Cybersecurity Blog

Practical guides for families, small businesses, and anyone who wants to stay safe online without a technical background.

Browse by topic

Family Security

Scam prevention, kids' devices, home network, privacy for everyday life.

16 posts →

Business & IT Security

Microsoft 365, Copilot, MFA, Zero Trust, incident response, compliance.

15 posts →

June 7, 2026 · 6 min read

That QR Code on the Parking Meter Might Not Be the Council's

Sticking a fake QR sticker over a real one takes 30 seconds and costs nothing. Here is the 5-second habit I use on any QR code I did not generate myself, so I never type my card into a scammer's page.

June 7, 2026 · 6 min read

How I Catch the Exact Company That Sold My Email Address

I gave one retailer my email and within two weeks three companies I had never heard of were emailing me. Here is the method I use to catch the leaker in the act, by name, before the spam even starts.

May 31, 2026 · 9 min read

That Toll Road Text You Just Got Is Almost Certainly a Scam

Fake toll and parcel SMS scams are the most common phishing lure in Australia right now. The texts look legitimate, the linked sites look real, and the payment pages will happily take your card details. Here is the 10-second test that catches them every time.

May 27, 2026 · 16 min read

CISA Left Its Own Passwords on GitHub for Six Months

CISA left AWS GovCloud keys in a public GitHub repo for six months. Then GitHub got breached. What the May 2026 supply-chain failures mean for you.

May 17, 2026 · 11 min read

BitLocker Got Bypassed: Is Your Laptop's Data Safe?

A researcher found a way past BitLocker, the encryption built into Windows. Here's the honest answer on whether your laptop's files are at risk.

May 17, 2026 · 11 min read

Your Email Was in the Canvas Breach. Now Stop the Spam.

Hackers stole the data of around 275 million Canvas users, including email addresses. If yours was one, here is how to stop the spam and phishing that follows.

May 15, 2026 · 12 min read

Defender Portal Migration Pushed To March 2027

Microsoft pushed the Sentinel-to-Defender portal deadline to March 2027. Nine extra months for the unified RBAC redesign most enterprises haven't started.

May 15, 2026 · 12 min read

Microsoft Agent 365 Is GA: The Defender Stack For Agents

Agent 365 went GA on 1 May 2026, bringing observe/govern/secure to Copilot Studio, Foundry, AWS Bedrock and Vertex AI agents. Here's what to do first.

May 15, 2026 · 12 min read

Microsoft MDASH: An AI Just Found 16 Critical Windows Bugs

Microsoft's new MDASH AI security system found 16 Windows vulnerabilities and beat Anthropic's Mythos on the public benchmark. Here's what changes.

Showing 9 of 55 articles