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UnHacked - Cybersecurity Made Simple for Small Businesses

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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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How Vibe Coding Cut a 4-Hour Task Down to 10 Minutes | UnHacked Ep. 94 07.07.2026 50:55

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Joshua Holloway - https://7thdi.com/ Mario Zaki's sales rep used to spend three to four hours building a single proposal. After vibe coding a custom platform, it takes ten minutes. That's a 24x productivity gain for roughly $500 in development costs. This e...

93. Stop Wasting Payroll: How A $2,500 AI Automation Creates $80K in Revenue 30.06.2026 48:04

Hosts: Justin Shelley | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com Mario Zaki | https://www.mazteck.com/ Joshua Holloway | https://7thdi.com/ What if your IT provider handed you $80,000 in revenue capacity without firing a single person, adding a single client, or changing your prices? That's not a hypothetical. That's exactly what Mario Zaki did, and in this episode he shows the math. Mario walks through...

92. The Automation That Pays for Itself in a Week (And Why Security Can't Be DIY) 23.06.2026 52:18

Hosts: Justin Shelley | Phoenix IT Advisors: https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki | Mazteck IT: https://www.mazteck.com/ Joshua Holloway | 7th Di Technologies: https://7thdi.com/ What if the alerts your IT system already generates every single day could automatically turn into $50,000 in new annual revenue and $200,000 in delivered client value, in about 10 seconds? In Episode 92 of UnHac...

91. Your AI Integration Is a Lit Match Over a Gas-Soaked Hay Pile 16.06.2026 40:48

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Joshua Holloway - https://7thdi.com/ You've heard "just make it read-only" and figured you were covered. You're not. In Episode 91 of UnHacked, Justin, Mario, Bryan, and Josh pick up their ongoing AI series and get into the real-world security risks hiding...

90. Clone Yourself With AI: The Integration That Saves 1.5 Hours a Day (and $26K a Year) 09.06.2026 59:25

Hosts: Justin Shelley – Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki – Mazteck IT | https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle – B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/ Joshua Holloway – https://7thdi.com/ What if you could reclaim 1.5 hours every single day — without hiring anyone? In Episode 90 of UnHacked, Justin, Bryan, Mario, and Josh skip the theory and get into the ac...

89. Your AI Is Lying to You (And You'd Never Know): How to Prompt Smarter Before It Costs You 29.05.2026 51:06

Hosts: Justin Shelley – Phoenix IT Advisors: https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki – Mazteck IT: https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle – B4 Networks: https://www.b4networks.ca/ Joshua Holloway – https://7thdi.com/ Most business owners are using AI every single day — and most of them are doing it wrong. Not because they're not smart, but because nobody ever showed them the difference be...

88. Garbage In, Business Gone: Using AI Productively Without Handing Hackers the Keys 21.05.2026 1:09:45

Hosts: Justin Shelley — https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zak i — https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle — https://www.b4networks.ca/ Joshua Holloway — https://7thdi.com/ AI is the most powerful tool your business has ever had access to — and one of the most dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. In Episode 88 of UnHacked, Justin, Mario, Bryan, and Josh pull back the curtain on w...

87. The AI Starter Kit Every Business Owner Needs — Before Your Competitors Beat You to It 18.05.2026 1:09:25

Hosts & Guests: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki — Mazteck IT | https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/ Joshua Holloway — 70i Technologies | https://7thdi.com/ What if you could get 10x, 20x — even 50x — more done in your business without hiring a single new employee? In Episode 87 of UnHacked, the...

86. Your Business Has No Plan for When It Gets Hacked — Here's How to Fix That 08.05.2026 39:54

Hosts: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki — Mazteck IT | https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/ Most businesses don't have a plan for when they get hacked. Not if — when . In Episode 86 of UnHacked, Justin, Mario, and Bryan dig into one of the least glamorous — but most critically important — topics in...

85. They're Already Inside: How Hackers Live in Your Business Undetected for Months 04.05.2026 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...

84. The Vendor You Trust Most Could Be Your Biggest Security Risk 23.04.2026 31:43

Hosts: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors: https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zak i — Mazteck IT: https://www.mazteck.com/ Do you know exactly which vendors have access to your business systems, your data, or your network? If the honest answer is "not really" — this episode is for you. In Episode 84 of UnHacked , Justin Shelley and Mario Zaki tackle one of the most overlooked threats in cy...

83. Your Business Is in the Cloud — But Is It Actually Secure? 20.04.2026 41:53

Hosts: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki — Mazteck IT | https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/ You moved your business to the cloud to simplify things. But what if that move actually increased your risk — and you didn't even know it? In Episode 83 of UnHacked , Justin, Mario, and Bryan pull back the cu...

82. Your IT Company Is Probably Not Patching Your Systems — Here's How to Catch Them 09.04.2026 28:28

Hosts: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Note: Co-hosts Mario Zaki and Bryan Lachapelle are absent this episode — they're representing their firms at a trade show in Dallas. Did you know there are 130+ new cybersecurity vulnerabilities discovered every single day? That's nearly 50,000 last year alone — and the number is growing exponentially, fueled in part...

81. The Digital Wild West: How the Death of the Network Perimeter Is Leaving Your Business Wide Open 03.04.2026 28:57

Hosts: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/ Your firewall is not enough anymore — and your IT team may not be telling you that. In Episode 81 of UnHacked, Justin and Bryan dig into one of the most misunderstood concepts in cybersecurity: the network perimeter. It used to be simple. Put a firewall on th...

80. Your Employees Are the Vulnerability: The Truth About Email Scams, Phishing, and the Human Risk You're Ignoring 13.03.2026 41:41

Hosts: Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki — Mazteck IT | https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/ What does it take to lose $50,000 in a single email? Not much. A spoofed address. A busy CFO. A wire transfer that clears before anyone realizes what happened. In Episode 80 of UnHacked, Justin Shelley, Mario...

79. Your Backup Strategy Is Probably Broken (And It Will Cost You) 10.03.2026 40:12

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Think your business is protected because you're paying for IT services? Think again. In this eye-opening episode, three cybersecurity experts share real horror stories of backup failures that cost businesses everything – from tape backups that never worked...

78. The Real Perimeter: Why Every Device in Your Business Is a Target 26.02.2026 48:30

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ What happens when your laptop gets stolen and you forgot to lock it? In this episode of UnHacked, our hosts dive deep into endpoint security - the real perimeter of your business in today's digital world. Justin, Bryan, and Mario explore real-world examples...

77. The Hidden Cyber Threats Lurking in Your Business (That Your IT Guy Doesn't Even Know About) 19.02.2026 46:46

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ You can't secure what you can't see. In this critical episode of our baseline security series, Justin and Mario expose the dangerous reality of "shadow IT" - the hidden software, devices, and vulnerabilities lurking in your business that could be costing you everything. From TeamViewer installations le...

76. Courts Can Now Use Your ChatGPT History Against You (And Other Identity Nightmares) 13.02.2026 49:39

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Episode 76 kicks off a comprehensive multi-part series on baseline cybersecurity with a deep dive into identity and access control. The hosts reveal why courts can now pull your ChatGPT conversations in legal proceedings, and break down the critical differe...

75. Governance, Frameworks & Compliance: Your Business Survival Guide 27.01.2026 34:38

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ In this episode, Justin and Mario dive deep into why "I didn't know" isn't a legal defense when your business gets hit with a cyber attack. Using a realistic scenario of a 60-employee manufacturing company facing $180,000 in losses from ransomware, they explore how delayed IT decisions can devastate bu...

74. The AI Trap That's Making Business Owners Dangerously Complacent 22.01.2026 35:24

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ After a two-month hiatus, the UnHacked team returns with hard-earned lessons from 2025 and critical predictions for 2026. When their scheduled guest no-shows, Justin, Mario, and Bryan deliver an unfiltered discussion about the dangerous complacency creeping...

73. Microsoft Engineer Reveals: How AI Can Read Your Entire Database (In Plain English) - with Faiz Gouri 24.11.2025 39:09

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Guest: Faiz Gouri - https://www.linkedin.com/in/faizgouri/ https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Business owners, your data just became incredibly powerful—and potentially dangerous. Microsoft engineer Faiz Gouri reveals the...

72. Why Your Cybersecurity Training is Making You LESS Safe - with Craig Taylor 19.11.2025 43:48

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Guest: Craig Taylor - http://cyberhoot.com/ Your cybersecurity awareness training might be sabotaging your business. Recent studies show traditional "gotcha" phishing tests actually increase clicks and create disengaged, apathetic employees. Craig Taylor, C...

71. HIPAA Violations: From $141 to $2.1 Million Per Record Exposed - with Milan Rogers 06.11.2025 1:06:18

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Guest: Milan Rogers - Complete Healthcare Business Consulting - https://chcbconsulting.com/ Healthcare practices face the highest cybersecurity costs of any industry - averaging $10.93 million per breach. In this critical episode, healthcare consultant Mila...

70. Unlicensed and Dangerous: The IT Industry Secret That's Putting Your Business at Risk - with Robert Cioffi 24.10.2025 49:05

Hosts: Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/ Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/ Bryan Lachapelle - https://www.b4networks.ca/ Guest: Robert Cioffi - https://www.progressivecomputing.com/ The IT industry has a dirty secret: anyone can hang a shingle and call themselves a cybersecurity expert. No license required. No proven competency. No oversight. In this eye-opening episode, cybe...