Phishing
How Human Perception Can Increase Security Risks
Perception Biases in Information Security Threats (and How to Mitigate Their Risks) The current situation with the pandemic presents both technological and human-factor challenges for security. To maintain both personal and organizational security, people must make realistic observations of security risks. Here are the different cognitive biases we make, how it affects information security, and…
Read MoreHow to Efficiently Work from Home
How to Keep Your Network Safe While Working at Home Because of the pandemic, many companies need to work remotely. As a result, they are struggling to maintain business continuity and security. The need to migrate all office work to online platforms exposes businesses to more risks of cyberattacks. The tasks business owners must juggle…
Read MoreThat RFP Email May Not Be What It Seems!
Beware RFP Emails According to the Better Business Bureau Did you think we’d ever need to talk about RFP Emails? Well, it’s a new month, so there must be another cyberscam to worry about, right? Well, of course there is! This latest warning comes from the Better Business Bureau, and this con utilizes an email…
Read More(Yet) Another Sneaky Phishing Scam
Do you use Google Gmail? Well you could be in someone’s crosshairs as a potential victim of a phishing scam. Here’s how it works.
Read MorePhishing First Aid
Your work day has just begun. You’re waiting for your coffee to cool enough to sip as your computer powers up. You open your email inbox. You see a message from your bank. You bemusedly wonder why your bank is sending a message to your work email rather than your personal address. You open the…
Read MoreWhat Information is AutoFill Giving Away?
We often address the subject of security, so we want to warn you about new trick being employed by hackers: the information AutoFill is giving away. If you’ve ever completed an online registration for anything, you’ve probably encountered the “autofill” function used by Google Chrome, Safari and other programs. This is when your computer tries to…
Read MoreAre You Taking Chances with Your Cyber Security?
It’s only human to know what’s good for us but still not do it. The recent 2016 Norton Cybersecurity Insights Report from Symantec shows this also goes for protecting ourselves from cyber criminals. While we won’t expect anyone to come out and admit it, look at a few of Symantec’s findings and ask yourself if…
Read MoreFearsome Amex Phishing Scam
We know this horror story: A trusted character is not who (or what) others think he is. Typically, movie audiences get to see the creature’s eyes glow or go all black when the onscreen victim isn’t looking. Devils behind a recent phishing scam that targeted American Express accounts, however, were fiendishly clever about hiding their…
Read MoreIn Other Tales of Terror
As frightening as the recent Amex phishing scam was, it wasn’t the only monster-related cybersecurity incident to come to light during the past few weeks. Here are a few of the headliners: On September 22, Yahoo revealed that data from at least 500 million user accounts might have been stolen in one of the largest…
Read MoreIf IT Threats Were Cast as Star Trek Villains
The United Federation of Planets had a lot of enemies, and if you run a business, you also face some substantial threats to your operation. So in recognition of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, we decided to cast IT’s most infamous bad actors as notable villains from the Trek shows and movies. Ransomware and Viruses as…
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