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Plain-language security and IT news for Gulf Coast businesses. What happened, whether it affects you, and what to do about it.

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  • Backup & Disaster Recovery

Microsoft 365 Backup: Why Southwest Florida Businesses Still Need One

No, Microsoft does not back up your Microsoft 365 data the way most business owners assume. Microsoft runs the servers and keeps the lights...

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  • Microsoft

October 2026 Patch Tuesday: The Exchange Server Flaw Southwest Florida Businesses Can’t Ignore

Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday shipped only one fix, but it matters: a high-severity elevation-of-privilege flaw in on-premises Exchange Server that lets someone who’s...

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  • Microsoft 365

OAuth Consent Phishing: The Microsoft 365 Attack That Skips Your Password

OAuth consent phishing tricks a Microsoft 365 user into approving a malicious third-party app instead of handing over a password. Once that app is...

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  • AI

AI Agent Security Risks: What Southwest Florida Businesses Need to Know

A newly disclosed flaw in Salesforce’s Agentforce AI let an outside attacker pull customer data out of a company’s CRM without logging in or...

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  • Cybersecurity

Check Point Firewall Vulnerability: What Southwest Florida Businesses Should Do Now

If your business runs a Check Point Spark or Security Gateway firewall, patch it today. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the...

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  • Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Archive Is Rolling Out: What Southwest Florida Businesses Should Do

Microsoft is rolling out a new Archive tier for Purview retention policies that automatically moves inactive OneDrive and SharePoint files to lower-cost storage once...

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  • Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Mailbox Storage Just Doubled to 100 GB: What Southwest Florida Businesses Should Know

Microsoft 365 mailbox storage doubled from 50 GB to 100 GB for Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium subscribers, and it is rolling...

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  • Cybersecurity

Remote Monitoring Software Vulnerability: What Southwest Florida Businesses Should Ask Their IT Provider

A critical remote monitoring software vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-86218, is already being exploited in the wild, and it doesn’t live on your laptop. It...

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  • Cybersecurity

September 2026 Patch Tuesday: The Remote Desktop Flaw Southwest Florida Businesses Can’t Skip

Microsoft’s September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed close to a thousand vulnerabilities, and one of them deserves attention this week: CVE-2026-69525, a flaw in Remote...

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