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85. They're Already Inside: How Hackers Live in Your Business Undetected for Months

  1. 85. They're Already Inside: How Hackers Live in Your Business Undetected for Months 44:33

Hosts:
Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/
Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/
Mario Zaki — Mazteck IT | https://www.mazteck.com/

What if someone was already living in your business — watching everything, stealing data, using your resources — and you had absolutely no idea?

In Episode 85 of UnHacked, Justin, Bryan, and Mario tackle one of the most overlooked gaps in Cybersecurity: logging, monitoring, and detection. Most businesses (and even most IT providers) invest heavily in preventing attacks — but almost no one has a plan for detecting them once they’re already in.
And they will get in.
The hosts share real-world stories of attackers living undetected inside business networks for months — creating hidden admin accounts, mining cryptocurrency, exfiltrating data, and worse — all while the business owner had no idea. They break down what a Security Operations Center (SOC) actually does, why “mean time to detection” could be the most important metric you’ve never heard of, and why this is one cybersecurity layer you absolutely cannot DIY.

Key takeaways:

  • Ask your IT provider: “What are we doing for detection and response?” — and be prepared for the answer.
  • Once you know you’re unprotected, you’re legally and ethically obligated to act.
  • Monitoring without expert review is just noise — you need the right people watching.

🔒 Think your business is protected? Find out for free at unhackmybusiness.com

Justin Shelley has been in love with technology since his father brought home an Apple IIe when he was just 12 years old. But more than technology, Justin loves the world of business and entrepreneurship. As a child, he watched his parents struggle, and eventually lose their first business. Today his passion is helping his clients leverage technology to build their businesses, with the ultimate goal of preventing them from losing everything in the event of a cyber attack.

Cybercrime is everywhere, and class-action lawsuits are following in the wake. This deadly combination is destroying businesses and lives. Justin has a simple formula that will prevent both.