Cyber Risk Review: Phantom Squatting, Slopsquatting, and HalluSquatting
AI hallucinations are creating a new supply-chain problem for MSPs and the organizations they protect, and the threat has a few names worth remembering: phantom squatting for domains, slopsquatting for packages, and hallusquatting (HalluSquatting) as the broader pattern of weaponizing invented names and links. In the domain version, attackers register the fake web addresses that LLMs […]
The Checkbox Isn’t the Point: Does Speed Undermine Compliance Credibility?
A new piece of research landed recently that should make any MSP concerned with cybersecurity and compliance stop and think. According to a June 2026 study⁽¹⁾ by business resilience specialists IO — conducted among 251 senior UK cybersecurity managers — 87% of respondents believe the speed at which compliance certification is achieved affects its credibility . […]