It may be the start of the Holiday Season but don’t think that means the bad guys are on vacation! Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the busiest online shopping days and the bad guys are out to get rich with your money. After all, ‘tis the season for scams and phishing. So how do …
If you’re planning any trips or vacations for the holidays, be careful of scams trying to take your money and information. For starters, is that dirt cheap flight to Tokyo too good to be true? Probably so, especially when the booking site also offers a boatload of other deals at shocking, unbeatable prices – who does that? …
Game over! The bad guys are now targeting Fortnite and League Of Legends players. They are offering “free” v-bucks, a digital currency purchased with real money to buy virtual goods in Fortnite, to phish users and learn their credentials. Instead of getting an exciting new skin for their favorite Fortnite character, they could be giving …
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To kids, piggybacking is when someone jumps on your back and you carry them around for a while. In the business world, piggybacking is when you let someone that you do not know enter a door that you just opened. A lot of organizations rely on biometrics, key cards, or even regular keys to open …
What is sensitive information? Sensitive information is privileged information which – if compromised through alteration, corruption, loss, misuse, or unauthorized disclosure – could cause serious harm to an individual or organization. You must always give the highest level of protection to privileged information. Here we discuss Personally Identifiable Information or PII. What counts as Personally Identifiable Information? …
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If you have ever signed in to a website such as Facebook or Amazon, you will notice that on the login page, the URL will change from ‘http’ to ‘https’. What that little ‘s’ stands for is secure. It means that your web browser and the website have both agreed to communicate securely so that …
Don’t be fooled! The bad guys are on social media and you need to be alert. Their latest trick involves misinformation and panic. It all starts when you receive a message from a Facebook “friend”. This friend claims they received another friend request from you. Then, they go on to explain that you’ve been hacked …
Cybercriminals not only use the internet and email to gain access to sensitive information, they use telephones to their unlawful advantage. Vishing is the term for criminal attempts to influence action or gain confidential information over the phone using social engineering. How Vishing it Works: Criminals have the ability to call from a blocked, “spoofed,” …
Stay alert! The bad guys are now using Email Impersonation Attacks like CEO fraud and Business Email Compromise attacks more than ever. These attacks take place when the bad guys impersonate executives within your organization via email and ask you to transfer them a large sum of money. They’re trying to manipulate you – don’t …
PaperCut is a print management software that allows for monitoring and tracking of print jobs, ‘bring your own device printing’ and custom job management. PaperCut comes with a variety of features that also include secure print release, the ability to bill back your clients, and find-me printing. Here are 5 reasons to use PaperCut on …
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