As summer travel heats up, so does cybercriminal activity targeting the hospitality sector. A recent industry report reveals that a staggering 82% of North American hotels experienced a successful cyberattack during the summer of 2024, with many hit multiple times. As we enter the 2025 travel...
Blackswan CEO Dr. Mike Saylor and Shawn Tuma, Managing Partner at Spencer Fane LLP, will be co-presenting at the 2025 AAMA Annual Meeting (Dallas, TX, August 19-21, 2025). Their presentation, Cyber Security: Protect Your Business Before It's Too Late, will...
Blackswan Cybersecurity is excited to announce that our CEO, Dr. Mike Saylor, was selected to present at the 2025 MSSP Alert Live (Dec. 8-10) in National Harbor, Maryland. Dr. Saylor will discuss: "Developing a Scalable and Sustainable Staffing Model for MSSPs." MSSP Alert Live, the highly...
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A Historic Credential Leak: What 16 Billion Stolen Logins Mean for Your Security A record-breaking trove of over 16 billion login credentials has surfaced across multiple databases—marking one of the largest known exposures of sensitive data to date. Unlike...
In this must-listen episode of The Cyber Security Recruiter podcast, host Chris Foulon sits down with Dr. Mike Saylor, one of the nation’s leading voices in cybersecurity workforce development and threat defense. Dr. Saylor wears many hats in the cybersecurity landscape: CEO of Blackswan...
Threat Overview Google has confirmed active exploitation of a critical 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-6554) in the Chrome browser. The flaw...
Executive Summary Blackswan Cybersecurity is actively monitoring the evolving threat landscape following the PowerSchool breach initially...
Overview Cybercriminals are continually evolving their tactics to bypass security measures, and a new phishing attack leveraging an advanced...
Business Continuity Mode: Enabled Keeping Coin-Op Gaming & Hospitality Operations Up and Running — No Matter What In the hospitality and entertainment world, every minute of downtime is a missed opportunity. For coin-op arcades, game rooms, and food & beverage restaurants, that downtime...
Cybercriminals are no longer wasting time breaking through firewalls. Instead, they’re exploiting the weakest point in most environments: identity. From compromised email credentials to lateral movement in cloud platforms, identity-based attacks are now the go-to tactic—and they're growing fast....
Blackswan K-12 Cyber Defense: Built to Protect. Designed to Simplify. Single Source for 24/7 Monitoring, Advanced Detection & Response, and...
In a sobering reminder of today’s evolving cyber threat landscape, Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored threat group, successfully infiltrated a U.S. Army National Guard network—undetected—for nine months in 2024. The attackers quietly exfiltrated network configuration files, administrator...
On July 16, 2025, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America fell victim to a significant cybersecurity incident that has exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of most of its 1.4 million U.S. customers, financial professionals, and select employees. The breach was the result...
In yet another major cybersecurity incident shaking the U.S. healthcare sector, Episource, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, has confirmed a significant data breach affecting over 5.4 million individuals. The breach, which involved highly sensitive personal and medical data, is...