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UnHacked - Cybersecurity Made Simple for Small Businesses

When Russian hackers break into your business’s computers, what will they find and how much will it cost you? How long will it take you to recover? Can you recover? Here’s the sad truth: 97% of breaches could have been prevented with basic security measures; but once you’ve been hit… you can never get UnHacked! UnHacked is a weekly cybersecurity podcast for SMB business owners and leaders that helps them sort through the overwhelming security costs and recommendations, and focus on the best practices that give the highest ROI.

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73. Microsoft Engineer Reveals: How AI Can Read Your Entire Database (In Plain English) - with Faiz Gouri

Nov 24, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Faiz Gouri - Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Business owners, your data just became incredibly powerful—and potentially dangerous. Microsoft engineer...

72. Why Your Cybersecurity Training is Making You LESS Safe - with Craig Taylor

Nov 19, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Craig Taylor - Your cybersecurity awareness training might be sabotaging your business. Recent studies show traditional "gotcha" phishing tests actually...

71. HIPAA Violations: From $141 to $2.1 Million Per Record Exposed - with Milan Rogers

Nov 6, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Milan Rogers - Complete Healthcare Business Consulting - Healthcare practices face the highest cybersecurity costs of any industry - averaging $10.93...

70. Unlicensed and Dangerous: The IT Industry Secret That's Putting Your Business at Risk - with Robert Cioffi

Oct 24, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Robert Cioffi - The IT industry has a dirty secret: anyone can hang a shingle and call themselves a cybersecurity expert. No license required. No proven...

69. Windows 7, Zero Backups, and $24K Down the Drain: A Cybersecurity Horror Story

Oct 20, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Bryan Lachapelle - A real cybersecurity horror story unfolds as Justin reveals his most shocking discovery ever: a 34-computer business paying $2,000 monthly for IT services while receiving...

68. The ADA Website Lawsuit Trap That's Bankrupting Small Businesses

Sep 26, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Small businesses making under $500K are the #1 target for ADA website compliance lawsuits - and most business owners have never heard of this threat. In this eye-opening episode...

67. The $10 Million Cybersecurity Mistake That Could Destroy Your Business Tomorrow

Sep 19, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Nevada's state government has been crippled by ransomware for nearly a month with most systems still down - and it's a wake-up call every business owner needs to hear. In this...

66. Turn Hackers Into Your Security Team - with Grant McCracken

Sep 2, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Grant McCracken - What if the best way to secure your business was to invite hackers to attack it? In this eye-opening episode, ethical hacker Grant...

65. 80 Clients, 2,500 Computers, 100% Encrypted: A Survival Story Every CEO Needs to Hear - with Robert Cioffi

Aug 26, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Guest: Robert Cioffi - and In July 2021, Robert Cioffi's MSP business was completely destroyed in 90 minutes. 80 clients, 200 locations, 2,500 endpoints - 100% encrypted by...

64. The Hidden Threat: How Vendor Breaches Can Destroy Your Business - with Jolie Grace Wareham

Aug 8, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Jolie Grace Wareham, CEO of Protosec - Your vendors could be your biggest cybersecurity weakness. In this eye-opening episode, cybersecurity advisor Jolie Grace Wareham...

63. Everything Is a Data Problem: How AI Is Creating New Business Risks - with Jocelyn Houle

Aug 8, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Jocelyn Houle - Small businesses are racing to adopt AI, but most are unknowingly creating massive security vulnerabilities. In this episode, veteran AI expert Jocelyn...

62. How Elderly Scams Could Destroy Your Business and Family Wealth - with Jocelyn King

Jul 23, 2025·—

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Hosts: Justin Shelley - | Mario Zaki - Guest: Jocelyn King, "Queen of Online Safety" - In this eye-opening episode, cybersecurity expert Jocelyn King shares her harrowing personal story of being targeted by...

61. When Six Figures Nearly Vanished: A Real-World Guide to Protecting Your Business from Wire Fraud The Reality Check Every Business Owner Needs

Jul 21, 2025·—

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60. The Brutal Truth Your Cybersecurity Is Probably Worthless - with Adriel Desautels

Jul 14, 2025·—

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59. Your Factory Is Wide Open: How to Lock Down Connected Machines Before It’s Too Late with Tory Bjorklundy

Jul 3, 2025·—

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Your Factory Is Wide Open: How to Lock Down Connected Machines Before It’s Too Late Legacy machines were never designed to be connected—or protected. But in modern manufacturing, connectivity is a must. So how do you...

58. The AI Advantage: How Small Businesses Can Compete (and Win) Like the Big Guys with Brad Groux

Jul 1, 2025·—

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This week on UnHacked, we’re talking with Brad Groux (cybersecurity engineer, tech founder, and co-host of The Digital Meld podcast) about how AI is quietly shaping how we build, manage, and lead our businesses. From...

57. The Password Trap: What It’s Costing Your Business (And How to Escape) with Raul Cepeda

Jun 24, 2025·—

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Password fatigue isn’t just annoying—it’s expensive and dangerous. In this episode of UnHacked, Raul Cepeda Jr. from rf IDEAS breaks down the hidden costs of password dependence and shows small businesses a better way...

56. Unlocked Remote Access: How One Mistake Brought a Manufacturer to a Halt with Brett Galant

Jun 20, 2025·—

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In this episode of UnHacked, cybersecurity strategist Brett Gallant walks us through a real-world disaster—a manufacturing plant brought to its knees by an unsecured remote access tool. We break down what went wrong...

55. From Breached to Bulletproof: How Smart Businesses Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats with Michael Ritsema

Jun 4, 2025·—

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What would happen if your entire business was encrypted overnight? No files. No access. No plan. In this episode of UnHacked, we sit down with Michael Ritsema—cybersecurity strategist and President of i3 Business...

54. The Receipts Are Fake, The Photos Are Lies: A Small Business Owner's Survival Guide with Mounir Ibrahim

May 29, 2025·—

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Three small business owners are about to discover why their $150 inspection costs are bankrupting them—and how one diplomat's experience in Syrian war zones revealed the game-changing solution. In this eye-opening...

53. The One Thing That’s Tanking Your Business Value (And How to Fix It) with James DuBos

May 27, 2025·—

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Are your cybersecurity gaps quietly devaluing your business? In this episode, entrepreneur and advisor Jim DuBos shares the top reasons buyers walk away—and how small business owners can protect their company’s value...

52. Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Business: Here’s How to Fight Back with Ilke Demir

May 20, 2025·—

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In this episode, hosts Justin Shelley and Mario Zaki welcome Dr. Ilkay Damir, a deep fake detection expert who developed FakeCatcher at Intel. Dr. Damir explains how deepfakes threaten businesses through financial...

51. Behind the Likes: What Small Business Owners Must Know About Social Media Fraud

May 14, 2025·—

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In this episode of UnHacked, hosts Justin Shelley and Mario Zake are joined by Tim O'Hearn, author and former software engineer, to explore the darker side of social media engagement strategies. Tim shares insights from...

50. Security Is a Team Sport: Turning Employees from Liabilities to Cyber Defenders

May 7, 2025·—

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This episode focuses on the critical role people play in cybersecurity. The hosts discuss how most breaches (95-97%) involve human error, emphasizing that while technology defenses are important, humans remain the...

49. Mac or PC? Mario and Damien Duke it out in This Epic Battle of Who Is More Secure

Apr 8, 2025·—

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Today we bring in a guest who consults with solopreneurs who run their businesses on Macs. This question is debated all the time: Is Mac really more secure than Windows? Well, today we heat things up on UnHacked as we...