If you’re like most people, you probably don’t think about cybersecurity enough. In fact, most of us don’t think about it at all until we get a virus or find ourselves as a victim of a scam. The sad truth is that all of us are vulnerable to the whim of a cybercriminal. To protect […]
The way that cybercriminals distribute malware is ever changing, but some things have stayed the same—such as text message scams and phishing emails. The thing is, many people are now getting wise to these attacks, so cybercriminals are having to come up with new, ingenious scams that will fool us into clicking. These newer scams […]
From social media to office emails, people use passwords on almost all facets of internet communication. Why, then, do they still create passwords that would take a hacker only a few seconds or minutes to crack? Most likely, it is because of the misconceptions surrounding password security. Users still believe certain things when it comes […]
These days, it’s tough to protect your personal information. Things like your name, date of birth, address, phone number, and of course Social Security number are all at risk, and with our reliance on social media and our willingness to share personal details online, hackers are finding it easier than ever to steal our identities. […]
Along with an unprecedented rise in cybercrime, cybersecurity costs have also increased. Cyber attacks result in billions of dollars worth of damage every year, and as the multitude of cyber attacks in 2017 proves, things are only going to get pricier. Here’s how much cyber attacks cost. Businesses lose an average of $1.3 million per […]
Many people still believe that creating strong passwords makes their accounts safe and secure. This is simply not true. While a majority of internet users may not be able to guess your passwords, cybercriminals are a different story altogether. Cybercriminals didn’t just write the book on how to crack a password, they also possess highly […]
2017 has officially smashed the record books for data breaches, according to Risk Based Security’s annual report—another sign that criminal hackers are winning. In total, there were over 5,200 breaches and almost 8 billion user records exposed. Compare that to 2016’s total of 4 billion records and 2017 was twice as ugly. Hacking was a […]
Have you ever received an email prompting you to click on an external link? Did the link take you to the login page of a certain website? If this has happened to you, then you may have been a target of a phishing attack. What is a phishing attack? A phishing attack refers to a […]
If you received a phishing email, would you be able to recognize it before it’s too late? Phishing is a crime in which identity thieves attempt to elicit sensitive, personal information from you by masquerading as a trustworthy source in electronic communication. For instance, an identity thief might pose as a friend, your bank, or […]
So someone comes up to you in a restaurant—a complete stranger—and asks to look at your driver’s license. What do you do? Show it to that person? You’d have to be one loony tune to do that. However, this same blindness to security occurs all the time when a person is tricked by a “phishing” […]