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Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – May 11, 2026
Malware Activity How Attackers Are Turning Trusted Platforms into Weapons Recent cyber campaigns show how attackers are increasingly exploiting trust in well‑known brands and platforms to carry out effective attacks. In one case, criminals set up a fake Claude AI website that looks legitimate and tricks Windows users into downloading malware hidden inside a supposed “Claude‑Pro Relay” tool, giving attackers remote control over infected systems. In another campaign, hackers abuse Google’s paid search ads to impersonate GoDaddy’s ManageWP login, leading victims to a nearly identical sign‑in page that steals usernames, passwords, and even two‑factor codes in real time. Both attacks ...
The CIO Cost Imperative in the Age of AI: What is Old is New A(I)gain
Artificial intelligence (AI) brings a new set of technologies that are exciting businesses across all industries with the possibilities they bring. The pace of innovation and the board/C-suite expectations are met with the collective angst with the chief information officers (CIOs) who are challenged to meet the evolving demands of implementing new technologies while balancing the need to continually reduce costs within the information technology (IT) function.
Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – May 7, 2026
Malware Activity The Rapid Evolution of AI‑Driven Phishing and SaaS‑Focused Attacks Recent reporting highlights a sharp escalation in how cybercriminals are combining automation, artificial intelligence, and social engineering to carry out faster and harder‑to‑detect attacks. A new phishing‑as‑a‑service platform called Bluekit exemplifies this shift by bundling the entire phishing lifecycle into one streamlined toolkit. Complete ...
Multi‑Entity ERP Data Migration from Legacy Accounting Systems
Following the merger of three legacy subsidiaries, a private‑equity‑owned investment software and support company embarked on a full enterprise resource planning (ERP) data migration to support its newly integrated operating model. The organization needed to move historical financial data from six separate QuickBooks environments into a single NetSuite instance ahead of a hard cutover date.
IEEPA Tariff Refunds: The Real Headache Is Just Beginning
On April 20, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) opened the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) portal, allowing importers of record to redeclare entries and seek refunds of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs.
AI-Driven CFO | The Virtual Deputy CFO: Bridging the Gap from Automation to Agency
The operational wins from AI are real, but it is just the beginning. The next advantage belongs to CFOs who use AI as a strategic thought partner: one that remembers everything, challenges blind spots, and never walks into a meeting unprepared. This is the playbook for getting there.
Paving the Way in Women’s Sport with Commonwealth Boxing Champion, Stacey Copeland
In this episode, Stacey Copeland, the first British woman to win a Commonwealth boxing title, joins Jonny Gray to share her extraordinary journey from exclusion to elite performance, forged against a backdrop of systemic bias and discrimination.
The Permanent Wage Floor Is Forcing a Strategic Rethink
The federal minimum wage may be unchanged, but in 2026 permanently rising state and local wage floors — driven by Consumer Price Index (CPI) indexing and fragmented regulation — are structurally increasing labor costs across the U.S. A frozen labor market, wage compression, and uneven regional mandates are squeezing margins for multi‑unit operators and manufacturers while limiting their ability to reshape the workforce.
Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – May 4, 2026
Malware Activity Hidden Threats in Trusted Software Two (2) recent incidents highlight how widely trusted software components can harbor stealthy, long-running vulnerabilities. One (1) popular WordPress plugin (Quick Page/Post Redirect, ~70,000 installs) was quietly hijacked by attackers around 2020–2021, inserting a hidden self-update mechanism that delivered a rogue plugin version and injected malicious code into ...
The AI-Driven CFO | The CFO’s Inflection Point: AI as an Operational Advantage
Sit in a sponsor business review and listen for five minutes. The CFO will mention AI. The board will nod. Nobody will name a metric. AI has entered the finance conversation with enormous promise, but many CFOs are still operating in first gear.
