Cybersecurity’s New Challenge: The Social Engineering Attacks of 2025

September 22, 2025 by Giuseppe Rodriguez

A digital graphic showing a hooded figure icon with email, chat, and phone symbols, highlighting the rise of new social engineering threats in cybersecurity.

Here’s the thing, social engineering isn’t hackers in hoodies anymore. It’s your daily inbox, your meeting invites, even your phone calls. The cost? The average business lost over $18,000 per successful attack in 2025 alone, and over half these breaches started with a simple trust exploit. Are you ready to spot the new tricks before … Read more

The AI Powered Leader: Using Uncommon AI Prompts for Strategic Clarity

September 15, 2025 by Giuseppe Rodriguez

A group of business leaders in a boardroom, with a glowing digital brain and connected data points representing strategy, growth, and productivity, symbolizing ai prompts for leadership.

One of the things I have noticed is that most business leaders and executives are only just beginning to crack the code on AI prompt engineering. Most guides chase marketing hacks, but the real advantage lies in using AI to sharpen strategy, boost insight, and streamline operations. Why Prompt Engineering is a Leadership Superpower Most … Read more

Cybersecurity Checklist: The September Reset Your Business Needs

September 10, 2025 by Giuseppe Rodriguez

A close-up image of a september calendar with a large green checkmark, symbolizing a cybersecurity reset for business, with a shield and padlock icon.

Here’s the thing, September isn’t just kids back in school, it’s business ramping back up. It’s when most teams are flying right past the costliest cybersecurity gaps. Unplanned downtime from basic oversights costs small and midsized businesses an average of $27,900. Real money walking out the door. The fourth quarter doesn’t forgive those who wait … Read more

AI and Cybersecurity: Understanding Hackers’ New Weapons

September 4, 2025 by Giuseppe Rodriguez

A professional image illustrating the dual nature of ai in cybersecurity, with a digital sphere split between a bright, secure side with a shield icon and a dark, chaotic side with a menacing symbol.

You know what’s changing the cybercrime playbook? AI. It’s not just helping businesses, it’s also making attacks smarter, faster, and harder to spot. In a recent discovery, security researchers uncovered PromptLock, the first known ransomware using AI to automate data theft and encryption. It’s cross-platform and shows us exactly where cybercrime is going. The New … Read more

Beyond the Breach: How an Incident Response Plan Can Save Your Business

August 27, 2025 by Giuseppe Rodriguez

An overhead view of a stressed business owner at a messy desk with an urgent red warning sign on the computer screen, symbolizing a cyber crisis without an incident response plan.

You can’t predict when a cyber crisis hits, but you can promise your clients, and yourself, that you’ll act confidently, not blindly. The law (BPINA) requires businesses to notify affected Pennsylvania residents “without unreasonable delay” if a breach of security results in the potential access of their unencrypted personal information. Without a plan, you can’t … Read more