Gregory Flatt

In 2026, cybersecurity risks for small and medium businesses will focus less on new technologies and more on how attackers are changing their tactics. These changes significantly impact organizations with small security teams, limited oversight, and increasing use of cloud services and automation.

When a Disney employee downloaded an AI art tool from GitHub, they weren’t trying to cause a breach. But that single act of Shadow IT opened the door for a hacker known as “NullBulge” to infiltrate nearly 10,000 Slack channels and exfiltrate over 1 terabyte of confidential data. This wasn’t a technical failure—it was a visibility failure. In this month’s Hacker’s Corner, we break down the Disney Slack breach, how it happened, and why Zero Trust might have been the only thing that could’ve stop

When ransomware struck Change Healthcare, it revealed how one missing safeguard—no MFA—can bring an empire to its knees. This “Hacker’s Corner” feature dives into how ethical hackers fight back: spotting intruders mid-attack, deploying clever decoys, and restoring systems before chaos spreads. Learn how Flat Earth Networking delivers these same elite defenses to small and mid-sized businesses.