Protect yourself from cyber scams and frauds. Learn tactics to safeguard against identity theft and online purchases issues in this comprehensive guide.
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A look at trends in cybersecurity, including emerging threats targeting industries such as high-tech, pharma, energy, logistics, and others, and how to stay safe with expert help.
Hackers are exploiting anxiety over COVID-19 with phishing scams that focus on using official looking emails that appear to relay COVID-related information. As more businesses turn to work from home or remote solutions, learn how to provide proper education to improve cybersecurity and minimize cyberthreats from phishing emails.
Trojans are a broad category of malware that was first described as a theoretical computer vulnerability by the US Air Force in 1974. Since then, they’ve become some of the most insidious and dangerous types of malware in existence. One type, known as the banking trojan, specializes in stealing financial…
It’s another tax season, and while most companies scramble to file their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) returns, scammers will be looking to capitalize on the chaos. Con artists use this time to elicit sensitive information from individuals and businesses, using the IRS as their preferred moniker. Falling victim to a…
If the number of high-profile breaches last year is any indication, cybercriminals are getting craftier. In 2019, the cybersecurity world saw the rise of new types of phishing attacks, plus brazen attempts to access networks through a variety of clever, new techniques. Cybercriminals stop at nothing to steal the most…
Anyone who has been paying attention to the latest cybersecurity news might have noticed a big story breaking in early December. Two Russian hackers were indicted in what is considered to be the largest cybercrime spree in history. Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev are the leaders of Evil Corp, a…
Cyberattacks are forefront in the minds of every business owner, regardless of the type of business or the size or the company. No one is out-of-reach for these unscrupulous criminals. Despite the considerable efforts of IT technicians and sophisticated software designed to detect and prevent unauthorized access to your networks…
Falling prey to clever criminals tricking employees into handing over sensitive corporate data? If not, a company should consider itself lucky. The average employee receives four to five phishing emails per week. Phishing falls into the category of social engineering cyberattacks, which Accenture has identified as one of the most…
The creators of DECSYSTEM-20, a mainframe computer running a proto-operating system, sent out the first spam email to ARPANET users on May 1, 1978. What they perceived as a clever and modern approach to advertising, however, earned them instant and widespread infamy. In fact, the reaction was so severely negative…
