Federal agencies put out a warning that threat actors are using artificial intelligence to build exploits aimed straight at Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers.
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Ransomware Recovery Scam Poses as Legit Service to Steal Victim Payments
These scammers are going after anyone who’s had ransomware or even thinks they might have it.
What Small U.S. Businesses Actually Want from Their Banks’ AI Tools
Banks have done a bad job integrating AI into the customer experience. I use Chase, and the tools they push just don’t line up with the day-to-day stuff a small operation actually runs into.
U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Hit Record High for First Half of 2026
Woohoo, orders for manufacturing technology hit a new six-month record in the first half of 2026. That points straight to surging demand for equipment.
Ransomware Hit 1,140 Industrial Orgs in Q2 — 65% Were Manufacturers — and It Stops Production Without Touching the Machines
Ransomware took down 1,140 factories in Q2. That is a lot of lost productivity in one of the most important parts of the economy.
FortiBleed: Attackers Harvested Admin Credentials From ~75,000 FortiGate Firewalls — Half of All Internet-Facing Devices
Hackers keep working on a batch of 75,000 firewalls they already cracked into. The campaign is called FortiBleed, and it hit FortiGate devices sitting out on the internet.
Copilot Notebooks Unlocked for Every Microsoft 365 License — Plus GPT-5.6 and Claude Models Under the Hood
Microsoft just flipped the switch and gave Copilot notebooks to every commercial Microsoft 365 license. No more paying extra for the add-on that used to run thirty dollars per user each month.
Mid-Year Cybersecurity Check: 5 Things Every Small Business Should Review Right Now
We’re halfway through 2026 — which makes this the perfect time to take a step back and ask: is your business actually secure, or are you just hoping it is? Cybersecurity isn’t something you set up once and forget about. Threats evolve, teams change, and the tools you…
New On-Prem AI Model for Predictive Maintenance Released for Sage 100 on June 27, 2026
Wow. On-prem AI for predictive maintenance. Sage just dropped a new module that runs entirely on your own servers and tells you when equipment is about to fail.
The Real Cost of Downtime — What One Hour Offline Costs a Small Business
When your systems go down — whether it’s your email, your internet, your server, or your cloud platform — the clock starts ticking immediately. And every minute of downtime costs your business more than you might think. Most business owners think about downtime in…







