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New Scam Uses Fraud Support Social Engineering To Take Victims For Thousands Of Dollars

A new scam borrows a page from the tech support scams that target older victims telling them potential fraud has been found, offering to “help” solve the issue and ultimately asking for banking details. Security researchers at Malwarebytes highlight a new scam in which victims are called offering to help the victim with identified fraud […]

Posted: June 7, 2022 | View More »

Small and Medium Businesses Account for Nearly Half of all Ransomware Victim Organizations

As ransomware costs increase, along with the effectiveness and use of extortions, smaller businesses are paying the price, according to new data from Webroot. Small businesses seem to be easy prey for ransomware gangs, according to Webroot’s just-released BrightCloud Threat Report. Whether it’s an assumption (and possible realization) of less-than-adequate security and/or backups in place, […]

Posted: May 5, 2022 | View More »

10 Reasons Why to Choose Azure for your Enterprise

Enterprises across the globe are realizing great success with business solutions powered by Cloud. They are redefining the way they do business with scalable & secure cloud-enabled enterprise applications. Globally, 90% of Fortune 500 companies are using Microsoft Azure to drive their business. Using deeply-integrated Azure cloud services, enterprises can rapidly build, deploy, and manage […]

Posted: April 18, 2022 | View More »

A Lack of Employee Cyber Hygiene is the Next Big Threat

A new report suggests that everything from endpoints, to passwords, to training, to security policies, to a lack of awareness is all contributing to much higher risk of cyberattack. Employee cyber risk is a multifaceted issue that revolves a lot around cyber hygiene, according to new data in Mobile Mentor’s inaugural Endpoint Ecosystem Report. It […]

Posted: April 18, 2022 | View More »

Phishing Emails Warn of a Suspicious Login From Russia

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a phishing campaign is informing users that someone logged into their account from an IP address in Moscow. The email contains a button to report the issue, which “opens a fresh email with a pre-filled message to be sent to a specific email account.” If a user sends this email, […]

Posted: March 9, 2022 | View More »

Cyber Insurance Renewal and Risk

As many business owners know, cyber insurance coverage can be difficult to navigate, but it’s also getting increasingly difficult to secure. Organizations of all sizes now face a greater number of sophisticated cyber threats, and must defend a blurrier network security perimeter, with many employees working some from remote locations, using work and personal devices […]

Posted: February 9, 2022 | View More »

Payment Fraud Moves to the Real World with Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters

Scammers are using the professional-looking stickers to point those parking to an alternate pay site to collect credit card details in the perfect situation where victims would be none the wiser. This is a pretty slick scam – you park your car, don’t have enough change, see the “Pay Here” QR Code, scan it, and […]

Posted: February 9, 2022 | View More »

U.S. Government Warns of More Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure

A new joint cybersecurity advisory from CISA, the FBI, and the NSA cautions organizations against Russian-based attacks and provides mitigations to be implemented. It’s one thing to see an advisory that simply says “hey, we’re seeing bunch more attacks.” But when you also see 8 pages of recommended security measures and a statement encouraging “the […]

Posted: February 9, 2022 | View More »

What is Penetration Testing and Why Does it Matter?

Penetration Testing (also called Pen Testing or Ethical Hacking) is a process by which your network is subjected to attempts to hack into it in order to identify vulnerabilities that could open your company up to data breaches. This is an audit that provides a point-in-time analysis, along with a report on the security gaps […]

Posted: November 17, 2021 | View More »

Five Signs of Social Engineering

Social engineering can come in many different forms: via email, websites, voice calls, SMS messages, social media and even fax. If it is a communication method, scammers and criminals are going to try to abuse it. Although the communication’s method may vary, the message the scammer is trying to convey has five traits in common. […]

Posted: October 13, 2021 | View More »

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