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Hawaii banks, credit unions, and financial advisors face a stack of cybersecurity rules: GLBA, FFIEC, NCUA Part 748, PCI-DSS, and Hawaii HRS 487N. Here is what examiners look for, where most institutions fall short, and a 90 to 120 day path to compliance.

Some of you may have heard about YouTubers fighting back against overseas scam call centers by sending them glitter bombs, stink bombs or reverse hacking their computers. If you haven't, they're hugely entertaining - just search for "glitter bomb payback." Unfortunately though, the days of having a target to strike at could be numbered - those call centers are now being replaced with... you guessed it... AI! Apparently AI is not just coming for our jobs, it's coming for scamm

Cybersecurity for small business Hawaii is a pressing need in 2026. Honolulu businesses face layered risks from phishing, ransomware, and state breach notification laws. Learn what a plan covers and how to get started.

Today we're bracing for the third wave in a series of storms that's been impacting the island. The flooding has even reached our Manoa office, where several cars were totaled (see footage on Hawaii News Now ). Right now is a good time to make sure that you're prepared for possible power outages, power surges, internet and communication outages and water damage. The big question is: how can you make sure that your IT will survive today's storm? The Takeaway Here are my top 5 t

Real pricing data for managed cybersecurity services in Honolulu. Includes 2026 cost comparison tables sourced from IBM, Hiscox, and industry MSSP benchmarks.

I don't know about you but it seems like my iPhone has been doing a lot of updates lately and rebooting itself overnight. The good news is that Apple figured out that this is starting to irritate people and is now using a new method of updating our devices called "Background Security Improvements." Now they can do updates on portions of your device silently in the background, all without needing a reboot. Over the past 2 weeks they've been pushing out CVE-2026-20643 using

Well it's been an interesting week here at Cypac. The Manoa floods were bad, like really bad. In fact, some of our own footage ended up on Hawaii News Now . The good news is that nobody was hurt and well, maybe some of us wanted an excuse to get new cars anyway 🫠 In response, BIA Hawaii posted public service announcement urging flood victims to be especially vigilant of contractor fraud. BIA Hawaii represents the state’s largest network of craftsmen and contractors. With th

The bad guys are at it again. This time they hacked Nordstrom's email servers and sent crypto scam emails to customers disguised as a St. Patrick's Day promotion. Here's what it looked like: The problem is that these emails came from nordstrom@eml.nordstrom.com , an official address the company uses to send marketing, sales, and promotional communication. So this passes the human shield test and makes it far more convincing. The Takeaway Soon after these emails went out Nord

On Friday the 13th, 1989 the 'Friday the 13th' computer virus struck personal computers across the globe, wiping out files and annoying businesses. Officially known as the Jerusalem virus , the mystery of who created it and why has never been solved. It was first discovered in October of 1987 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (which is how it got its official name). This was back in the days before the internet and modern antivirus, so it spread organically, latching onto

This story just broke. Sammy Azdoufal says that he wasn’t trying to hack every robot vacuum in the world. He just wanted to remote control his brand new DJI Romo vacuum with a PS5 game controller. So what did he do? Same as what most of us nerds would probably do - use AI to write a program that connects the two. But, he got more that he bargained for. Instead of just being able to use his robot to chase the cat around the house, he inadvertently was able to remote control o