Unfortunately, 2020 has been a banner year for phishing scammers, with attacks taking advantage of the pandemic skyrocketing over the last several months. In the first quarter of this year, there was a 350% increase in phishing sites. And now those COVID phishing emails are about to be joined by the seasonal holiday scams. Holiday phishing scams […]
Category Archives: Security
Computers and servers now make up just 40% of the endpoints in an average business. That means the majority of them are made up of mobile and IoT devices. But unfortunately, those devices often don’t get the same attention when it comes to security and end up being the cause of data breaches and malware infections. Hackers […]
Login security is one of the biggest problems that companies face when it comes to balancing user productivity with cybersecurity protections. Compromised passwords are at fault in 80% of hacking-related data breaches. A key problem is that employees have so many passwords to handle that they often make them weak so they can remember them. They also […]
The last few months have meant a complete change in how many California businesses function and look at asset management. With a transition to a remote workforce, companies have relied on cloud services to keep their teams connected to each other and the tools they need to do their work. Another aspect of efficient operations is being […]
The new year always brings the promise of new frontiers and new goals to reach for and the best way to be prepared to hit the ground running is through a year-end review.
Social engineering has been around forever, it just wasn’t called by such a hi-tech name in the past. Being flimflammed, scammed, or taken advantage of by a trickster all have the exact same base in deception as today’s email phishing and social phishing attacks do.
There’s no denying that cloud-based applications are taking over in offices around the world due to their ability to break the chains of “one software-one computer” and enable mobility in the workforce like never before.
Ransomware continues to be a major threat to businesses around the world. In the first quarter of 2019 alone, ransomware attacks increased by 195%. And hackers don’t only target large enterprise corporations, small and medium businesses are also common victims.
In the digital age, personal information has become currency. Credit card details, login credentials, social security numbers… they’re all for sale in a shady marketplace that can’t be found on the standard world wide web that you’re used to browsing.