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Security concerns from biohacking and implanted microchips.
Implanted RFID chips can clone credentials, push malware, and bypass physical access controls with nothing more than proximity to a reader. Because so many companies routinely purchase the cheapest RFID systems, there exists a gap between assumed security and actual security in access control.
Starting in early July, organizations with unlicensed OneDrive for Business accounts are at risk of those accounts being deleted after 365 days in archive—regardless of active retention policies or eDiscovery holds.
We've earned the Microsoft Sales Specialization, recognizing our team's verified expertise in deploying Dynamics 365 Sales and helping organizations build the connected, data-driven systems that modern buyers have come to expect.
Cyber Corner
What's moving in security this week.
Unpatchable Flaw in Apple Chips Opens Door to iPhone Jailbreak A Barcelona-based spyware company has published details of a hardware-level flaw in older Apple chips—affecting iPhones XS through iPhone 11—that can't be patched because it lives in code burned directly into the chip, giving hackers with physical device access a potential foothold for jailbreaking iOS.
LastPass Says Hackers Stole Customer Data During Klue Breach A breach at market research firm Klue exposed LastPass customer names, contact details, and support case records, marking the second time in four years that a third-party compromise has put LastPass users' information at risk.
FortiBleed Attackers Turn Firewalls Into Credential Stealers A likely Russian threat actor has weaponized a custom tool to turn over 430,000 FortiGate firewalls into passive credential harvesters, siphoning more than 110 million credentials across nearly 200 countries in an ongoing campaign that CISA is now urging organizations to take immediate action against.
Cisco Unified CM Flaw Exploited After PoC Reveals File-Write Path to Root Attackers are actively exploiting a critical flaw in Cisco Unified Communications Manager that allows unauthenticated remote access to write files to the underlying OS (a stepping stone to full root access) with patches available but only applicable to organizations running the two most recent versions.
Rising costs are pushing 70% of enterprise customers to migrate their virtual workloads by 2028, but the path off legacy platforms doesn't have to mean ripping out everything you've already invested in.
Join HBS, Nutanix, and Everpure on July 15th to see how to migrate workloads without replacing your existing storage, scale compute and storage independently, and add cyber resilience without rebuilding your management stack from scratch.
Eight events at eight amazing courses across the Midwest.
Our favorite Heartland Invitational series is back! We bring together clients, partners, technology and security experts for great golf, great conversations and fantastic networking opportunities.
Make sure to check out when we're headed to a course near you!
HBS is proud to announce Corey Melhus (VP, Information Security - Fareway Stores), Rich Tener (CISO - Iowa State University), and Ryan Wood (CISO - VGM Group) as our CISO panelists at the 2026 Secure Iowa Conference.
We're all managing more risk with less margin for error due to tighter budgets, broader attack surfaces, and leadership that wants answers, not just reports. We're looking forward to Corey, Rich and Ryan—three security leaders from three major Iowa organizations—discussing what's driving their security decisions right now and in the coming months and years. Expect experience-backed perspectives on how they prioritize, communicate, and make calls when stakes are the highest. Register now for Secure Iowa 2026, and don't miss this conversation.
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