Stay safe this Halloween with 6 spooky cybersecurity tips! Protect your business from phishing tricks, haunted links, and lurking cyber threats.
Category: Phishing
Is Your Staff Getting Regular Security Awareness Training? Studies show that the most successful cybersecurity breaches continue to be the result of human error. From clicking on malicious links and attachments to misconfigured systems and easy to guess passwords, the human factor remains a vulnerability that organizations need to address. As technology changes, so do […]
How To Recognize Phishing Scammers will try to obtain your passwords, account numbers, and social security numbers through your text messages, emails, or by any means possible. If they are successful in obtaining those items, these criminals will potentially have access to your bank and investment account, emails, and other valuable information. They can then […]
What are Security Policies and Why do you Need Them? One of the most critical services your MSSP (Managed Service and Security Provider) can provide is to identify your greatest risk areas for a security data breach. Typically, your biggest vulnerabilities are not only within your IT environment, but in the processes, policies, […]
In the ever-changing landscape of cybersecurity, it may seem like a daunting task to keep you and your network safe from intrusion. In addition to maintaining your cyber security infrastructure with the best tools and information available, there are a few simple rules you can follow that can help protect your network. We’ve put together […]
So, your business is comprised of 50 or less employees and your industry does not seem to be attractive to hackers. You ask yourself what a hacker could possibly hope to gain by targeting your company? According to experts, since the pandemic, many small businesses are staying afloat utilizing cyber business methods, new technologies, e-commerce, or online business sales, as well as […]
If Q4 isn’t stressful enough for organizations, cyber criminals will make sure it is. The near constant occurrence of cyberattacks ramps up even more in advance of Halloween and the holiday shopping spree. If you have done little to train your staff to identify cyber threats or convinced yourself that anti-virus/malware applications are sufficient deterrents, […]
Bogus retail sites, extreme discounts, busy hackers The National Retail Federation expects 115 million physical shoppers to be out on Black Friday, and cyber crooks want a part of the action. Last year, researchers discovered nearly 20,000 URLs using the words “Black Friday” and promising huge discounts with links to malicious web pages. Along with […]
Turn the tables on scammers Phishing scams are nothing to laugh about – unless you’re watching British comedian James Veitch and his hysterically funny gigs on scam emails and the nature of the Internet. He’s made a career out of scamming the scammers, from Nigerian princes to investment opportunities. One of our favorite performances is […]
Cyber Profiteering Every day we hear about companies or individuals being attacked through the very technologies they depend upon to operate their businesses or perform their personal online transactions. The techniques used by the ‘bad guys’ are sophisticated, organized, and very profitable and the risk of being caught or prosecuted is very small. Profiteering off […]