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Cybersecurity

Security and IT news for Greater Boston businesses, written by engineers: what happened, whether it affects you, and what to do about it.

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  • Cybersecurity, IT Support

Dental Practice IT in Massachusetts: HIPAA, 201 CMR 17.00, and What Your IT Provider Should Handle

What Massachusetts dental practices need for HIPAA and 201 CMR 17.00:...
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  • Cybersecurity

Palo Alto PAN-OS Vulnerability (CVE-2026-0322): What Boston Businesses Should Do Now

Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of a vulnerability in the...

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  • Cybersecurity

QR Code Phishing Is Surging: What Boston Businesses Need to Know

QR code phishing attacks more than doubled in the first three...

Small business employees reviewing cybersecurity practices on a laptop in an office
  • Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: What Boston Businesses Should Actually Do

Cybersecurity Awareness Month means pick three things and fix them this...

Smartphone screen showing a flood of MFA login approval notifications, illustrating an MFA fatigue push-bombing attack
  • Cybersecurity

MFA Fatigue Attacks: Why One Approved Prompt Can Open the Door

An MFA fatigue attack, also called push bombing, happens when someone...

Two business professionals reviewing a vendor security checklist on a laptop in an office
  • Cybersecurity

Third-Party Vendor Risk Is Driving Nearly Half of All Data Breaches

Third-party vendor risk, the exposure created by outside companies and software...

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  • Cybersecurity

SonicWall SMA1000 Vulnerability: What Boston Businesses Need to Know

SonicWall confirmed on September 1, 2026 that two vulnerabilities in its...

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  • Cybersecurity

Massachusetts Small Business Cybersecurity Grant: What Boston Companies Need to Know

Massachusetts is now paying for part of your cybersecurity monitoring bill....

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  • Cyber Security, Cybersecurity

September 2026 Patch Tuesday: What Boston Businesses Need to Patch Now

Microsoft’s September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed close to 970 vulnerabilities, the...

IT professional reviewing a ransomware security alert on a laptop in a server room
  • Cybersecurity

Gunra Ransomware: What Boston Businesses Need to Know

Gunra ransomware is a fast-growing extortion operation that federal agencies warned...

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