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The holiday season is a time of celebration, generosity, and connection. Unfortunately, it’s also the time when cybercriminals are at their most organized and opportunistic. Darktrace recently reported that there has already been a 54% spike in phishing schemes this holiday season. To help you navigate these risks, Leapfrog’s own Chief Technology Officer Emmett “Trey” …
How Can We Ensure Our Infrastructure Stays Ready For Future Demands? In today’s cloud-reliant world, businesses rely heavily on platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to power their operations. These providers offer scale, speed, and innovation, but they’re not immune to failure. In October 2025, AWS (Amazon) experienced a 15-hour outage due to a DNS race condition, where multiple processes attempted to access the …
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, zero-day vulnerabilities – flaws in software that are unknown to the vendor and exploited before a fix is available – are no longer rare anomalies. They’re routine, relentless, and ruthlessly exploited. And if your business still relies on periodic patching, applying software updates on a regularly scheduled basis instead of in …
Cybercriminals have weaponized AI to launch faster, cheaper, and more evasive attacks. According to Capitol Technology University, nearly 40% of all cyberattacks in 2025 are now AI-driven, with machine-generated phishing, malware, and automation leading the charge. The recent NX Build supply chain breach marked a chilling milestone: the first confirmed case of AI weaponization in …
In cybersecurity, trust used to be simple: if your vendors were secure, you were secure. But the recent breach involving the Salesloft Drift integration has shattered that illusion. This wasn’t just a technical hiccup – it was a full-blown supply chain attack that compromised over 700 organizations, including elite security firms like Cloudflare, Zscaler, and …
Leapfrog Your Defenses Today Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face many of the same cybersecurity threats as large enterprises, but the way you prepare for and respond to those threats should be very different. Too often, security advice for SMBs is borrowed directly from enterprise playbooks. That advice typically adds layers of complexity to legacy …
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic luxury; it’s a present-day necessity for businesses looking to stay competitive. From automating workflows to uncovering insights buried in data, AI has the power to improve how small and mid-sized businesses operate. But here’s the catch: AI amplifies whatever it’s plugged into. If your IT environment is chaotic, …
As trade partners become more connected, the systems controlling your plant floor are now a cybersecurity frontier. From robotic arms to conveyor belts, your operational technology (OT) may be silently exposed to digital threats – ones that could jeopardize not just uptime, but team safety and business continuity. What Makes Plant Networks a Prime Target? …
For manufacturing leaders, legacy systems are both an asset and a challenge. These systems have kept operations running for decades, yet staying competitive means embracing cloud computing and IoT. The problem? Full system replacements come with high costs, production risks, and downtime. All unacceptable terms in a fast-moving industry. Fortunately, manufacturers don’t need a total …
If your organization still relies on VMware, you may be among the last holdouts — and Broadcom just gave you another reason to reconsider. As of April 2025, VMware now requires a minimum license of 72 cores per product instance, regardless of how many cores you use. This change is part of a broader trend: Broadcom is …