implications extend far beyond Scandinavia. The vendor-software supplier Miljödata, which serves roughly 80 % of that country’s municipalities, suffered a major breach [...]
Critical Root Access Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-7850 & CVE-2025-7851) Expose TP-Link Routers to Remote Exploits Introduction As businesses across North Carolina increasingly rely on remote work, cloud services and VPN-enabled network devices, the security of foundational devices like routers has never been more critical. If your organization uses devices from TP‑Link — [...]
FEMA and CBP Remote Access Flaw Highlights Growing Cybersecurity Threats in Federal Agencies When federal agencies tasked with national safety fall victim to cyber threats, it’s more than just a headline — it’s a wake-up call. The recent FEMA and CBP data breach has brought renewed attention to how even [...]
October 2025 Patch Tuesday: 172 Vulnerabilities Fixed, 4 Zero-Days, 2 Actively Exploited Every IT administrator knows the second Tuesday of each month carries a sense of unease — Patch Tuesday. On October 14, 2025, that feeling proved justified when Microsoft rolled out one of the most extensive updates of the [...]
Nation-State Hackers Breached Sensitive F5 Systems and Stole Customer Data: What North Carolina Businesses Need to Know When you think about your organization’s cybersecurity, there are certain names you trust implicitly — companies like F5 Networks, which sits quietly in the background keeping your apps online, secure, and lightning fast. [...]