Phishing has damaged hundreds if not thousands of companies in the digital age, mainly since it targets the most vulnerable aspect of cybersecurity: the human element. To determine if your employees are knowledgeable enough about cybersecurity to prevent phishing, a simulated phishing test—without employee knowledge—might just do the trick. Though this might leave some of […]
Average workers receive more than 100 e-mails per day. Because of this influx of e-mails daily, it’s easy to let your guard down and fall for phishing attacks. Unfortunately, many people are unaware of phishing attacks and are vulnerable to these online thieves, but what exactly are they? Phishing is one of the biggest […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed people’s lives worldwide and more companies have shifted their operations to a remote setting. Most employees have adjusted to this, so much so that many workers’ productivity increased or remained the same when they work from home. But with the positive comes the negative, as cyber attackers seem to […]
Recent research shows that human error is responsible for more than 90% of data breaches. 90%. Let that sink in for a minute. For any business, large or small, that’s a pretty frightening statistic. No organization is immune to the risk of a cyber-attack. A social engineering scam needs only one thing to be successful, […]
Recent research shows that human error is responsible for more than 90% of data breaches. 90%. Let that sink in for a minute. For any business, large or small, that’s a pretty frightening statistic. No organization is immune to the risk of a cyber-attack. A social engineering scam needs only one thing to be successful, […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’re probably well aware that in internet-land, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a big deal and they’re happening over the next few days! What does this mean for you as a consumer? Well, put simply it means you’re able to land some […]
Cyber criminals continue to improve upon tried and true methods of scamming unsuspecting businesses, and phishing and pharming attacks, while commonplace, are growing in technical sophistication. In this article, we explore the difference between these attacks, the danger they pose, and what you can do to protect your business. While their methods are different, the […]
Phishing Attacks impersonate organizations or businesses through phishing emails and fake websites. The criminals who engage in phishing attacks seek access to private and sensitive information, like login credentials, credit card details, and social security numbers. Every year, fraudsters get smarter and their techniques become more sophisticated. By constantly changing their tactics, they continue to […]
Every day, email inboxes fill up with annoying, unwanted messages. However, some of these junk messages are malicious/ phishing attacks. By using phishing emails, texts, or social media posts that lead to phishing sites, fraudsters attempt to deceive you into revealing your personal and sensitive information – bank account numbers, credit card info, Social Security […]
There’s good news and bad news. The good news: advances in technology have changed our lives in many positive ways. The bad news: crooks keep pace with technological innovations and adjust their scams accordingly. One of the many technology-based criminal scams is ‘vishing’. What is vishing? The word ‘vishing’ is a combination of ‘voice’ and […]