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Lessons from Hackers & Hooks, the Gipson Cyber podcast. Each article turns an episode into plain-English takeaways for small businesses and families, from famous hacks in computing history to real cases our team has worked.
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AI Regulation and Data Privacy: What Small Businesses Should Do Now
A panel on AI regulation and US data privacy with insurance, IT, and legal AI [...]
The $2,000 Refund Scam That Cost a Small Business a Month of Work
A fake Amazon refund call led to an hour of remote access, a wiped laptop, [...]
The Trust Trap: Protecting Aging Parents From Phone and Online Scams
Scammers win by borrowing trust. John Nanavati of House and Mouse explains the hook, ask, [...]
The Stubborn Client: Why Small Businesses Ignore Post-Breach Fixes
A client was breached, cleaned up, and handed a fix list. Months later, nothing had [...]
When Your Kid Cracks the Password: Family Cybersecurity Lessons
A tech-savvy child kept beating his parents' passwords and controls. What the Ankolekar family learned, [...]
The Melissa Virus: What a 1999 Email Outbreak Still Teaches Businesses
In 1999, one booby-trapped Word file spread through Outlook and swamped email worldwide. Here is [...]
The World’s First Computer Troll: Password Lessons for Business Owners
In 1962, an MIT researcher printed out everyone's passwords. What the first computer troll still [...]
The Chaos Computer Club: What Ethical Hackers Teach Small Businesses
The Chaos Computer Club has spent decades exposing flaws, from online banking to fingerprint scanners. [...]
ClickFix Fake CAPTCHAs: What We Found and What to Tell Your Staff
A fake 'verify you are human' check on a hacked event website told visitors to [...]
Captain Zap and the AT&T Clock Hack: Lessons for Small Businesses
In 1981, Captain Zap reset AT&T's billing clocks. What that early hack still teaches small [...]
The Morris Worm: Lessons From the Bug That Slowed the Early Internet
In 1988 a grad student's experiment hit thousands of computers. What the Morris worm teaches [...]
The Paris Hilton Phone Hack: How One Phone Call Opened the Door
In 2005 one convincing phone call exposed a celebrity's phone. Why help desk social engineering [...]
The Cuckoo’s Egg: How a 75-Cent Error Exposed a KGB Hacker
A 75-cent accounting error led Cliff Stoll to a hacker selling secrets to the KGB. [...]