Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days, filled with scary stories and about 10,000 acronyms. Every day we hear about breaches, stolen data, and companies being held hostage by ransomware. And while most businesses take basic steps to protect themselves, many operate under the fingers-crossed, we-are-too-small-of-a-business-for-anyone-to-bother-with-us mentality, which is exactly what those bad guys [...]
It used to be that protecting your identity took little more than removing your glasses and stepping into a phone booth. But these days, between the lack of phone booths and the savviness of today’s bad guys, protecting your identity and accounts is not only crucial, but getting harder. Today’s Focus: Using MFA to [...]
These days you can’t get logged into your email before some aspect of security awareness (or lack thereof) interrupts your morning coffee. Maybe it’s a news story popping up on your feed about another company whose data has been locked down by ransomware. Maybe it’s finding out your credit card has been compromised and [...]
When people think of how cyber “bad guys” work, they often focus on phishing. But social engineering is much more than phishing - it’s is an attack on people or organizations through the use of psychological manipulation. Basically, social engineers are con artists. They convince people to divulge information that ultimately will help them [...]
You’d have to be living at the bottom of the ocean to not have heard about the rise of phishing attacks, especially in the wake of the recent pandemic. It seems there is no shortage of shady characters out there just waiting to capitalize on trauma. But phishing is not new, nor is it [...]
