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September is here!! And with it, a new chapter. Just like students heading back to class, businesses are stepping into a season of fresh goals and new challenges. Fall is the perfect time to reset, refocus, and get ahead before the year’s final sprint. But with new opportunities come new risks. AI is booming with promise,...and pitfalls. Phishing scams are getting trickier. And digital threats continue to evolve. In this issue, we’ll dive into the pros and cons of AI, share ways to dodge phishing traps, and give you practical tips to keep your business secure this season.
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This monthly publication is provided courtesy of Josiv Krstinovski President of IT Company. Our Mission: At the end of the day, it’s simple: every client deserves enterpriselevel security. No shortcuts, no compromises. I’d rather invest more on our end than to let a client go unprotected. That’s the standard I hold myself and our entire team to. Anything less isn’t leadership, it’s negligence.
IS YOUR BUSINESS TRAINING AI TO HACK YOU It’s no surprise that AI is booming. From ChatGPT to Google Gemini to Microsoft Copilot, these tools are reshaping how businesses handle content, customer replies, emails, meetings, and even coding. AI can be a huge time-saver and productivity booster. But, like any powerful tool, if misused, it can open the door to serious problems – especially when it comes to your company’s data security. Even small businesses are at risk. Here’s The Problem: The issue isn’t the technology itself. It’s how people are using it. When employees copy and paste sensitive data into public AI tools, that information may be stored, analyzed or even used to train future models. That means confidential or regulated data could be exposed, without anyone realizing it. In 2023, engineers at Samsung accidentally leaked internal source code into ChatGPT.
It became such a significant privacy issue that the company banned the use of public AI tools altogether, as reported by Tom’s Hardware. Now picture the same thing happening in your office. An employee pastes client financials or medical data into ChatGPT to “get help summarizing,” not knowing the risks. In seconds, private information is exposed.
A New Threat: Prompt Injection Beyond accidental leaks, hackers are now exploiting a more sophisticated technique called prompt injection. They hide malicious instructions inside e-mails, transcripts, PDFs or even YouTube captions. When an AI tool is asked to process that content, it can be tricked into giving up sensitive data or doing something it shouldn’t. In short, the AI helps the attacker – without knowing it’s being manipulated.
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