Mar 31, 2021 | Cyber Attack, Cyber Awareness, Technology
Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are particularly threatening because they are close to impossible to trace and they leave you with irreplaceable financial and reputational loss and downtime. This attack is becoming more common because instead of having to...
Mar 9, 2021 | Cyber Awareness, Financial, Manufacturing
Phishing is always at the top of the list of threats to your business. In fact, there was more than a 600 percent jump in phishing attacks in 2020. A more targeted type of phishing, known as business email compromise, is on the top of the watch list for 2021. Business...
Feb 12, 2021 | Cyber Attack, Cyber Awareness
“Is that you” is a phishing scam circulating on Facebook messenger. It has gone through many various forms since at least 2017. The scam begins with a Facebook message sent by one of your friends. The “friend” claims to have found a video or image with you featured in...
Jan 28, 2021 | Cyber Awareness
Millions of people are unaware of and uninformed about how their personal information is being used, collected or shared in our digital society. Data Privacy Day is a time to inspire dialogue and empower individuals and companies to take action. It is a great...
Jan 19, 2021 | Cyber Attack, Cyber Awareness
With governments increasingly looking to use contact tracing apps to help contain COVID-19, such initiatives are likely to spark a surge in new cyber scams. When contact tracing apps were first introduced last April, Bluetooth attacks occurred on Android phones. Using...
Dec 17, 2020 | Cyber Awareness
A company of 50 employees may seem “too small” to be targeted for a cyber attack but in the eyes of a cyber criminal, 50 employees are 50 possible attack vectors to exploit. Inbound spam filtering and outbound web filtering may be helpful. It is recommended to provide...
