The days of a hacker sitting alone at their computer screen in a dark room probing for network vulnerabilities is a thing of the past. That’s too much work. To penetrate networks today, hackers almost always enlist the help of an inside accomplice: you. What hackers have discovered over the years is that it’s much
A lot of people use a web-based calendar to track all of their comings and goings. It makes sense. A web-based calendar is a smart way to make sure you have access to your calendar no matter where you are. And one of the most popular calendars in use today is Google Calendar. But, I’ll
With email security, it’s a never ending cycle of attacks and counterattacks. Whenever the bad guys come up with some clever new way to scam people, the good guys eventually figure out a way to combat it. If only that were the end of the story. Unfortunately, it really is a never ending cycle. So,
If you’ve been on the Internet, then you’ve run into a 404 error page. According to Lifewire, “a 404 error is an HTTP status code that means that the page you were trying to reach on a website couldn’t be found on their server. To be clear, the 404 error indicates that while the server
There used to be a time when the worst thing that could happen to you from a phishing attack was a financial loss. Maybe the hackers stole your credentials, got a credit card in your name and went on a shopping spree. Or, maybe they used ransomware to encrypt your hard drive and insisted on
As we mentioned in Part 1, when it comes to dealing with ransomware, you basically have three choices: pay it, don’t pay it or avoid it in the first place by deploying anti-phishing software. Naturally, here at Phish Protection we think you should be proactive and use our inexpensive and easy-to-deploy cloud-based phishing protection with
The rapid transformation of the cyberspace and digital technologies in recent times have necessitated changes in an enterprise’s digital architecture. Adversaries these days make use of highly sophisticated techniques and advanced digital platforms to attack enterprises and individuals. One of these techniques employed by cybercriminals is ‘Phishing.’ Phishing is a type of online fraud, which
There’s much debate going on today about what to do if your organization gets hit by ransomware. There’s really only two choices: pay it or don’t. And which side you come down on says a lot about your big picture perspective. Recently, U.S. Mayors, at their yearly conference, which represents over 1,400 mayors from U.S.
When the Internet first began, there were just a handful of top-level domains in use. Top-level domains (TLD) are the letters that come after the “dot” in the URL. Examples include .com, .org and .net. One of the most-used phishing tactics is domain name spoofing. Domain name spoofing occurs when an attacker uses a domain,
I have to admit, what I’m about to share with you will save you a few bucks. There are a lot of ways to protect yourself from phishing attacks. There’s awareness training, endpoint security and real-time, cloud-based link scanning, to name a few. The problem with all of these is that they cost money. Not
As the holiday season approaches and shoppers plan to spend more on online purchases buying toys, gifts, clothes, etc. for the loved ones, the Cyber criminals become more active during this time of the season trying to lure the online buyers into stealing their banking and credit card information. According to various reports published, October
Some people just refuse to put the seatbelt on when they get in their car. An act that takes about two seconds. It’s a lot of protection—perhaps lifesaving—for a little bit of time and effort. And it’s not like they’re unaware of seatbelts or the protection they provide. I guess they just assume that when
Phishing is among the most common types of cyber-attacks that take place these days and is preferred by cyber-criminals for stealing sensitive and confidential user data. Such data may include valuable personal information such as login credentials, credit card details etc. which can cause severe personal or financial damage if it falls in the wrong
Phishing prevention that primarily depends on awareness training is doomed to fail. That’s the implication of the latest research conducted at Ruhr University Bochum and Münster University of Applied Sciences A team of researchers discovered several vulnerabilities in two technologies used for email authentication and verification: OpenPGP and S/MIME. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to
Cyber expert James Fisher discovered a new phishing method he calls the “inception bar.” He named it after the movie Inception, and just like the movie, the phishing method traps you in a fake reality. You can see an example of how it works on his website. He discovered the exploit in Chrome for mobile,
Phish protection technology is needed more than ever for fans of the wildly popular TV show Game of Thrones. Scammers are out there with official-looking websites trying to steal everything from personal information to credit card numbers. According to Checkpoint Research, “The fraudulent websites exploit the popularity of the brand to display ads,
Willie Sutton had a famous response when asked why he robbed banks: “Because that’s where the money is.” Hackers seem to be following Willie’s advice. When it comes to phishing attacks, hackers go where the people are. And as Instagram catches up in popularity to Facebook, it’s become the go-to destination for hackers looking to
You might think that the worst thing you can do with a phishing email is to click on the malicious link embedded within. You’d be wrong. There’s something worse, much worse. What’s that? How about forwarding the email to other employees, lots of them? A recent article on security website SC Magazine details all the
If you run a small or midsize business (SMB) and you’re concerned with phishing protection, there was a lot to read in the news last week. Let’s get the bad news out of the way. According to an article on Security Week website, Karl Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia introduced a new
The bad news for Evaldas Rimasauskas of Lithuania is he’s facing up to 30 years in prison for scamming Facebook and Google out of $122 million. The good news is that he only has to pay restitution of about $50million. It’s not clear what’s happened to the other $73m, according to an article on BoingBoing.