Cyber attacks rarely affect just one organization. They cascade across industries, partners, and customers. The following five attacks illustrate how modern breaches unfold, and why prevention, detection, and response must evolve. 1. Change Healthcare (UnitedHealth Group): Healthcare Ransomware via Citrix Access Organization impacted Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group What happenedAttackers gained access using […]
Top 5 Cyber Security stories from last week (week of March 9–15, 2026)
1. 🔴 Google Chrome Zero-Days Patched Under Active Exploitation Google released emergency security updates to fix two high-severity Chrome vulnerabilities — CVE-2026-3909 (an out-of-bounds write in the Skia graphics library) and CVE-2026-3910 (an inappropriate implementation in the V8 JavaScript engine). Both were discovered by Google itself on March 10, 2026, and are being actively exploited […]
The Accidental Insider: How Employees Unknowingly Put Your Organization at Risk
A guide for every employee. No technical background required When most people imagine a data breach, they picture a shadowy hacker in a dark room breaking through layers of high-tech defenses, not an insider. The reality is far less dramatic and far closer to home. According to cyber security researchers, most data incidents don’t begin […]
Identity Abuse The New Face of Fraud
Identity abuse is the deliberate misuse of someone’s personal or organizational identity to gain access, steal money, or manipulate systems. In cyber security terms, it’s what happens when an attacker successfully impersonates a real person (an employee, a vendor, a customer, even a board member) and uses that stolen or spoofed identity to bypass defenses […]
Part Three “A Cyber Security Parable: The Turn Toward Safety”
Who thought a cyber security breach could affect your perception of time? The days and weeks after the loss felt longer than the years before it. Lindon County kept running because it had to. The jail still opened its doors every morning. The court still processed filings. Roads still need repair. Budgets still had to […]
Part Two “A Cyber Security Parable: The Call That Changed Everything”
The first sign wasn’t a cyber security red alert. It was a normal phone call. It came in on a Wednesday afternoon, the kind of afternoon where everything felt slightly behind schedule, and no one could remember the last time they ate lunch at a normal time. Janelle in Accounts Payable picked up the call […]