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Scam Watch September 2, 2026 · 8 min read

49 Minutes: Anatomy of a Business Email Compromise

At 12:51 PM on a Thursday in August, a manufacturer sent 543 of its customers, suppliers and general contractors an invitation to bid on a materials package. Except the company didn't send it. Someone in Virginia did, from the company's own mailbox, using the company's own signature block — right down to the notice about […]

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Scam Watch July 9, 2026 · 6 min read

Anatomy of a Phishing Email: The USPS Delivery Exception Scam

Yesterday I received the email below. It looks close enough to a legitimate USPS notice that a hurried person could easily click through — and that’s exactly the point. Phishing works because it exploits time pressure and pattern recognition, not because it’s technically sophisticated. I’m sharing it here so you and your team can see […]

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Cyber Security Protection June 8, 2026 · 4 min read

Russia’s Military Hackers Hijacked Home & Office Routers Across 23 States — Is Yours One of Them?

Russia's APT28 unit (Fancy Bear) compromised SOHO routers across 23 U.S. states via DNS hijacking. If your business is still running an End-of-Life TP-Link, your network may already be exposed. Here's the affected list, the five fixes everyone should make right now, and how Adaptive IT can replace the hardware with UniFi and check for damage.

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