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The 40-Year-Old Loophole Hiding in Your Inbox
1980s Computer Frustration The tech your email runs on was built in the 1980s. It has never once checked who's really sending. Here's why that should worry you. Here's something most business owners don't know: the technology your email runs on was designed in the 1980s — and it never checks who's really sending. Anyone. That's right, anyone can put your email address in the "from" line of a message. That's domain spoofing — a criminal sending email that appears to come from
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4 days ago2 min read


Ransomware Has Changed in 2026 — And Small Businesses Will Feel It First
Ransomware in 2026 doesn’t look like it did even a year ago. The biggest shift isn’t just more attacks — it’s faster attacks. Cybercriminals are now using AI to scan companies automatically, looking for weak passwords, exposed systems, or outdated software. Once they find an opening, attacks happen in hours instead of weeks . That means the old idea of “we’ll catch it before damage is done” no longer holds up. According to cybersecurity research published in late 2025, the
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Jan 192 min read
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