Consent Phishing: A Guide for Businesses | Paradigm IT Group
On September 1, 2026, the FBI issued a public service announcement about a scam that doesn’t need your password. It’s called consent phishing. Most of the teams we work with…
That Scary Pop-Up Isn’t Tech Support: How to Spot a Tech Support Scam Before It Costs Your Business
Tech support scams cost Americans more than $2.1 billion in 2025, according to the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report. That makes the tech support scam the third most expensive type…
Hero image for Paradigm IT Group's blog on the verification code phishing scam. Shows a smartphone in a dark desk setting with a chat message bubble containing a fractured lock icon dissolving into green digital fragments, paired with the blog headline. Part of Paradigm's ongoing cybersecurity education series for Central Florida small businesses.
The Verification Code Phishing Scam | Paradigm IT Group
The Fake “Security Team” Message That's Actually a Login Heist Someone on your team gets a message inside a work messaging app. It looks like it is from the app's…
The Fake FBI Recovery Scam | Paradigm IT Group
The Fake FBI Recovery Scam Targeting Businesses That Already Got Scammed A small business owner realizes they have just been defrauded. Angry and embarrassed, they say out loud that they…
AI Security for Small Business: What This Incident Teaches Us | Paradigm IT Group
AI security for small business just became a lot less theoretical. In July 2026, OpenAI disclosed something that sounds like it belongs in a movie script: during an internal test,…
Title Company Certificate Renewal | Paradigm IT Group
New Rules Mean Your Title Company's Website Certificate Now Expires Every Few Months. Here's Why That Actually Matters. A client sent this our way recently: a link to a routine-looking…
Shadow AI Security Risk | Paradigm IT Group
The AI Tool Your Employees Are Using Without Telling You Regular AI use at work jumped from 15% to 45% in a single year. That's not a slow creep —…
Hurricane Season IT Checklist | Paradigm IT Group
Is Your Business Ready for Hurricane Season? An IT Continuity Checklist for Florida Businesses Ninety-four percent of small business owners believe they'd recover from a disaster. Only 31% actually have…
The Fake Resume Malware Scam | Paradigm IT Group
The Fake Resume Scam That's Actually Malware — And How It Fools Careful Hiring Teams The resume looked exactly like what you'd want to see. The candidate's experience lined up…
The Extra Step That Stops Most Attacks: An MFA Guide for Small Business | Paradigm IT Group
Passwords alone won't protect your business in 2026. This MFA guide for small business explains how to close the most common attack entry point in plain language. You're trying to…