Every time the public starts to get savvy about a digital scam, hackers come up with new methods of trickery. One of the latest in a long stream of cons specifically targets Google Chrome users. The old tech support scam. This particular hack is a new take on an...
For years, we’ve been talking about the dangers of phishing emails and have warned businesses accordingly. Still, phishing is a serious problem and one of the biggest sources of cyber losses. Hackers keep using phishing tactics because they work. It’s good for us all...
Continually monitoring the cyber threat landscape is an essential part of effective cyber risk mitigation. Threats are constantly changing, so you need to stay up to date on what’s going on in the digital world. Just last month, the FBI’s division responsible...
For years now, we have known that hackers are constantly trying to gain access to our computers. As a result, companies and individuals have gone to great lengths to protect their systems with anti-virus and anti-malware programs, firewalls, VPNs, and many other...
So much effort has been put into educating people about hackers, viruses, ransomware and other cybersecurity threats and a key component of the problem has been largely overlooked—employee negligence. In fact, a recent report from IT security firm Shred-it has...
After more than a year of seeming to be dormant, a new twist on the WannaCry hack has emerged, mainly hitting computers in the United Kingdom. The infection has already become such an issue that London’s Action Fraud unit has issued an alert about the resurgence. In...
