Business Email Compromise (BEC): How to Prevent ‘Gifting’ In
BEC: is when hackers gain access to a corporate email account and spoof the owner's identity to defraud the company or its' employees, customers or associate's money. Business Email Compromise No matter the season or the occasion, consumers frequently turn to gift cards as one...
Social Engineering an Internet Crisis: How to Stop Internet Manipulation
Social Engineering: the psychological manipulation of coercing people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Social Engineering Malware, Phishing, Baiting, Vishing, Tailgating, Quid Pro Quo, Pretexting With the help of the Internet, anything that we could ever ask for is attainable at the touch of the...
Notable Cyber Security Certifications for 2019
Cyber Security Certification: the proof is in the pudding - certification proving one is knowledgeable in various IT topics such as cryptography, risk management, data recovery, etc. Cyber Security Certificates 2018 proved that major cyber security breaches are on the rise. Complimenting this growing need to pay...
Is There Such a Thing as “Ethical Hacking?”
White Hat Ethical Hacking Ethical Hacking: locating cyber threats and vulnerabilities that a business may How can someone put the words “ethical” and “hacking” in the same term without creating an oxymoron? Believe it or not, ethical hacking exists. Often referred to as Penetration Testing, ethical hacking...
The Potential Risks of 2-Factor Authentication
2 Factor Authentication (2FA): confirming one's identity via more than one method Many cybersecurity experts recommend 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) as an up-and-coming, innovative tactic to combat incoming hackers. Traditionally, a user only needs to provide both their username and a password to access data. 2FA instead...
The Relationship Between Privacy and Security in the Cyber-World
Privacy: when information is available for a select number of eyes and hears only Security: the true test of whether or not you are free from danger or threat Issues surrounding data privacy on the World Wide Web dominated headlines in 2018. These headlines, such as news...
What Germany’s Hacks Mean for Cybersecurity
Hack: to gain access to something private and sensitive that could cause cyberwarfare Last month, hackers leaked sensitive data from hundreds of German politicians. The hackers distributed the information via the Twitter platform, and did not discriminate what they leaked based off of rank; the data...
How IT Departments Ensure Cybersecurity
IT Department: The company staff that not just networks your computer to the printer, but also keeps hackers out, and the company's data safe. We often think of our information technology (IT) departments as a team full of computer “nerds” who roam the floors to make...
The Worst of the Worst: 3 Common Types of Cyber Attacks
Cyber Attack: A cyber or internet based criminal stealing your private information On the World Wide Web, the potential to fall victim of a cyber attack exists at every turn. Of these likely threats, what differentiates one from another? Here are some of the most common...
Global Cyber-Terrorism: What Businesses Can Learn
Cyber-Terrorism: The modern method for governments to wreak havoc on one another It is no secret that global cyber terrorism dominated headlines this year. In an era of “fake news,” and overall media skepticism, how should the international community interpret this attention? What explains this growing...
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